Two Blue Mountains Writers' Festival volunteers smiling and posing together outside The Carrington Hotel in Katoomba, during daytime, wearing matching black t-shirts with the words ''Blue Mountains Writers' Festival.''

Varuna News

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Scribe Varuna Residency open for applications

Varuna the National Writers’ House and Scribe Publications from Melbourne are thrilled to announce a new partnership that will offer three writers the opportunity to develop their work.

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WestWords Fellowship open for applications

WestWords and Varuna have once again partnered for the WestWords Varuna Western Sydney Residential Program offering four emerging writers from diverse backgrounds from Western Sydney the opportunity of a six-day residency at Varuna.

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Arts NT Fellowships 2019

Congratulations to NT writers Gretel Bull, Sam Carmody, Mhairi Duncan and Biddy O’Loughlin who have been awarded the 2019 Arts NT Varuna Residential Fellowships.

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Affirm Press Mentorship Award 2018

Thank you to the editorial team at Affirm Press for selecting the writers that will participate in the Varuna & Affirm Press Mentorship Award 2018. 

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2018 Publisher Introduction Program Fellowships

Thank you to the publishers from Black Inc, Pan Macmillan, Random House, Scribe Publishers, Harper Collins, Text, UQP and UWA Publishers for making the selection, and congratulations to the writers who will receive a fellowship.

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PIP 2018 Shortlist

Varuna is pleased to announce the shortlist for the Publisher Introduction Program (PIP 2018).

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