Category: Competitions and Opportunities

This week, we’re celebrating two recently published projects by graduates of AWC, by giving away THREE sets of The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell and Hotels with Cats travel directory by Ashleigh Mills. THE SINGLE LADIES OF JACARANDA RETIREMENT VILLAGE Joanna Nell’s life-affirming debut novel is a

This week, we’re excited to be giving away three copies of a new book by Australian author Liane Moriarty. The book is called Nine Perfect Strangers. Of course, Moriarty is no stranger to international acclaim, with her hit novel Big Little Lies being successfully adapted into one of the hottest

The 2019 Peter Porter Poetry Prize and Calibre Essay Prize from the Australian Book Review are now open. With $16,000 worth of prizes up for grabs from these two competitions, it’s worth checking out the details below. Peter Porter Poetry Prize – $8500 The Porter Prize is one of Australia’s

This week we have three copies of Into the Night by award-winning author and AWC grad, Sarah Bailey. Sarah Bailey’s acclaimed debut novel  The Dark Lake was a bestseller around the world and Bailey’s taut and suspenseful storytelling earned her fitting comparisons with Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins. Into the Night

This week, thanks to Hachette, we’re giving away three copies of new book Amazing Australian Women by Pamela Freeman and illustrated by Sophie Beer. This isn’t some weighty wordy textbook – not at all! It’s a bright and colourful look at 12 incredible Australian women who helped shape our country,

This week we’re giving away three copies of a new book A Letter from Paris by Louisa Deasey. Louisa is a Melbourne-based writer who has been published widely in publications such as Overland, Vogue, The Australian, and The Saturday Age. Her first memoir, Love and Other U-Turns, was nominated for

This week we have 5 family passes to new movie The House with a Clock in its Walls – in cinemas 20 September 2018 and starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett. Based on the book with the same quirky title, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a film

With the new movie Crazy Rich Asians making such a huge splash around the world, we thought we’d give away copies of the book that started it all – Kevin Kwan’s bestselling novel of the same name! Originally published in 2013, Crazy Rich Asians was Kwan’s outrageously funny debut novel.

The ELLE writing competition is back!   This is your chance to write a short story, get published AND win $5000. From the ELLE Website: “For this year’s ELLE Writing Competition, in association with Hachette Australia, we’re looking for modern, contemporary voices telling stories that are engaging and subversive. We

Then you must apply for the MENTOR LA program which has just opened its doors to applicants. From the MENTOR LA program Media Release: “MENTOR LA is a bespoke career development program which matches four mid-level professionals working in the Australian screen industry with US mentors to meet online quarterly,

This week, to celebrate Father’s Day here in Australia, we’re giving away three copies of Best Foot Forward – the new memoir from Adam Hills. It’s a lesson in following your heart, being positive and discovering that what makes you different also makes you unique. Adam Hills was a quiet

This week we have 10 double passes to new movie Book Club – in cinemas 23 August 2018 and starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen. As the film’s title suggests, it’s about a book club – this one comprising four women. Diane Keaton plays Diane – recently

Why has no one heard of Edna Cranmer? When a young woman is hired to write the life of unknown artist Edna Cranmer from Geelong, she thinks it will be just another quick commission paid for by a rich, grieving family obsessed with their own history. She is wrong… This

The Fair Australia Prize is now open and the prize pool is fabulous, but you must enter soon as the competition closes on Monday 13 August 2018. Presented by Overland magazine, the prize is supported by the National Union of Workers (NUW), the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the National

This week, we have three copies of new book Spinning Silver to give away. The book is a new take on the classic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin, from Naomi Novik, the author of the award-winning Uprooted. We meet Miryem, the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders. However, her father is not a very

This week we have three copies of the just-released memoir Happily Never After to give away – by award-winning Australian journalist Jill Stark. Following the release of her first book, High Sobriety, in 2013, Jill was living the dream. She had a coveted job as a senior journalist and columnist