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 Scores are due back on 30 September, so it’s not long to go now before we have winners in our three categories: Unpublished Adult Fiction Unpublished Young […]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 Our past practice has been to have a combination of published and unpublished categories in the Award each year, and to announce the winners at the annual Omega Writers Conference.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 […]
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 […]
2020 CALEB Award Opens
The 2020 CALEB Award is now open for entries. The categories are as follows: Unpublished Adult Fiction Unpublished Young Adult Fiction Unpublished Nonfiction (all genres except devotionals) The Unpublished award is an electronic-only award, and will be limited to thirty (30) entries, ten in each category. Official rules are here. The winner of each category […]
A message from our President in 2020
Hello, Omega writers. I hope you’ve had a restful Christmas break, and that you’ve found the time to recharge your batteries. There’s no doubt Australians have had an emotionally charged Christmas and New Year with the devastating bushfires across most states, and the disastrous fires the subject of news and social media conversation. If you […]
Brisbane Omega Writers Book Fair 2020
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Brisbane Omega Writers Book Fair is on will be on again on March 14th 2020 at Hills Church in Everton Hills. There will be author tables with a wide range of books, readings, workshops, prizes and more. Our authors include writers of fiction and non-fiction for adults, teens and children. Books for every reading […]
“I could write that”: What you need to know about writing children’s books
By Penny Reeve I bet you’ve had that familiar moment when you’ve read a children’s book with a young person, closed the cover and thought to yourself: ‘Sure, I could write that!’ Yes, children’s books are short. They’re snappy, fun and often repetitive. They can appear deceptively simple. But as any writer knows, writing well […]
Do I Need An Editor? (And What Do They Do?)
Editors fall into two categories: Employees at a publishing house Freelance editors Each have different roles. Editors at a Publishing House When we ask “do I need an editor?”, we’re generally not talking about publishing house editors. Publishing house editors do a lot more than edit. There are different types of editors within a publishing […]