OOTA Newsletter September 23rd, 2014
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OOTA NEWS By now you would have received your invitation to our AGM on Saturday, 18th October 1-4pm. We are seeking your help, not only to give some time on the OOTA committee, but also on the day and ask members to please bring a small plate of finger food. OOTA will supply the drinks, and we will have the announcements and readings by certain winners of the Spilt Ink Competition. We would love to see you there! WRITING AT THE CENTRE Friday, 26th September is Poetry with Shane McCauley @ the Fremantle Arts Centre: 1.30-3.30pm in Room 3. A Note from Helen Hagemann: Our Prose class is now in Room 3, with a more convenient start @ 1pm-3pm - after lunch.
2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Open for Entry Submit your short story via the online application form between 15 September and 15 November 2014.
How to Structure the Narrative with John Harman Saturday 27th September, 1.30-4.30pm Tom Collins House
Poetry Bites reader for the 26th September is Sue Clennell. Sue will read a selection of her poetry @ midday in the Fremantle Arts Centre Café. CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Gail Willems who has had a poem “In My Hands” accepted by “fourW twentyfive” (Booranga Writers Centre, Charles Sturt University NSW). It will be in an anthology published/ launched in Sydney and Melbourne in November. Members! Please send in your credits. We would love to know what you are doing and your achievements no matter how small. Perhaps you’ve set up your own blog/ website, applied for a residency or won a prize. We are here to cheer you on! OOTA prides itself on having members who achieve in small increments and who are dedicated to the craft of writing!
Varuna's Publisher Introduction Program 2015 It’s every writer’s dream — to work in peace at a beautiful mountain retreat with a respected literary mentor, knowing that a major publisher is waiting to read the finished manuscript. Varuna’s unique Publisher Introduction Program is one of Australia’s most dynamic literary partnerships, opening important doors for writers in a creative, collaborative process that aims to deliver finely honed manuscripts to leading publishers. Each year, the program gives 10 selected writers of novels, short stories and literary non-fiction the chance to nurture their manuscripts to publication stage. For program guidelines, click here. Applications close 30 October.
The Disrupted Festival of Ideas will take place 31st October - 2nd November with artists and thought leaders from a range of disciplines exploring democracy, game changers, language, copyright, the future of the book and much more. In the meantime, check out all the latest Festival information @ Disrupted CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 27 – Perth Poetry Club: Mega-Open Mike Event 2pm @ Moon 27 – Saturday Writing at the Moon with Jackson 10.15-12.45pm 30- The Golden Shovel Anthology: Details via email 30 – Gold Coast Writers Festival Adult Writing Competition 30 – Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize: Details 30 – Didactyl: Details @ http://didactyl.org/submit/ OCTOBER 01 – Prolitzer Prize : Further details here 03 – Glen Phillips Poetry Prize: Details here 10 - The City of Rockingham Short Fiction Awards: Details 10 – Trove –Poetry & Fiction: Details here. 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 DECEMBER 15 – Tom Collins Poetry Prize: www.fawwa.org 19- Somerset National Poetry Prize: details Somerset 24 – Nature Writing Prize 2014 : Website 31- 2014 Aurealis Awards Calling for Entries: Details here.
Open for Submissions until: 30th November 2014 Results: 17 March 2015 Jennifer Johnston, is the judge of the 2014/15 Fish Short Story Prize. The Fish Short Story Prize is an established event on the literary calendar. Previous judges, Roddy Doyle, Dermot Healy and Colum McCann are honorary patrons. This year's judge will be selecting 10 short stories to be published in the 2015 Fish Anthology. Publication in the Fish Anthology (Fish Books) has been, for many authors, a stepping-stone to successful writing careers. See Alumni.
POEM OF THE WEEK A Spiral Notebook The bright wire rolls like a porpoise in and out of the calm blue sea of the cover, or perhaps like a sleeper twisting in and out of his dreams, for it could hold a record of dreams if you wanted to buy it for that, though it seems to be meant for more serious work, with its college-ruled lines and its cover that states in emphatic white letters, 5 SUBJECT NOTEBOOK. It seems a part of growing old is no longer to have five subjects, each demanding an equal share of attention, set apart by brown cardboard dividers, but instead to stand in a drugstore and hang onto one subject a little too long, like this notebook you weigh in your hands, passing your fingers over its surfaces as if it were some kind of wonder. — By Ted Kooser Listen to or read more of Ted Kooser’s poetry at Lit Site Alaska, especially The Beaded Purse (one of my favourites, but too long for here. Ed. )
Books for Review at Plumwood Mountain Journal Review published in their journal Check out this Melbourne site
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