“Play Now Act Now is on the lookout for the hottest young and emerging talent in aged 16 to 25 in NSW. This is your opportunity to submit creative works to our live, online competition in three categories, Short Film, Digital Design and Microfiction, which engage with an important issue affecting the lives of young people…”

Lisa Crouse, Mars Hill Cafe hostess, front left – with the writers who showed up Saturday 14th August, 2010. Many thanks to Laurie Garcia for the photo.

Venue: Studio 2, Connect Studios, Connection Arcade
Cr. Darcy and Church St Parramatta
Time: 12:30 pm, Refreshments  1:15 – 3:15 pm, Readings and Awards
Entry: $5 to cover venue hire. Zine: $8 each (Writers published this year may collect one free copy)

ZW WORD – Saturday 9th October – following ZW Launch
Wonderful poems and stories from more ZW10 entrants.                                                                                                                          
Venue: Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church St Parramatta (upstairs)
Time: 3:50 pm, 331 Church St Parramatta 

 Directions and parking info see more details on the Zine West Page

Other entrants have been invited to present their work live at ZW Word which follows the official launch on Saturday 9th October. We will soon post details of the ZW10 launch at Connect Studios Parramatta (12:30 for 1pm) and the following event ZW Word at 3:50pm at Mars Hill Cafe.

G.J. Barbagallo E. Bartulovich A. Benjamin
L. Carmen L. Carswell E. Craggs
M. Cristescu K. Davis S. Duffy
N. Fairbairn F. Farid T. Farrugia
M.W. Jackson J. Hemsley L. Herrmann
I. Krueger P. O’Loughlin J. Patterson
P. Porteous E. Rule Liz Rule
Luke Rule K. Steele M. Sutton
D. Toohey G. Toseski E. Trimboli
P. Weerakoon W. Wiebelitz J. Wrightson

The ZineWest title was created for the NEW Writers’ Group Anthology in 2006. The following year we divided our publishing energy into two zines: our in-house anthology for NWG Inc members and a second zine for all new Western Sydney writers (which took over the title ZineWest).

Since the first ZW competition in 2006, many writers have entered over several years but we’ve found only one writer, E. (Jenny) Trimboli, who has been published in all editions including this year. The Editor has nominated Mrs Trimboli for an editors’ award. An additional editors’ award may also be announced at the launch on 9th October in addition to the awards and prizes nominated by the judge.

Comments from this years editors: PDF Download ZW10 Editors Comments

The competition ZineWest is open for 2010, closing date for your entries is 25th June.
We are looking for short samples of your work: poetry, lyrics, stories, memoir, drama, comics or cartoons – any word-based genre we can publish in print. NWG Inc editors select around 30 entries to publish in the zine and prizes are awarded by the judge (Fiona Wright, HEAT Magazine, Giramondo Publishing). Our co-sponsor is the Writing and Society Research Group of the University of Western Sydney.

ENTRY IS FREE.
For more information please download the invitation and the submission form
or email NWG Inc Editors

ZW10 INVITATION PDF

ZW10 SUBMISSION FORM WORD DOC

and then you can turn your imagination to something for ZineWest! which opens 31st March
new forms and guidelines will be on the website by then.

Parramatta Gathering:
Saturday 27th March 10 themes are Creativity and/or Communications – remember if you want to share your work it does not have to be on the suggested topics.

Rowena Brown

NEW Writers’ Group inc member Rowena Brown passed away on 13th February after a long struggle with cancer.
Rowena will be very much missed from among our gatherings. Her stories were always full of hope and promise, even when they dealt with difficult subjects.
A woman of great sensitivity and good humour, she always brought the sunshine with her.

Her funeral service will be attended by a committee member:
2pm on Wed 17th at West Pennant Hills Community Church, 41 Eaton Rd. West Pennant Hills.