2021 CALEB Awards Wants You … to Volunteer as a Judge
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It is almost time for the 2021 CALEB Awards from Omega Writers. CALEB stands for Christian Authors Lifting Each other’s Books. The CALEB Award: Supports excellence in Australasian Christian books by encouraging and educating writers, regardless of genre. Encourages excellence in Australasian Christian books by recognising and rewarding our best writers across a range […]
Conference 2021 is a Writers Retreat
It’s official. We are delighted to announce that the Omega Writers conference has been reimagined for 2021 into a Writers Retreat. Why? With Covid still nipping at our heels, border closures and lockdowns still occurring, our keynote international speaker unable to enter the country and a lot of our members sharing stories of exhaustion from all the ebbs […]
Introducing Penny Reeve | President of Omega Writers
Hello! My name is Penny and I write. At least that’s how I like to introduce myself. I write children’s books, mainly, but I also like to write for young adults. I write fiction and non-fiction, picture books and novels. I write for the Christian book market and for the general market under three pen […]
Omega Writers Announce the Winners of the 2020 CALEB Awards
On behalf of Omega Writers, I’m thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 CALEB Awards for unpublished authors. The award ceremony was held on Saturday night via Zoom. While there was no chocolate, there was plenty of fun and laughter as writers from Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan met to celebrate our achievements over […]
CALEB Award Update
By Iola Goulton, 2020 CALEB Coordinator We are almost on the home straight for the 2020 CALEB Awards. The final-round judges are working their way through the entries. Scores are due back on 30 September, so it’s not long to go now before we have winners in our three categories: Unpublished Adult Fiction Unpublished Young […]
Be part of an online writing masterclass with Write2Ignite!
Missing the learning opportunities now that the 2020 Omega Conference is postponed? Feeling a bit stuck in your writing? Here’s a fantastic opportunity for Aussie writers to be part of an international masterclass. (Lessons will be held over three evening sessions in late September/October 2020. More details below.) Write2Ignite is a US organisation that supports […]
2020 CALEB Award Finalists Announced
Like so much of what has happened this year, the 2020 CALEB Award hasn’t gone according to plan. Our past practice has been to have a combination of published and unpublished categories in the Award each year, and to announce the winners at the annual Omega Writers Conference. Well, between fires, disease, and murder hornets, […]
New Christian literary journal publishing in 2021
Omega Writers recently received this letter from inScribe journal which is asking for submissions for its first edition to be published in February 2021. You can check their website for more details and read below. “We are writing with news of an exciting new literary journal, soon to be launched, and an invitation for members […]
Website offer for Omega members
Tamika Spaulding interviewed qualified editor and website designer Helen Wakefield for the Omega blog today. Helen is the founder and creator of Impressence Web Studios and is excited to be offering a HUGE exclusive 40% off discount to Omega Members in Author Website Review and Author Strategy Sessions. “I am a mother of three, which […]
Lowering writerly ‘eggs-pectations’ in the time of a pandemic
I don’t know about you, but this ‘current season’ has hit my writing routines like a sledge hammer on a boiled egg. Sure, the substance is still there – you can make out the egg white and pieces of shell, and the yolk is present too – but it’s difficult to imagine undoing the impact […]