Writers selected for exchange program between EWF and BEWF
Emerging writers from Australia and Indonesia have been selected for the 2014 Writers Exchange Project between the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) in Australia and the Bali Emerging Writers Festival (BEWF) in...
Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing expands to New Zealand
The Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing has opened up submissions to New Zealand students for its 2014 award. The award for emerging literary writers, presented by Monash University in conjunction...
Inaugural Digital Writers’ Festival program announced
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has launched the program for its first Digital Writers’ Festival, to be held on 13-24 February. The purely online festival will feature sessions on genre...
EWF to stage Digital Writers’ Festival in February
The Emerging Writers’ Festival has announced that it will hold a Digital Writers’ Festival in February 2014. The purely online festival will run from 13-24 February at a new festival website, which...
Callingham appointed EWF general manager
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) has appointed Kate Callingham to the newly created position of general manager. Callingham will begin in the role in October in time for the EWF Roadshow in Tasmania,...
Callingham to join EWF
Kate Callingham will join the Emerging Writers’ Festival this month in the newly created position of general manager. Callingham has previously worked in a development role at the Melbourne Writers...
Andrews leaves EWF
Karen Andrews finished in her role as program manager at the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) in July. Andrews held the position since early 2012 when it was created. The EWF...
EWF to visit Tasmania
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) will visit Tasmania for the first time later this year for a three-day roadshow of writing workshops and performances. The roadshow will be held in Hobart from...
Attendance, box office up at EWF 2013
The 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) attracted a larger audience and higher box office sales than last year’s festival, according to festival director Sam Twyford-Moore. The festival, which was the first...
Inaugural ‘Seizure’ novella prize winner announced
Melbourne-based author Jane Jervis-Read has won the inaugural Viva La Novella prize offered by Seizure literary journal for her novella Midnight Blue and Endlessly Tall. Jervis-Read was announced as the...
EWF Monash Prize winners announced
The winners of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing have been announced. The overall prize, worth $4000, was presented to Rebecca Slater from University...
Clarke wins 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for unpublished manuscript
Maxine Beneba Clarke has won the 2013 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. Clarke was announced as the winner of the $15,000 prize, which is administered by the Wheeler Centre...
Victorian Premier’s unpublished manuscript award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: A Field Guide to Birdwatching in Bad Weather (Naomi Bailey)...
Monash University EWF prize shortlist announced
Fifteen writers from eight universities have been shortlisted for the 2013 Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing, which will be presented during the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) in Melbourne this month. The first prize winner...
EWF program announced
The program for the tenth 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) in Melbourne has been announced. The festival will begin with a gala event on 23 May, featuring a keynote address from...
EWF announces all-night writing camp as part of White Night Melbourne
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) will stage an all-night writing camp this month as part of White Night Melbourne. According to the White Night website, the free ‘All Nighter’ event will feature...
EWF announces digital publication mentorships
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) is calling for applications for a six-month digital publication mentorship in 2013. The festival said in a statement that it is looking for three writers...
Powell to join NSW Writers’ Centre
Rose Powell will join the New South Wales Writers’ Centre on 10 December as projects officer for events and festivals. Powell, who will finish in her current role as communication coordinator...
Powell to join NSW Writers’ Centre
Rose Powell will join the New South Wales Writers’ Centre on 10 December in the role of projects officer for events and festivals. Powell, who will finish in her current...
Twyford-Moore joins EWF
Sam Twyford-Moore has been appointed as the new director of the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF). Twyford-Moore, who currently works at the NSW Writers’ Centre, will take over the role from...