The South Coast Writers Centre’s third annual Poetry Award is open for entries. Held in partnership with Wollongong Art Gallery, the theme for this year’s award is “in colour” in response to the gallery’s major exhibition, Thinking Through Pink.

Curated by Dr Sally Gray, Thinking Through Pink carefully juxtaposes diverse cultural objects, inviting pleasure and speculation around the many manifestations of pink – the colour and the idea. You can get along to an exhibition tour and poetry workshop with esteemed poet Robyn Rowley on January 28. Both the exhibition and Poetry Award submissions close on March 5.

Now in its second year, the 2023 SCWC / Merrigong Playwrights Program is currently open for applications. The program is a space where writers can develop a playwriting project with the support of a group of peers.

Capped at 10 participants, this 10-month program will run from March-November 2023. Over the course of the program, participants will meet monthly to workshop, and will also see and discuss five Merrigong Main Stage shows, and will learn from guest industry teachers. The program will conclude with an evening of readings from the works in development.

Applications for the program close on January 15.

More info at southcoastwriters.org