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Apply now for our new two-week online program co-presented with Queerstories.
We’re back! Save the date 21-23 October for the return of the Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival!
The Festival promises a vibrant program of panels, talks and workshops, designed to share ideas, spark conversations and inspire creativity.
Closing 10 May 2022
This four-week international exchange fellowship with the extraordinary Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, is awarded to a member of Varuna’s alumni once a year. The callout is now open for an Irish writer to apply to come to Australia in October 2022.
Closing 14 April 2022
Applications are now open for The Writer’s Space Fellowship program 2022. 12 fellowships will be offered to writers with disability or who are D/deaf, from around Australia.
Closing 21 April 2022
This new ten-week online course from Patti Miller will explore the rich territory of creative non-fiction, focusing on true stories written from a personal perspective.
Congratulations to the writers who have been awarded a Varuna First Nations Fellowship for 2022.
Image: Jenny Fraser
The Writer’s Process is a series of ten-week immersive masterclasses hosted by Varuna, each one providing a unique opportunity for writers to develop and extend their craft.
This intimate online course with Felicity Plunkett is designed to boost and fuel experienced poets to extend and develop their practice.
Save the date! The Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival returns on 21-23 October 2022 .
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Varuna is delighted to announce Pitch Me!, a program connecting Australian writers with agents and publishers.