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Caitlin Noakes Writing Opportunities

Just cruising the internet and seeking out writing gigs. Thought I'd share. :)

The AWHA Flash and Short Story Competition: Horror stories, tales that frighten, yarns that unsettle us in our comfortable homes:

Boo!

A list of opportunities courtesy of the National Young Writer's Festival:

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Added by Caitlin Noakes on March 9, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Grant Dionysius An unfinished short story

The Ghost

As a child I never believed in ghosts or had my mother check for th

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Added by Grant Dionysius on March 5, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Naomi Stekelenburg Writing Tips

This is a fab collection of writing tips.

I love writing tips. They're my friends when the flow is as painful as that of a man with prostate issues. They're my version of Confession. I go ticking through them mouthing "no", "no", "no" until I hit a "yes" and with it, the realisation that my writing soul isn't as pristine as I thought it was. Ten "Hail Marys" (or the writer's version - recitations of Shakespeare's sonnet 34) ensue. Most of all, when I read them, I feel as though I'm wor… Continue

Added by Naomi Stekelenburg on March 1, 2010 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Tim Roberts Bad Sentence Contest; my Bad Sentence

Hi all
The recent release of results for annual Bulwer-Lytton Bad Sentence Contest 'inspired' me to try* one myself:

When the expensively-swimsuited Catriona saw the turd in the surf, it reminded her - with a sudden and truly cliche-worthy horror - that she had once again completely forgotten to clean out the litter tray for her boss's five beloved cats, and that as a result it would be a dark and stormy night before he once again trusted her with the keys to his Bold&a
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Added by Tim Roberts on February 28, 2010 at 7:14pm — No Comments

Brendan MacGowan F***ing Tourettes

Off the small ladder he fell. Fuck off! Followed, bastard, by the loud thud that was inspired by his person. Gobshite, excuse me - His body, slightly shaken and, fucking spunk, involved with the concrete on a intimate level was an unpleasant sight. Areshole (that one was voluntarily). Stained, his trousers were, cu- no, not the c-word: erm...fuck! yes, fuck, with the fluid from his (no need for it here) penis. Adrian, the fukin' name i give him, rose from the broken pavement and looked at the

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Added by Brendan MacGowan on February 26, 2010 at 12:08am — 1 Comment

Alayna Cole Flickering Light

You are but a flickering light; not a candle but a lantern that fades and brightens in the evening. It is only when you brighten that I take any notice of your enticing warmth, but when it calls I cannot bear to resist you. I know that I must be careful as I'm called to you. I know that it would bring me pain to touch you, even momentarily, but as I watch your light in the early hours of the morning I feel as though that moment of contact would be worth a lifetime of pain or an eternity of black… Continue

Added by Alayna Cole on February 15, 2010 at 5:56pm — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Red Wine

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of
months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They
were just a bit of fun.

There is nothing sadder than drinking alone, that’s what I was always told. But red wine with dinner doesn’t count as ‘drinking’ really, does it? Okay, so I had a glass before I ate as well. And a couple after. And now I’m a little tipsy. Well, a lot tipsy. But at lea

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:25am — 4 Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Repeating Yourself

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of
months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They
were just a bit of fun.

‘What about coffee dear? What about coffee?’ She shakes her head.

‘Sugar? Do we need any more sugar?’ She shakes her head again.

‘Milk? How about milk? Do we need milk?’ She shakes her head a third time.

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:24am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Changing Your Mind

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of
months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They
were just a bit of fun.

How do you take that back? He’s probably gotten past me by now, moved right along with his life, found himself a new woman. Rebound. Well, it’s not really a rebound if we never had a relationship in the first place. It’s just a replacement. Someone else to think about when he’s cold and lo

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:24am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Tea

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of
months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They
were just a bit of fun.

‘Are we allowed to drink the coffee?’ my best friend asked, waving his hand in a half-hearted gesture to the teacher.

‘Sure.’ He was kind which is unusual at a school camp. Almost all of the people who overheard the teacher’s answer stood up at once and made th

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:23am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About a Costume You Have Worn

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of
months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They
were just a bit of fun.

‘But, Mum…’

‘No buts. You’re coming with me and your brothers, and that is final.’

‘Fine, but I’m not dressing up.’

‘Your brothers are dressing up and so will you.’

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:23am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Candlelight

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of
months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They
were just a bit of fun.

The night is perfect. There isn’t a cloud in the sky, leaving the expanse free for stars to watch us carefully. Thank goodness I am inside. I don’t want the heavens watching what I plan to do with my lover tonight.

My lover. What a strange word to associ

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:22am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Alcohol

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They were just a bit of fun.

‘You there.’ She keeps walking. He runs to catch up. ‘Hey, you there!’

‘Me?’

‘Yes, you.’ He gestures to the empty street, then to the bottle in her hand. ‘Do you know drinking in public is illegal?’

‘Drinking wate

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:21am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Lemmings

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They were just a bit of fun.

‘And if everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you?’

‘Yes mum.’

‘Good boy. Now run along and play, son. Have a good day.’


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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:20am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Imagining Your Own Funeral

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They were just a bit of fun.

So I was dreaming, right? One of those feverish dreams that make you feel less rested when you wake up than when you fell asleep. And I was tossing and turning (I mean, I think I was - I was asleep after all - but I woke with the blankets all over the place) and I’m surprised I stayed asleep at all.

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:17am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Weekender Magazine: Love Story (A Romance Competition)

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I was one of four runners up in a recent competition for the Weekender magazine. It was open to all ages, so for a sixteen year old's work to be considered "beautifully handled" by the judge was fairly impressive, in my opinion. Here's a copy of the entry:

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Alayna Cole Write One Leaf About Chemistry

Just going to post my collection of "leaves" from the last couple of months. Most of were without planning and completely unedited. They were just a bit of fun.

Finally we’re on holidays, but there is still chemistry to deal with (if you know what I mean). Well, at least he thinks so. I’m not so sure.

He wrote me a letter. He left it in my letter box, anonymously. He mispelt my name again. He thought I wouldn’t recognise his mes

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Added by Alayna Cole on February 13, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Tim Roberts Armchair travel: finding writers' retreats around the world

Checking out Writers' retreats in various countries is a kind of 'armchair travel' I really enjoy. I've been doing a bit of it in last week or two, and have already posted a few sites including 'Varuna' in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. Not all retreats are specially set up for writers -they might be general health retreats, artists' colonies that also welcome writers or even Bed&Breakfast places. Readily-accessed photos showing scenic surrounds was one of my search criteria for this lis… Continue

Added by Tim Roberts on January 10, 2010 at 2:11pm — No Comments

Tim Roberts Happy New Year! and happy reading!

Hi everyone, First of all: Happy New Year! Just as important: all the very best for a Personal Best Creative Year in 2010. Granted that comes true for us, Scriberspace will be one seriously buzzing, creative, inspiring and fun online place to be. :) In the last weeks of '09, I was thinking about the kinds of publications, bookshops and websites I most often check out (or if not often, go to them for the more obscure titles, review essays, interviews with writers etc) for info about reading mat… Continue

Added by Tim Roberts on January 1, 2010 at 4:23pm — 2 Comments

Caitlin Noakes 2009 John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers

Yesterday, the winners of the 2009 John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers was announced. Continuing Scriber-Space's winning streak, as established by the illustrious Tim Roberts, my poem 'The Wolves Go' was awarded as Highly Commended. :) John Marsden had this to say: 'This is a disturbing, beautifully written poem. From the opening line we know we are in interesting hands. Ominous, sinister, but a work of art. The poet plunders old stories to take us into a world where nothing is saf… Continue

Added by Caitlin Noakes on December 20, 2009 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments

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