Attention authors and publishers:
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - REALITY BITES - EVEN YEARS
DEADLINE 20 FEB 2012
REALITY BITES LITERARY NONFICTION FESTIVAL
REALITY WRITES READER'S AND WRITER'S WEEKEND - ODD YEARS
This year, re are extending our reach out to electronic as well as print publishing. The work must be published prior to 20 July, have at least national distribution and be literary nonfiction (defined by the literature board as autobiography, biography, essays, histories, literary criticism or analytical prose). The work can be across any of the literary forms - poetry, theatre, documentary film, radio, screenplay etc.
If you have a work appropriate for the festival, including workshop presentation, please download a submission form and return it to the secretary with a reading copy of the work by 20 Feb 2012. Please submit electronically if able, otherwise mail your submission to the secretary. If you are unfamiliar with the festival, download previous programs and look at the kinds of works included.
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| Niromi de Soyza, Tamil Tigress. Our 2011 launch keynote speaker |
The main program of SHWC is Reality Bites - an annual event focussing on nonfiction writing and introducing local audiences to Australia's best writers and other industry professionals. The festival is run on a voluntary basis and produced with funding sourced from government grants and significant in-kind support.
From 2010 the main festival went biennial, and in the alternate years we present a writer's and reader's weekend, Reality Writes. The Reality Bites Festival will occur in even years and the Reality Writes weekend in odd years.
Click on the banners in the right hand column to download past programs.
The 2011 event focussed on the art of writing, with sessions about craft and workshops aimed at a range of skill levels for youth and adult writers and readers.
We will have more of our popular pitching clinics so, if you missed out last year, get cracking on your pitch for 2012.
The green banner on the right will take you to the website. Join our mailing list to stay informed of other SHWC events.
Reality Writes aims to:
- Present Australia's leading authors and industry experts
- Build local writers' skills
- Source and promote forthcoming books by local authors for inclusion in the festival
- Expand the horizons of readers of nonfiction
- Encourage active involvement in the development and running of the programs.
