Day: January 20, 2016

Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

8 writing competitions to enter in January and February 2016

The new year is the perfect time to stretch your creative legs and enter a writing competition. Perhaps you have a little extra time on your hands and a long list of writing goals to smash for the coming months. When we asked you, our community, a few months ago what your

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