2025 Program Submissions Now Open
We are welcoming submissions from published writers at all stages of their careers to participate in the 2025 festival, which will be held from April 4 to 6. Ideally, you…
Read moreWe are welcoming submissions from published writers at all stages of their careers to participate in the 2025 festival, which will be held from April 4 to 6. Ideally, you…
Read moreNewcastle Writers Festival and publisher Spineless Wonders are excited to announce the launch of the 2025 joanne burns Microlit Award. Melbourne writer and academic Cassandra Atherton and Canberra-based poet and…
Read moreOne early Wednesday morning, 55 excited children gathered outside Newcastle Museum, ready to flex their writing skills, meet new friends, and dive a little deeper into history. Ranging in age…
Read moreNewcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.
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