Victorian Writers: On your marks!
30 Jun
Attention all you creative writers hailing in the fair state of Victoria: Start writing/polishing off your best pieces for inclusion in the inaugural Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards, brought to you by the City of Melbourne & the Melbourne Library Service.
Marking the City of Melbourne’s new status as the second UNESCO City of Literature (woot, woot!), the awards aim to support and foster emerging writers in the community and offer them the chance to win $1,000 in a range of categories. Even more exciting is the $5,000 main prize or Lord Mayor’s Award, which will be chosen from the following four categories:
- Short Story
- Three Hour Book or novella (E-book)
- Three Hour book or novella (Print)
- Young Writer (up to 25 years of age)
You can submit your entries in on or more of the above categories, so long as you get them in by 31st August,2009. What’s more, not only will all winners will be published, but their names will also be announced at an Awards ceremony in November. Kind of like a mini golden globes for us wordsmith’s aye?
For more information about how to enter, visit www.melbournelibraryservice.vic.gov.au or call 03 9658 9495
Wishing you all the best of luck,
Miss Wannabe Wordsmith xx
