Welcome to our website. If you are a writer or
interested in becoming a writer, you'll find lots of interesting and helpful
things here.
Shirley Whiteway, President.
See all of our Committee members
at CONTACTS
The main aim of SWWV is to draw together women who write and to provide them with information and support. We do this by the regular conduct of: presentations by experienced writers, workshops, poetry and prose readings, seminars, conferences, book launches and literary competitions.
The Society also aims to strengthen ties between women writers in Australia and overseas.
If you'd like to join, or just want to find out more, come along to a meeting. Contact our Membership Secretary first so we know you're coming and can greet you.
Membership
fee is $30 per year due in June each year.
To apply to join the society click here.
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OR JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOES ON?S
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for a Report on our last
meeting and previous meetings too.
HERE
ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THE SOCIETY OFFERS: to find out more about it.
BECOME A MEMBER
If you'd like to join the Society of Women Writers Victoria click on I want to join.
OR you'd like more
information, contact our membership secretary at fjbartosy@gmail.com
Missed
a meeting? Catch up here:
Reports
of Recent Meetings
NEXT MEETING: MAY 2013
Please come to the May meeting on Friday 31 May. We will be celebrating the an-nouncement of the Nance Donkin Award. This award hounours the work of an Aus-tralian woman writer for children. We will have the pleasure of members of Nance Donkin’s family with us. The Society gives this award every two years as Nance Donkin wished encourage a good writer of children’s books. This will be the third time we present the award. The first two were Doctor Ruth Starke of South Austral-ia and Isabelle Carmody who lives in between Melbourne and Prague. Our judge this year is the children’s librarian at Fitzroy, Ms Jill Allan. After lunch, Lynne Murphy will instruct us about how to write radio scripts. Some of us will get a chance to read/act in a script.
FUTURE MEETINGS:
For
information on future meetings go to : Calendar
COMPETITIONS
CHECK
OUT THE COMPETITIONS PAGE FOR NEW ADDITIONS.
The competitions page is updated regularly.
SWWV
Biennial Literary Award for women: click
here
MEMBERS' NEWS
Janet
Howie's new collection of memoir, poetry and haiku entitled Footprint, will
be launched
at the Williamstown Literary Festival on Sunday 2 June. You're invited.
Click here to see the details.
Janet
will be speaking about her book and conducting a short workshop on haiku
at the June Meeting.
INVITATION TO REVIEW A BOOK
Mary
Pomfret has sent us an invitation to review her recent book.
She writes: I was wondering if any of your members might be
interested in writing a review of my recently published novella Writing
in Virginia's Shadow,Ginninderra Press, 2012. If so, I could arrange
for the publisher to send you a review copy.
OTHER REVIEWERS HAVE WRITTEN THE FOLLOWING:
"This delightful suite of stories reflects on the writing lives of women today. Here Virginia Woolf casts her shadow and also sheds her light on the stresses and the joys of creating fiction. Piquant and pithy, these are explorations of how it is for the woman writer with or without a room of her own." Carmel Bird
"courageous and moving and funny and perceptive" Scribd
Contact
Shirley Whiteway or
Veronica Schwarz if you are
interested in reviewing this book.
YOU CAN QUOTE ME
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying. (Jennifer Weiner)More helpful and inspiring quotes for writers. You can quote me.
MONTHLY
MEETINGS
On
the last Friday of the month
but
there are some exceptions so check the calendar, members meet on
the fourth floor of Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne,
between 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (byo lunch. Tea and coffee available). Read what we've been doing at
recent
meetings.
The nearest Met station is Flinders Street.
See you there!!
10:30 a.m. A
welcome cuppa and informal get together then, at 11
a.m. there is a short general meeting followed by a variety of activities - book launch, seminar/speaker or workshop.
Guest speakers share their experience and knowledge in the form of a
presentation or a workshop. Within the society there is a wealth of experience and competence in
writing and publishing to be shared.
Tea and coffee is provided.
Entry is
$5
.If a member cannot afford to pay this, please discuss with the President.
You won't be turned away.
For future meetings and other events : See Calendar of
Events.
PREVIOUS
MEETINGS: If you'd like to read about our recent speakers and workshops at our
monthly meetings, click
here.
Don't forget to let web weaver Veronica Schwarz know YOUR latest writing achievement. Write to veronica@spamarrest.com
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Words from our Members
The Worldwide Web
by Linda Blackshaw
Why I self publish
by Dulcie Stone
DULCIE
WRITES: It may be of interest to my sister writers that because of my age
I've decided to self publish or partnership publish. My reasons are clear.
Read
more.
Only a Story?
By Lauren Thompson
Lauren ponders the importance or otherwise of fiction -
stories that come from our imagination
.
Read
more...
BOOK REVIEW
by
Veronica Schwarz
Book Review
Writing a Woman's Life
WRITING PROMPTS by Paula Wilson
A Meaningful Book?
Have you just read a book you want everyone to read and enjoy, or benefit from, as you have? Tell us about its special qualities, or the effect it had on you. If there’s a book that resonated with you in some way, share your experience as an article or essay.
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS
NEW Opportunities
PROFILES OF SOME OF OUR MEMBERS
Members' Profiles and Websites
POSTAL
WORKSHOPS
Our Postal
Workshops each have one editor and six to ten members: who send in their writing
monthly. These members read each others' work and note down positive comments.
The comments along with some corrections are returned to the members. Groups
range from 'emerging' to 'published' writers. Of the six present groups one will
suit you - 'advanced or beginner - poetry, screenwriting, short story, novel,
article. Find
out more.
A
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER: Write Away
The newsletter is mailed or
emailed to all members each month except December and January.Itews of interest to members. If there is something you want to see more of
or less of in your newsletter Write Away, please contact the Newsletter Editor,
Lauren Thompson at laurena8@bigpond.com
All suggestions are very welcome. welcome .
WEB SITE
The website is updated regularly to provide information
about the Society, Competitions, Opportunities, Events and news of interest to members
and women writers. It showcases members' achievements, and provides links to
individual members' websites. It also provides links to other websites of use to
writers.
Check
out recent achievements of some of our members, book launches and other
invitations on the Achievements page.
Please email your suggestions or requests for additions to: veronica@spamarrest.com is
residential event is fun, informative and rejuvenating. Great speakers,
workshops, good food and a chance to energise.
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Note: MEMBERS' PHOTOS
Members who would like
their websites listed, or who are happy to have their photos on the website, please contact
veronica@spamarrest.com
What
else does SWWV offer?
MEMBERS'
PROFILES AND WEBSITES
You
can read about some of our members and see their photos on our Profiles
page. Some
of our members have their own websites.
Check them out.
