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2008 Feast Writing Competition

All the winners and highly commended entries

This competition was part of the 2008 Adelaide Feast festival. Winners include Ash Rehn, Amelia Walker, and Peter Mitchell. Highly commended entries from James May, Ash Rehn and Peter Mitchell.

pdf file >2MB, released December 2008

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Our first title, Flaunt, has been gathering accolades, and we are so thrilled with the quality of the work that we are powering ahead with another collection, Flaunt2, in time for next year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. We can't afford to pay contributors at present, but we hope that in time, this will change. As with the first edition, there's no money, only glory. We're looking for short fiction (up to about 3,000 words), or poetry of any length. Deadline: January 17 2008. Email the: editor@lesbian-ebooks.com.au

New Mardi Gras and NSW Writers' Centre
2009 Short Story Competition
Festival runs 15th February to 7 March 2009

Pick up your pen and get writing! The short story competition theme for 2009 - War and peace - has been created to inspire writers. You're open to interpret this theme freely however stories must feature New Mardi Gras values. Prizes this year include luxury nights in Sydney hotels, Writers Centre memberships, bookshop vouchers and more.
Word Limit: 500 words. Closing Date: 5pm 5th January 2009.
Entry Form required. Fees (per story submitted): $15.00 $10.00 Conc
lesbian-ebooks sponsors the Youth prize of $200 cash! Winners will be published in a free downloadable collection from this website shortly after the announcement in February 2009.
Full details on entry form: Download here pdf file 80KB

Read These Lips: Second Helpings

New lesbian fiction - Second Helpings from Read These Lips arrives with more stories and an expanded scope.
Includes Australian writers: Susan Hawthorne, Tricia Dearborn, and several others.
 
Free download from www.readtheselips.com

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Perverse Verse 2007: Queer Poets Read

Perverse Verse 2007 This event is now a Mardi Gras festival tradition celebrating GLBTQ poetry. Sponsored by the Feminist Bookshop, and held at the NSW Writers Centre in Callan Park, Rozelle, the afternoon features readings by some of this city's best known poets and authors. Last year's collection was a leading download; this year's pdf draws together 11 poets and some of the work presented on stage 3 February 2007. Featured poets include Michael Farrell, Beatriz Copello, Jill Jones, John Rule, Julia Phillips, Michael West, Gabe Jones, Neil Stuart, Tricia Dearborn, Roni Potts, and Bronwyn Winter.

pdf file, <2mB, mixed lesbian and gay content, first released Feb 2007.

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New Mardi Gras and NSW Writers' Centre
2008 Short Story competition

All the winners and the highly commended entries

Short and sweet, 500 word stories on the theme 'One Small Step'

Winners - Highly commended: Donald Ritchie, Lisa Harrison. Highly commended Under 26: Alexandra Parker. Winner Under 26: Rebecca Rose Langham. 3rd prize: Bronwyn Winter. 2nd prize: David McAmis. Winner: Siobhan Colman for 'Sweet Treats at the CWA'.

pdf file, <1mB, mixed lesbian and gay content, first released Feb 2008.

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