MEMBERS' RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Last updated 19/11/2009
Paula Wilson discussed her writing with Del
Nightingale, and read some of her stories, on Writers @ Work - 3RPP radio on
Monday 2nd November. Paula's short story 'Share House' was published in the magazine Positive Words.
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Paula Wilson Also a highly commended for 'Finally First' in the Gum Leaves short story competition and the story was published on their website www.scribbligum.com Paula had success with two short stories for children. 'The Red Swaggie' was published in Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) anthology ‘Pass the Envelope 2007’ (published late 2008). 'High Ground' was awarded second prize in the FAW Mary Grant Bruce Short Story Award. |
Marguerite
Kisvardai Poem in 'Reflecting on Melbourne', book to be published October 18 by Poetica Christi Press. Prose and poetry in DLS Literary Society |
ACHIEVEMENTS Please send all information to: Blaise Van Hecke Postal Address: 33 Baldwin Ave., Montmorency, Vic., 3094 Email: busybird@bigpond.net.au
We'd love to include a photo of you on this webpage too. Email photos to veronica@spamarrest.com
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Lorraine
McGuigan Manuscript of 'Wings of the Same Bird' won Best Poetry in Interactive Press IP Picks Awards and will be published this year 2nd in Apollo Poetry Awards See details of the launch of this book on our Calendar page. |
Highly
Commended in Reason-Brisbane Poetry Prize
2
poems in Poetrix |
Featured Reader at both Daylesford and Creswick Words in Winter Festival. | |
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Dulcie Stone
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Dulcie Stone has had her new non-fiction book
‘Aspects of Creativity’ published by Zeus Publications. Stay tuned for sale
details.
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Blaise van Hecke
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Blaise van Hecke is very excited. ‘[untitled]
The Melbourne Writers’ Magazine’ haas been successfully launched.
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Karen won First Prize in the Society's 2009 Bicentenial awards with her story "Kay's Café. Karen has also launched her book of short stories: All that and Everything.
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Karen Turner
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Alice Landau
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Alice launched her book Snippets from my Family Album in March 2009. Born in 1927, Alice found her life dramatically changed by WWII. Her book tells a powerful, difficult and fascinating story. Snippets from my Family Album is available for $30 plus $9 P&H from the Makor Jewish Community Library, Beth Weizmann, 306 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South, Vic, 3162 or privately from Alice. Email alicelaundau@hotmail.com
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Marlene has had a busy year so far. She won Second Prize in the Society's Biennial Literary Awards in the Poetry Section for her poem "Hot Air Platoon". She co-judged the Spiritual Directors' International 2009 Poetry Competition. Her poem Kew Gardens, London was published in Westerly. The Mission and River-me are about to be published in the anthology Melbourne Reflections
The poem Ours
(about the 2008 bushfires in Victoria) was published in Eureka
Street
and as an earlier version, Communion
in Earthsong
journal.
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Marlene Another
poem Organic
has been chosen for the 2009 poetry anthology New
Beginnings.
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Rebecca Maxwell
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Rebecca ’s book “Blind and Busy” was
written to honour the inventor of the braille language - a language
created specifically for the blind and vision impaired - and celebrates
two hundred years since the birth of Louis Braille.
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Elizabeth.
M. Thompson
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In July 2009, Elizabeth won first prize
in the article section of the Society of Women Writers Vic. Inc.
Biennial Literary Awards for her article "A Brief History of the
Picnic".
Elizabeth is recording readings of fictional Letters From The Other Side for Del Nightingale's show Writers At Work on 98.7 F.M. Written versions of the letters will also be published by Peter Hinchcliffe on the United Kingdom site: Open Writing. She was also one of ten winners of the "Fifty Plus News" writing competition with her 750 word story "Jackhammer Evenings". Each issue of the newspaper for 2009 will feature one of the winning stories. Elizabeth had Veering Left, from her series Musings Of A Downsizer, two short stories Mother Baker's Hat, and Best Friends, broadcast on the Arts Program of Vision Australia. Also a short story Tickets Please, broadcast on the Qld Story Teller program. |
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Veronica
Schwarz
Veronica had an article, "It's in the post!' about our postal workshops in the VWC's 'Victorian Writer' for April 2009. |
Judy had a poem published in Poetry Monash. |
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Margaret Amery White
was highly commended for her story ‘Under the River Red’ in the Fellowship
of Australian Writers’ short story competition in 2008. |
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Gwenyth Simcoe has been busy: 1st prize for a short story in the Department of Veteran Affairs Annual Writing and Art Competition. Published in DVA Anthology Bravo. Honourable mention for an article ‘1914-1918 The War to End Wars’ in the DVA Writing and Art Competition. Second prize for a short story in the Vision Australia National Literary Awards (for legally blind writers). |