National Young Writers’ Festival

Want to get involved with NYWF? We're looking for emerging arts leaders to present the 2025 festival! Check out available roles for two Creative Producers and a Marketing & Digital Coordinator 💫 youngwritersfestival.org/getinvolved/

We're nine days away! 🎉 Explore the full program at youngwritersfestival.org 👀

NYWF ~ 2023 program out now. Welcome our 21 new artists: poets, storytellers, weavers, chefs, essayists, scholars, memoirists, academics and educators. Full event listing is up on our website. youngwritersfestival.org

We're thrilled to announce writer, critic and visual artist Anwen Crawford as the Special Guest at this year's NYWF ✨ Join us this Saturday in Newcastle for our 2023 program launch 🎉 facebook.com/events/3096283…

We're happy to introduce our final member of the 2023 NYWF team: writer, broadcaster and musician Matthew Tomich, our new Marketing & Brand Coordinator 🙋‍♂️

Please welcome our Volunteer & Production Coordinator for NYWF 2023 - Newcastle born-and-raised writer Tarni Cruickshank 🙌

We're delighted to welcome writer, performer and arts organiser Chloe Mills back to NYWF for 2023 as Festival Manager 👏

We're excited to welcome Thomas Hamilton back to the role of NYWF Co-Director for 2023 🎉 This year marks Thomas' fourth year with NYWF and second as Co-Director - and as someone who grew up in Newcastle, we're thrilled to have hi back again to drive this year's programming.

Applications for The Richell Prize close this Friday! Submit your manuscript for your chance to win a $10,000 prize and a 12 month publishing mentorship with Hachette. Learn more: bit.ly/TheRichellPrize

We're thrilled to welcome Kanika Chopra as NYWF Co-Director this year 🥳 Kanika is an award-winning writer, editor and facilitator, plus the creator and editor literary zine More than Melanin, with bylines in South Asian Today, Colournary Magazine and more. Welcome Kanika 👏

While we're squirrelling away working on this year's festival, we'd like to introduce our 2023 NYWF team. First up is our Festival Co-Director Tina Huang, a Chinese Australian writer, performance poet and curator based in Sydney on unceded Wangal land. Please welcome Tina! 🎉

Just a reminder! EOI applications for the 2023 festival close tomorrow at 11:59pm AEST. So don’t miss out! 💛

We are extending our artist applications! Head to the link in the bio to apply! 💛

We can't forget to give a huge shout out and thanks to our 2022 partners, we wouldn't have been able to do this without all of you! 💛

Huge shout out to our incredibly talented artist illustrator, we can’t wait to see more of these! 😍💛 @AwesomeBlackOrg @senoritamorita @deahaque @markusmuch

@timothy_newport Thank you Tim! It was lovely having you about for our big 25th :P

Spring has sprung, Hallowe'en is nearing and Voiceworks is getting out and about! VW will be at Coburg Makers Market next Saturday 🌻 Come say hi and grab a mag :)📚 When: 10am - 3pm Where: 69 Charles Street, Coburg North (near the velodrome) Poster design by Ginger Taylor 🎨

How am I 26 followers away from 1000 already... This is nuts. It feels like yesterday I just had 900. Send help

Anywho. @NYWF is awesome. #LoveOZYA is awesome. Very appreciative of this community today 🥰