Showing posts with label dale campisi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dale campisi. Show all posts

Thursday, June 24, 2010

New judge for the Storywriting Competition is Rose Michael

Unfortunately Dale Campisi is unable to judge this year's National Storywriting competition, however we are pleased to announce this year's judge is publisher Rose Michael.

Currently a publisher with Arcade Publications, she is a former editor of Bookseller and Publisher, and was a judge of the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Rose is herself a published author, her book The Asking Game was published in 2009. She has lectured in Publishing and Communications at Melbourne University and will shortly take up a position with publishers Hardie Grant.

Cheers, Maryanne

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Download the National Storywriting Competition entry form

Polish off those short stories and download the entry form for this year's National Storywriting competition.

Judge
Our judge this year is publisher Dale Campisi. Dale has established himself on the Australian publishing scene with Arcade Publications. He is an innovator who has developed a unique publishing format, ‘little books, big stories’. Dale also has an awareness of the Australian literary scene and the ability to foster and encourage new writers.

Previously a lecturer in Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Dale is currently the Communications and Marketing Director with the Public Records Office.

Prizes
Adult 1st Prize -  $1000
Local Award - $500 for residents of Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges
Teenage 1st Prize - $300 13-18 years
Junior 1st Prize - $200 9-12 years

View Storywriting Competition entry form (pdf, 243KB, 2 pages)
Entries close Friday 27th August 2010.

Cheers, Maryanne

Thursday, September 04, 2008

It's a crime to miss this opportunity

The City of Maroondah is playing host to some of Australia's great true crime and fictional crime authors in October for the Maroondah Writers' and Readers' Festival.

Check out the Festival program. Here's a quick peek at some of the lineup (pun slightly intended):

Shane Maloney
Shane Maloney is one of Australia's foremost crime writers. He's a past winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction and is best know for the Murray Whelan series.

John Silvester
John Silvester is both a Walkley Award and Ned Kelly Award winner and co-author of the incredibly popular Underbelly series, from which the recent TV series was made.

Adrian Puckering
A tour guide for the Jack the Ripper Walks, historian Adrian Puckering will be taking us on a journey through the life and crimes of Jack the Ripper. Quiz him about the latest allegations of Jack's identity.

Dale Campisi
For the budding authors out there, Dale will be covering subjects such as manuscript presentation and submission and be giving an overview of the publishing and magazine scene.

When: Friday 3rd October - Sunday 5th October
Where: Various venues in Ringwood and Croydon - see festival program
Cost: see session prices and bookings for each event
Bookings essential phone 98763421

Cheers, Maryanne