Welcome
We have held Young Writers' Workshops in January and May. Our next workshop will be in the school holidays
Please complete the registration form below and wait for a confirmation email
Please complete the registration form below and wait for a confirmation email
Young Writers WorkshopsA fun day creating stories: we write, we read, we share some of our work and we talk about how to make good writing great. See the feedback from past workshops (right)
Specific enquiries: hunterwriterscentre@gmail.com Once you receive the information about our next writing workshop, follow this Payment Process:
The Young Writers Workshop May 2013: $33 (inc. GST)
Direct Deposit: Name: Hunter Writers Centre Incorporated BSB: 650-000 Account: 965980308 Please put your name and the phrase "young writers" in the reference box Credit Card Payment (+ a small fee): $33
Writing Resources
Express Media Express Media provides support and development opportunities for young people in writing and media. You can submit stories to Voiceworks magazine, which showcases the best young writers in Australia. Inside a Dog The place to be if you're young and you read. Young Adult Reader Reviews Spineout Spineout is a new YA online magazine where you can submit reviews of newly published YA books (Spineout provide), book trailers, poems, short stories, music lyrics, videos and art work. Alphabet Soup A magazine written by children 12 and younger. Writing Competitions The 2013 Young Writers Innovation Prize Entries close 17 May Young writers, publishers and digital experts are encouraged to pitch an idea to Express Media from anywhere in Australia. The idea will need to demonstrate innovation in the field of literature and publication. This idea may involve writing for zines, e-zines, comics, multimedia, multi-artforms or cross-media works, websites, live performance and spoken word. Dorothy Mackellar Poetry Awards Competition dates for 2013: 1st March to 30 June The oldest and largest poetry competition for school aged children in Australia.The optional theme for 2013 is 'Wherever the Wind Blows', download theme design here. Future Leaders Writing Awards 2013 Entries close 1 July Year 11 and 12 students in Australian secondary schools are invited to submit a piece of writing (800 to 1,000 words). The writing can be fiction or non-fiction and on any topic. |
Feedback from past writing days at HWC:
Thank you for organising the writing course, I really enjoyed it and it really helped me with writing in class. I would love to go to another one." Lexy I liked writing different types of stories. It was a great experience and I learnt a lot about detailing a story. Michael I got great information from the program. I enjoyed learning how to construct a good short story. Niko I most enjoyed the 3 sentence short story exercise. The program was fun and educational. Tori I enjoyed learning about new ways of writing, to write from the heart and edit later. It was really helpful. I would like to do this again. Lucy
It forced me to write in ways I wouldn’t usually and I liked it. Eleanor I liked being able to write about anything I wanted; not a set topic. Mia "I learnt the importance of rhythm, verbs and this will make me a better writer." Jesse "It made me more confident in my writing, and has given me better techniques in developing my writing skills." Lauren "I liked everything about it, especially learning about rhythm. The writing book is a great idea, I'll start." Shanais 500 Word Competition WinnersPlease take a moment to read these stories, carefully crafted by young writers from around the Hunter. Congratulations to the winners.
1st place: The Wind, Oliver Ray 2nd Place: The Tomb, Aidan Heusz Commended: Rebecca Tyler Jaziah Watts Melanie Mitrevski Jessie Anderson Brittany Aitken Darcie Anderson Thankyou to MacLean's Booksellers for providing the prizes. 
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