Celebrate year's end with the South Coast Writers Centre
The SCWC End of Year Celebration will be held on Saturday, December 16 at 2pm in Coledale Hall, with readings by our 2023 Wollongong Writers Studio writers-in-residence, Tonya Lee, Lajos Hamers and Sky Carrall, alongside recently published members Elanna Herbert and Paris Rosemont. There will also b
By Elizabeth Heffernan of South Coast Writers Centre
The South Coast Writers Centre hosted a fantastic True Story Festival at Coledale Community Hall on the weekend of November 18 and 19.
Thanks to Ironbark Photography’s Matt Houston for capturing photos of the inspirational authors and the crowds who came to hear them talk.
The Writers Centre now has a few final exciting events and opportunities to close out the year.
The SCWC End of Year Celebration will be held on Saturday, December 16 at 2pm in Coledale Hall, with readings by our 2023 Wollongong Writers Studio writers-in-residence, Tonya Lee, Lajos Hamers and Sky Carrall, alongside recently published members Elanna Herbert and Paris Rosemont. There will also be a members’ open mic at this event. Interested in speaking? Please email news@southcoastwriters.org with expressions of interest.
In 2024, workshops will include ‘The Gentle Art of Poetry’ at Wollongong Art Gallery, ‘Essential Ingredients for Great Fiction’ with Meredith Jaffé, ‘Crafting Your Crime Novel’ with Dinuka McKenzie, and a six-month gentle-critique course, ‘First Time Fiction’, for novice writers aged over 25.
The SCWC currently has two writers residencies, one anthology and one screenwriting program open for submissions. The Nan Tien Residency is offering up to 12 residency places for writers in March 2024. It’s for those living on the South Coast of NSW or with a connection to Nan Tien Temple. Applications close 14 December.
Also open for applications is the Bundanon Group Writers Residency, taking place in May 2024. All are welcome to apply, but to accept a place on this retreat you must be a SCWC member. Open until 9 February 2024.
The 2023/24 anthology Chroma is still open for submissions of prose and poetry up to 1500 words on the theme ‘in colour’.
Applications are also open for the 2024 SCWC Screenwriting Program, run by film expert and director Graham Thorburn. Graham aims to form a group of mutually supportive writers interested in drafting feature-length screenplays. An info night will be held on 7 December 7.30pm at Coledale Hall.
For more information or to join SCWC, visit southcoastwriters.org
