Category Archives: Writing about Place – Competitions and Opportunities

Poet of the Fields

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

The poets of Ancient China were writing about their love of nature for centuries. Tao Yuanming (365-427 AD) was a poet of the Eastern Jin period and is known as the founder of pastoral poetry. The following fu poem is … Continue reading →

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A Passion for Nature

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

A chance to read at Byron Bay Writers’ Festival! A new national poetry competition, co-sponsored by Byron Bay Writers’ Festival and Dangerously Poetic Press, has as its theme A Passion for Nature and Our Place in it. The prize of … Continue reading →

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Writing in the Wild

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

A nature writing retreat in the stunning environment of Denmark, WA is in the planning stages by the Greenskills Centre for Sustainable Living. It will take place from Friday to Sunday, Oct 14-16th and will include a talk and readings … Continue reading →

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Forests of the World

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

This year’s theme for the C.J.Dennis Literary Awards celebrates the International Year of Forests. As well as the open sections for poetry and short story, there are themed categories for entries about “Forests of the World.”  Some suggested topics are … Continue reading →

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A Course in Nature Writing

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Olvar Wood is a Queensland business offering, among other services for writers, an online course in nature writing. They also publish a blog on nature writing, ‘notes from olvar wood’. You can follow it here.

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Eric Rolls Prize -Larry Comes to Bulurru

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

The Eric Rolls Prize is a biennial prize for natural history writing in honour of the great Australian nature writer and natural historian, Eric Rolls. Stanley and Kaisa Breeden are this year’s winners with their joint entry “Larry Comes to … Continue reading →

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Wildcare Winner

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Last Saturday night at the Ten Days literary celebration at the Republic Bar & Cafe in North Hobart, Peter Grant from Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife announced the winner of the Wildcare Nature Writing Prize. Congratulations to Peter Shepherd from NSW … Continue reading →

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Ten Minutes on the Island

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

The Tasmanian Writers’ Centre has announced the list of writers who will appear in its free feature reading for Home Truths, its two-day literary festival for Ten Days on the Island.  Concepts of home and being away from home.’islandness’, belonging, … Continue reading →

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My Friends This Landscape

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

I’m looking forward to the launch on Thursday 7th April of a new book by Tasmanian author Anne Collins. My Friends This Landscape is described by writer Terry Whitebeach as ‘A spacious walking meditation on place by an attentive and … Continue reading →

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Place and Experience Poetry Prize

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Lyn Reeves

Fullers Bookshop is proud to partner with Island Magazine, The Tasmanian Writers’ Centre and the UTAS Schools of Philosophy and Geography & Environmental Studies to present a new national poetry award with a prize pool of $2000. (sourced from Island … Continue reading →

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