OOTA Newsletter July 8, 2014
The City of Rockingham Short Fiction Awards opens for entries on July 14. As with previous years, entry is free and all entries must be inspired by, draw upon, or use the theme of an artwork from the City's art collection. This year's artwork is "Under the Arches, Mangles Bay" by Rosemary Singleton, and it forms the frontispiece to the entry form.
WRITING AT THE CENTRE THIS WEEK IS THE RETURN WORKSHOP IN THE PROSE SERIES: NOVEL WRITING with HELEN HAGEMANN. FRIDAY, 11TH JULY AT THE FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE, 10.00AM – MIDDAY. The workshop will look at writing LITANY in PROSE. Class to read examples of litany in Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize winner “Life of Pi.”
This year we have a new word limit of between 1000 and 4000 words, which we hope wil l help entrants explore the themes inherent in the artwork with greater freedom. th
Submissions open 14 July and close 10 October , with over $2000 in prizes available in three categories: Open, Over 50s, and Young Writers (10 17). For details and entry forms, visit the City's new Writing and literature page at http://www.rockingham.wa.gov.au/Community/Art and-culture/Writing-and-literature
State Library of Western Australia Prize for WA History and the Curtin University Prize for Fiction, which are now open for submissions. Each prize offers $6000 of professional development support in the form of mentoring and editorial guidance and is open to applicants living in regional Western Australia. To download the information package please follow the link below. http://www.writingwa.org/programmesservices/writingwa-awards/ UNEVEN FLOOR, AN INDEPENDENT ONLINE POETRY MAGAZINE IN BLOG FORM, IS LOOKING FOR READERS, SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTERS, AND WELL-WRITTEN POEMS WITH SOUL. PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED POEMS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME. READ IT AT UNEVENFLOORPOETRY.BLOGSPOT.COM, FOLLOW @UNEVENFLOOR_PO ON TWITTER, AND LIKE FACEBOOK.COM/UNEVENFLOOR. PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP.
2015 Poetry d'Amour - submitting your poetry As part of Poetry d'Amour 2015, WA Poets Inc. is inviting poets to submit love poems. Over $700 in cash plus other prizes. Selected poems published in the anthology "Poetry d'Amour 2015". Entries close at midnight on 22 August 2014. Go to WA Poets Inc for more details. CALENDAR JULY 12 - Perth Poetry Club: Shey Marque and Alexia Biddle 30 - Kimberley Haiku Online Competition Details 31 – The Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize. Info here 31 - 2014 Henry Handel Richardson Writing Comp AUGUST 1 – Best Australian Poems by Black Inc. 1 - New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing 14-17 – Perth Poetry Festival 31 - Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2014 Details. 31 – Wesrerly Magazine: Special Edition West Aust/Asia Issue SEPTEMBER 01 – Anthology of Loss: Details 30 – Gold Coast Writers Festival Adult Writing Competition ≈
Trudy Graham/Julie Lewis Literary Award for Prose Peter Cowan Writers Centre invites entries of fiction or nonfiction prose pieces of up to 2000 words. Open theme and age groups. Prizes: 1st place $400; 2nd $200; 3rd $100; $100 Judge's Encouragement Youth Award (12-18 Years); Highly Commended & Commended certificates. $15 for one entry/$25 two/$35 three. Deadline 1 Aug. Details Bumf Seeks Submissions New online literary journal Bumf is now open for submissions. The fortnightly journal, based in Brisbane and San Francisco, is looking for pieces between 400 and 1000 words. Bumf favours fiction, nonfiction, or essays but will consider anything interesting. They cannot pay, however they will link or promote your work. For details, click here. The Carmel Bird Award 2014 - Long Story Competition is calling for entries of 4000-10,000 words, on an open theme. First prize: $500. Winning and shortlisted entrants will be considered for inclusion in the Spineless Wonders Michael McGirr selects. Entries close 31 August. Entry fee: $20, details Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 This workshop will give you the tools and skills to craft magazine and newspaper articles that editors want to publish. The Australian Writers Centre has years of knowledge for this highly practical course - with scripts, templates and insider information from journalists and editors currently working in the industry. At The Wembley Hotel, 2-3 August; cost $395. For details on this course and more, click here.
POEM OF THE WEEK My Mother’s Sculpture
It sits on the hall table the bust of a woman she did in class it lived outside for years but now I keep it here where it's protected and I can see where her fingers have been the force of her hand where the spine dips long strokes at the nape thumb press under each cheek the pull and stretch of thumb and finger pad the muscular gathering of hair flattened scoop of flesh at the clavicle her hands on her shoulders her hands on me.
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Julie Watts
(first published in Westerly #59.1 and published here with permission of the author)
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