ZW10 Launch – Saturday 9th October


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

Directions: Enter arcade from either Darcy Street (beside the railway line) or via the mall in Church Street. A lift at the rear of the arcade takes you right to the door of the studios. At the Church Street entrance there is also an escalator to the first upper level (walk to the rear to reach the Studios.) Connection Arcade is very close to Parramatta Railway station, Westfield shopping centre and the free Loop Bus service. (Car parking, see below)

ZW Word Saturday 9th October

– follows ZW launch
Readings at Mars Hill Café (upstairs) Free entry
3:50 pm, 331 Church St Parramatta – wonderful poems and stories from more ZW10 entrants. This is a fun event which showcases the talents of diverse writers. The cafe has a great coffee menu plus other drinks and interesting snacks/light meals. You can order downstairs and eat/drink while enjoying poetry and prose from around Western Sydney.

Parking: Other than street: Westfield Shopping Centre near Connect Studios offers first three hours free. Closest car park to Mars Hill Cafe is Erby Place Carpark, Erby Place (just off Phillip Street). A fee applies.

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ZineWest 2010 is now open. Entries close 25th June. Launch date late September or early October – to be advised.

1. INVITATION ZW10 (PDF)
2. GUIDELINES AND ENTRY FORM (WORD DOC)

The information below is available as a download – see 1. above.

Dear Writer,

ZineWest 2010 is an annual zine offering new and emerging writers who live, work or study in Western Sydney an opportunity for publication and prizes in a multi-genre, regional zine. We foster networking and publicity by hosting a launch featuring readings from as many finalists as possible – Sept/Oct date to be advised.

We hope to receive some wonderful entries in word-based genres: stories, poetry, lyrics, memoir, cartoons, comics, drama.

Some definitions:
• ZineWest is a professionally printed and bound A 5 zine.

• We define ‘Western Sydney’ by the Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board’s list of councils: Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly.

• We define ‘new and emerging’ writers as excluding those who are professionally published in genre submitted (other than in journals, anthologies of multiple writers, or self-published work).

Entries open from 31st March to 25th June, 10.

Costs/fees:
• No entry fees
• No payment for publication in ZW
• Price of zines – We’re using perfect binding this year so there will be a price increase, but we hope to keep it under $10

Copyright:
• NWG Inc has copyright of ZW
• Individual copyright is retained by authors and illustrators.

Prizes:
• First prize = $400; Second prize = HEAT subscription; Third prize = book from the Giramondo imprint.
• The judge will name a ‘best entry’ from each genre which has at least three entries on the publication list.
• The judge may also name other finalists to receive certificates.

Co-sponsor: We are very grateful for the continued support from Professor Ivor Indyk and the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. The research group co-sponsors prizes and provides judging.

ZW Editors: NWG Inc editor Sue Crawford and guest editors Lyn Leerson (FAW Parramatta), Felicity Castagna (Winner ZW08) and Glenn Anderson (Winner ZW09) will select around thirty pieces from the anonymised entries for publication. These entries are forwarded to the research group for judging.

Light editing may be required for publication. Finalists can participate through our editing workshops held in July/August. The judge sees the unedited entries only.

This year’s judge will be Fiona Wright, editor at HEAT Magazine and Giramondo Publishing

ZineWest is archived by State libraries and the National Library of Australia. Winning entries are published in NWG Inc EZine which is also archived by the National Library of Australia.

Forms available:
www.nwg-inc.com
Editors’ email
PO Box 1339 Parramatta 2124

Looking forward to your entries,

Sue Crawford
Editor, ZineWest