Varuna announces 2025 Writer’s Space Online Fellowship recipients
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its 2025 Writer’s Space Online Fellowships.
The fellowship recipients are:
- Beth Atkinson-Quinton
- Alison Evans
- Martina Kontos
- William Uy Vu Le
- R Angela O’Brien
- Frances Olivia.
Running 1–21 September, the program offers each writer a facilitated professional networking opportunity, a one-on-one mentorship with Varuna writing consultant Mary Anne Butler and author Fiona Wright, a 90-minute ‘Creating an Access Rider’ workshop with Michelle Teear and Madeleine Stewart, and Q&As with UQP publisher Aviva Tuffield, poet and creative writing teacher Andy Jackson and author Veronica Gorrie.
Assessors also announced five applicants as highly commended: Christina Gidas, Aimee Knight, Laura Pettenuzzo, Tyswan Slater and Cedar Whelan.
The Writer’s Space Online Fellowship program is open to writers with disability and/or who are D/deaf, at any career stage, living anywhere in Australia.
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