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		<title>September Reading with Myra King &#8211; Wed 8 Sep</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us at 7:30 on Wednesday 8th September at Crags Royal Hotel in Lydiard Street to hear Ballarat Writers’ own Myra King read from her new short story collection, City Paddock, and to talk about her writing.
Myra’s short stories and poems have won awards in national and international competitions and been published in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, USA, and also online.
Paramount to her writing philosophy is the enjoyment of the reader, to make them laugh or cry or at least lift them from the mundane.
All royalties from sales of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Ballarat Writers&#8217; Festival 3-4 Sept 2010</title>
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Dinner bookings are now closed, but Saturday program online bookings are open until midday, Friday September 3, unless sold out. We have a big crowd already and it&#8217;s shaping up to be a great festival.
For more information on the festival and to book tickets, click on the link in the menu bar above.





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		<title>Asialink writing residencies &#8211; closing 10 September</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asialink Writing Residency Program, which began in 1997, is a unique opportunity for Australian writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, history, essays, playwriting, young adult fiction, blogs, new media and interactive content to live and work for an extended period in Asia. As well as giving talks, workshops and media interviews residents have worked on themes as diverse as Merle Oberon&#8217;s mysterious origins, Jewish communities in Calcutta, foreign journalists in Beijing, historical fantasy in Japan, the politics of unification in Korea, multiculturalism in Malaysia, mythology in Vietnam, and connections between ...]]></description>
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		<title>Walter Stone Award for Life Writing &#8211; closing Sep 30</title>
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The Walter Stone Award is given on the even biennial year for an original, unpublished manuscript to show some aspect of Australian History or have some Australian Historical significance.  The prize is paid from a trust fund established by Margaret Stone to honour her late father.  &#8220;Life Writing&#8221; is defined as biography, autobiography, memoir, monograph, bibliography.  Biography and autobiography may be an extract to meet the word count requirements.  Word count: minimum 10,000, maximum 25,000 words.
Prize is $1500
Closing Date:  30th September 2010
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		<title>Waterline Writing Competition &#8211; closing Oct 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Waterline Writing Competition 2010
A community partnership project of the Corinella and District Communnity Centre Inc. (CDCC) and the Phillip Island Community and Learning Centre Inc. (PICAL)
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Short Story: 2,500 words  Prize: The Glen Miles Scholarship $1,000
Short Story Seniors over 75 years: 1250  Prize: $250
Short Story Junior 15-18 years: 1250  Prize: $250
Short Story Residents of Bass Coast Shire: 1250 words  Prize: $250
Poetry: Open  Prize: $250
All entries to be returned to Corinella and District Community Centre 48 Smythe St, Corinella  VIC  3984 by October 1 ...]]></description>
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