Day: May 28, 2014

Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Picture this … new competitions

September’s Write Around the Murray Festival has announced a couple of writing competitions – one national and one local. The first is open to all writers and provides you with inspiration in the form of eight images. You may choose one or more to base your story on (up to

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Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Join Valerie for a Tweetchat: Thursday 29 May 12 noon

Suzi Dafnis from the wonderful Australian Businesswomen’s Network has organised a Tweetchat with Valerie Khoo on Thursday 29 May. This is a chance for anyone to ask Valerie questions in real time (via Twitter) about writing your own book. You’ll have to be succinct – because your question will need to fit

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