About Us
Aims
To support and promote Geelong and District writers by
providing an information service.
To co-ordinate literary events and activities.
To liaise with the Victorian Writers Centre
To represent the literary sector in the development of cultural
policies for the Geelong region.
Membership
Open to anyone interested in writing particularly in the
Geelong and Surf Coast region.
Annual fee $20, due on 30 June.
Management
Committee of eight, elected annually.
Secretary: Carmel Reid
Assistant Secretary: David Reid
Email: davencarmel@ozemail.com.au
All interested members are welcome to attend the monthly
committee meetings. Details can be found in the newsletter.
Subscriptions:
Annual subscriptions are $20 and fall due on 30th June. Subscriptions to be
by Cheque or money order, payable to 'Geelong Writers', and posted to:
Maurice Alexander, 16 Reid Street, Barwon Heads 3227. Join
Geelong Writers or renew membership
Treasurer:
Maurice Alexander
Core Activities
See Events for
examples of past events staged by Geelong Writers.
Monthly
newsletter – see below.
Occasional Publications
Around
Geelong: Place, Memory, Home
Geelong
Writers Inc published an anthology of written and graphic work about Geelong
in their 2002 anthology Around Geelong: Place, Memory, Home. The first
print run of 300 copies sold out within weeks and more have been printed. A
book review is on this website under Book and Journal
Reviews. You can purchase copies by mailing your order to 'Geelong
Writers Publications', 25 Hill Street, Belmont Vic 3216, at the cost of $15
per copy or $25 for two. Add $2 per book for postage.
Railway
Lines
These small books offer a variety of short stories and poems by
local writers, for the eager reader and jaded commuter alike. Available at
Geelong Writers events and by mailing your order to 'Geelong Writers
Publications', 25 Hill Street, Belmont Vic 3216, at $3.00 per copy. Add $2
per book for postage.
Monthly Newsletter – Geelong Ink
An informative newsletter with coming events for writers,
competitions and information.
Send material to geelongink@yahoo.com.au
by 17th of each month or phone 5222 1038.
Word Limits for
Articles
The editor welcomes articles for Geelong Ink by members –
please email geelongink@yahoo.com.au
or call 5222 1038 to discuss your concept before sending. Strict word limits
are necessary because of the A5 format – details below.
250 words: book reviews on writers and writing (half page or a
little over) and reviews on books published by GW members
70: other books
350: writer's diary (one page with graphic)
400: profile of writer (will fit on one page if in columns)
700: articles on writing/publishing/editing, etc (will fit on 2 pages if in columns)
250: miscellaneous articles including reports of past events
Writers on Radio
Tune in to Pulse 94.7 FM on Sundays between 11-12 am to hear
our very own Geelong Writers ten minutes of fame.
Writers' Groups
The newsletter is always happy to publish requests for members
who wish to network with others about poetry, prose fiction or special
interest groups, such as family history, script-writing, etc.
Online Writing Forums
You will need to create an account to use these groups, but
they are free and fairly straightforward to use. For those who have never
used anything along these lines before, you can establish various topics for
discussion (threads) and participants can then comment on them or just browse
them to see who's doing what.
Currently these forums are open to all writers, but we reserve the
right to limit membership to GW members at any time.
Geelong Writers online novel forum is located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GWnovels
Geelong Writers online short fiction forum is located at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/gwshortfiction
Geelong Writers online non-fiction forum is located at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/GWnonfiction/
Geelong Writers online poetry forum is located at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/GWPoets/
Geelong Writers Inc Annual General Meeting
Sunday 24th July 2005
Secretary’s Report
Membership now stands at
140 paid and 8 honorary members = 148.
Events of 2004
May: Poetry in May
June: Words In Winter @ El Toro:
A successful event with round table discussions of what makes good
writing in short fiction, novels and poetry.
July: Page To The Stage @ the Woodbin Theatre. Workshop and talk on what is
involved in writing a stage play, followed by excerpts by the actors.
August: Overload Poetry @ Tony’s
on Yarra: How to improve your
performance when presenting poetry.
August: Short Stories @ Fyansford General Store. Announcement of Short story comp and readings by
winners. Well attended and
received.
September: Meet & Mingle @
Tony’s On Yarra. An attempt for
new Secretaries to meet our members.
Poorly attended.
October: Ballarat Writers’ Festival & Characterization Workshop @ Newcomb
Library.
November: Words @ the Gallery:
Writing in response to art, including writers from outside Geelong Writers
Inc.
December: Words of Humour @
Christmas at the Fyansford Hotel:
2005
January: Midsummer’s Words @
Tony’s: Poor attendance probably
due to no December newsletter.
February: Polyglots on Pako @ the Virginia Todd Centre: Arrival competition and invited
readers, including comp winners.
Joint effort of Pako Festa, Geelong Writers and Geelong Libraries.
March: Think Tank @ Newcomb Library:
Session to ascertain what our members want and don’t want from us.
April: Getting Ready to Go To The Printers @ Newcomb Library: Workshop by Maura Fitzgerald for
self-publishers.
May: Poetry @ Tony’s. Members
reading night.
Committee
Secretaries: Carmel
& David Reid
Treasurer: Maurice
Alexander
Web Maintenance: Julianna
Ryan
Newsletter: Catriona
Ebeling, Brooke Davis, Maura Fitzgerald
General: Wendy
Ratawa, Christine Ericksson, Ken Sheerin
What have We Done?
With the introduction of the new Secretaries came some major changes and some
minor.
Unified the subscription process to fall due on June 30th each year to
streamline the bookkeeping.
Highlighted the need to careful budgeting.
Increased the subscription to $20 after many years at $15.
Introduction of a detailed information slip with each new membership to help
us tailor our events.
Bought cordless microphones, amplifier and whiteboard.
Expanded our options for venues.
Revamped the website. Thanks to
Julianna Ryan.
Changed newsletter to A4 and revamped layout. Thanks to Maura Fitzgerald.
Introduction of online forums for short fiction, poetry, novels and
non-fiction. Thanks to David Reid
Weekly spot for writers to read or promote works and events on Pulse 94.7 FM
Arts’ Hour, Room 101 from 11-12 each Sunday. Thanks to Jayne Harris, now John Pedlar.
Introduction of Breaking News email service for important information in
between newsletters. Thanks to
David Reid
Attended the Arts’ Forum by Geelong City Council, to have our voice heard on
what we would like from our council.
Good relationship with our liaison there now.
Consolidated relationship with Geelong Libraries and new PR officer, Kylie
Warne.
Enlarged our publicity list for flyers and ads.
Change of printer to Wilson’s Copy Centre in Pakington St.
Streamlined print run of newsletter to cut down costs.
Continued reciprocal relationship with Deakin Literary Society, Ballarat
Writers & U3A.
Introduced an events pack to help all convenors of events to keep a uniform
look and feel and as a guide for what needs to be done.
Carmel Reid
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