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2024 Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry Prize
It is with great excitement that I announce that I have been appointed the judge of the 2024 Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry Prize. ‘The Martha’, as it’s fondly known, was one of the first programs that I was involved with when I first moved to Ballarat in 2008. When I joined the committee as publicity…
Winter Solstice Poetry Workshop
I’ve been asked to facilitate an ekphrastic poetry writing workshop, that just happens to be on the Winter Solstice. It will be warm and cosy and lots of fun. No experience necessary. Then, for those who would like to, there is an opportunity to read your work the following day during the Nightscape concert.
Writing Workshop
Term One was such a success that we are back for more. But this time we are not limited to Memoir. Have you always wanted to write creatively but not known where to start? Do you have a creative writing project that you’ve been working on and would like to improve? Writing is often a…
My words in New York
I have some exciting news, my friends. Deep in the heart of another Victorian lockdown (can’t remember which one, all a blur) I was contacted online by Margin Alexander who is an international composer, currently based in New York. He had come across one of my old poems via Instagram and it had inspired him…
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Melissa Watts 