ZineWest is an annual competition and  journal for new writers, 16 years and over, with a strong Western Sydney connection. We welcome any word-based creative work we can reproduce.  We also publish around ten local artists. ZineWest 2020 was launched on Zoom, Saturday 28th November, 11:15 am. ZineWest WORD will be held early in 2021, we hope at UNE Sydney, Parramatta. ZineWest 2021 will open March 2021. ZineWest PDFs and names of past winners are in our Ezine

ZineWest 2020 PDF

ZineWest 2020 winning images…

ZINEWEST 2020 LAUNCH – Awards

ART AWARDS – JUDGE, SOPHIA KOUYOUMDJIAN, Director of Parramatta Artists Studios

Best Image: $100 – Erin Macnaught 
Runner-up: Giramondo title – Marina Robins

WRITING AWARDS – JUDGE, LUKE CARMAN, Author and lecturer WSU

1st Prize $400 – Arna Radovich for Last Breath 
2nd Prize $300 – Louise Loomes for The Still Point
3rd Prize $200 – Matilda Hart for Magic Deck

Highly Commended: Awards – Giramondo titles
Peter Cartwright for Bi@19
Erin Middleton for My Body Stands in the Mirror
Dorian Stoilescu for The Insomnias of Summer

Editor’s Award: Giramondo Title – Raqiya Ahmed for Colour the Crescent