2024 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the South Coast Writers Centre, with workshops, a poetry award and a writer’s residency all coming up in January and February.
Sign up now for the ‘Gentle Art of Poetry’ workshops at Wollongong Art Gallery, on 20 January with Meredith Wattison, and 25 February with Kathleen Bleakley. These workshops will respond to the art of Ian Gentle and include a 30-minute exhibition tour led by gallery staff.
On 27 January, join award-winning author Meredith Jaffé in her workshop, ‘Essential Ingredients of Great Fiction’, as she explains what you need to whip up great stories and how to edit your work to make it shine. Young writers are also invited to sign up for the Term 1 Young Writers Program, beginning on 6 February. In-person and online classes available for writers aged 10-18.
The popular ‘First Time Fiction’ course also returns for 2024. Places are limited in this six-month, gentle-critique writing course starting from 10 February, so book soon.
Applications are open until February 9 for the Bundanon Group Writers Residency. This week-long retreat at Bundanon Homestead will allow eight emerging or established South Coast writers to focus on developing or completing works. To accept a place on this retreat you must be a SCWC member.
The SCWC 2024 Poetry Award is open for submissions responding to the theme “gentle”. The award is run in conjunction with the Wollongong Art Gallery exhibitions that form part of ‘The Gentle Project’, celebrating the life and legacy of artist Ian Gentle. All winning entries will be published in the South Coast Writers Centre’s 2024 Anthology. Entries close 5 March.
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