OOTA Newsletter August 19, 2014
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Sue Clennell, who has a poem ‘Harriet Shelley’ forthcoming in Westerly Magazine. Ω Gwen Harwood Poetry Competition Closes 30th September
OOTA NEWS Only 13 days to go to get your poetry or short stories in for the 2014 Spilt Ink Competition which closes on 31st August. We were about to announce the judges’ names this year, however circumstances beyond our control have prevented us from doing this. We assure you that we have first class judges, so our advice is polish, polish, polish! WRITING AT THE CENTRE Friday, 22nd August, is Prose with Helen Hagemann. 10.00am til noon @ the Fremantle Arts Centre. Class to read excerpts from Nick Earls’ Zigzag Street. Writing Exercises and discussion will revolve around creating the light and poignant elements in your novel, narrative or short story.
Overland wants your short stories for an online anthology
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Ω A Novella Opportunity
Launch of Chris Konrad’s Letters to Mark Monday, September 15 - 6:30pm To be launched by Shane McCauley, with music by Ross Bolleter New Edition Bookshop – Fremantle 41 High Street, Cnr Henry St Fremantle, WA T - (08) 9335 2383 Click on graphics and follow the links.
The 2014 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers :: Overland's major short story prize is open now. Offering $8000 worth of prizes exclusively to new authors, this is a fantastic opportunity for writers of short fiction http:// overland.org.au The Society of Women Writers WA is hosting another Marathon Writing Competition on Saturday 20 September 2014, from 9.30am to 4pm at the Citiplace Community Centre in the Perth Railway Station Concourse. http://swwofwa.com 2014 Aurealis Awards Calling for Entries The 2014 Aurealis Awards are for works of speculative fiction written by an Australian citizen or permanent resident and published for the first time between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2014. There is no entry fee for the short fiction and children's categories; all others attract a $10 fee. Entries must be lodged by midnight 7 Dec and be physically received by 31 Dec. For details, click here. CALENDAR AUGUST 22 – Poetry d'Amour 2015. Details at WA Poets Inc 24 - Sci-ku competition - http://riaus.org.au/sci-ku/ 27 - The Lane Cove Literary Award: Details here 31 - Carmel Bird Award 2014 - Long Story Comp: details 31 - Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2014 Details. 31 – Westerly Magazine: Special Edition West Aust/Asia Issue 31 - FAW Tasmania Poetry Prize: Details SEPTEMBER 01 – Anthology of Loss: Details 15 – Launch of Chris Konrad’s poetry: Letters to Mark 30- The Golden Shovel Anthology: Details via email 30 – Gold Coast Writers Festival Adult Writing Competition OCTOBER 01 – Prolitzer Prize : Further details here 10 - The City of Rockingham Short Fiction Awards: Details 18- Margaret River Short Story Competition. Details here. 31 - Odyssey House Victoria 4th Annual Short Story: here 31 - The Best of Times short story competition #18. Details. NOVEMBER 30 - Five Islands Press Ron Pretty Poetry Prize: Details
Ω Poetry Week at the City of Perth Library: Scroll down here: http://community.perth.wa.gov.au/library/ ootawriters@gmail.com http://ootawriters.blogspot.com.au
COMPETITIONS City of Perth Library 2014 Haiku Competition Closing date is 27 August, 2014. Further details here The 'Examiner' Literature Awards Closing date is 13 September, 2014. Further details here Glen Phillips Poetry Prize Closing date is 3 October, 2014. Further details here POEM OF THE WEEK One Art by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster, Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master. Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaster. I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or next-to-last, of three loved houses went. The art of losing isn't hard to master. I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster, some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent. I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster. - Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster. MOVIE NEWS Reaching for the Moon tells the story of the relationship between the American Pulitzer Prize winning poet Elizabeth Bishop and the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. (Probably gone to Video! Ed)