In another email from Bruno. Contact me Tracey.Rolfe@vu.edu.au if you want me to forward the ideas list -- it's taken from a published book, which I don't have permission to post here...
Dear students, teachers, writers, support staff, counsellors, members of the western suburbs,
We are calling for new writing for Edition 4 of Platform due out in early term 4.
Platform comes out of the program of Youth, VCE and Community Education-within VU College, Victoria University
Everybody welcome to submit pieces and we will endeavour to give as many people a voice as possible.
Writing due: Friday 18th September
Platform is focused at the young student at VU...Platform is about
Age speaking to Youth
Youth to Age
Email your pieces to:
bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au
please find attached a list of ideas-but don’t be constrained by that at all...
keep writing!!!!!
Bruno Lettieri
on behalf of
Megan Green and Martina Michael
Showing posts with label publishing opportunities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publishing opportunities. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Thursday, 6 August 2009
PWE book
Don't forget to submit something for the annual PWE book. This year's theme is fire and flood. Anything's welcome on these themes, so if you have a short story, poetry, script, novel extract that you want considered, we suggest you show it to one of your teachers first to get some feedback, then submit it to Susanna ASAP!
SEED is on the hunt for submissions
This is just in from the Seed editors. Note that as well as offering publishing opportunities, there's a chance to put your hand up to grab some editing or proofreading experience! All three editors are past PWE students, so they know the type of experience you're like to have, so why not go for it? Help them out and help yourselves establish a track record at the same time.
Attention all VU Writers and Artists!
We want to publish your work, opinions, thoughts and ideas!
This is just in from the Seed editors. Note that as well as offering publishing opportunities, there's a chance to put your hand up to grab some editing or proofreading experience! All three editors are past PWE students, so they know the type of experience you're like to have, so why not go for it?
We are now taking submissions for Issue Four (Deadlines: articles/artwork – September 4th; advertisements – September 6th). The theme is CENSORSHIP & the UNDERGROUND.Censorship comes in many forms. There's self-censoring, censoring of children, billboard censorship, government policies censoring our media intake, military powerbrokers censoring what is reported to us—the general public. The underground: pretty straight forward in relation, so interpret however you will—go wild. Sends us your submissions, and do so uncensored. You can choose any topic, touch on any subject: just try to relate it (however remotely) back to the theme.
Submit your essays, reviews, fiction/non-fiction pieces, poetry, artwork, etc to: seedmag@hotmail.com
Guidelines are as follows:
Articles
Format: Times New Roman, 12pt, single space
Article word count: 1500 words (flexible for essays)
Reviews, Letters and Opinions word count: between 200-250 words
Any picture you wish to submit with articles will be considered, and should conform to the requirements below:
Artwork
High resolution digital photo or scan minimum of 300 dpi
.TIFF and .JPG file format
File title to include a brief description of work
Submissions
All email submissions must have a title and author name in the subject field. In addition, title, author name and contact details must be included in any article, review, poem or artwork.
Writers/illustrators will be notified via email as to whether or not their work has been selected for publication. Submissions will be edited and you may be contacted by an editor throughout the process.
A Few Sections to Poke your Pen at (hopefully regular)
· Letters and Opinions: respond to previously published work, comment on a current issue, or just have a good whinge about something (not a waxing rant though—about 200 words).
· Around Uni: Write about VU—events, services, faculties, internship programs, history, anything.
· Student Successes: know anyone whose taken off from the VU launch pad? Interview them—let us all know what they’re up to and how they got there.
· Reviews: give us your take on a record, book, live performance, festival, venue, sporting event, etc. You can either snatch the material we tee up (email your interest—first in best dressed) or bring your own gear to the party.
The following books are available to review from SEED:
Adam Creed – Suffer the Children
Julie Myerson – The Lost Child
Carlos Ruiz Zafón – The Shadow of the Wind
Anne Michaels – The Winter Vault
Glenn Cooper – Library of the Dead
Gail Jones – Black Mirror
Jason Goodwin – The Bellini Card
Contact the SEED email to express your interest in reviewing one of these titles.
Act Now
SEED avidly seeks contributions from areas across all VU faculties: Arts, Education and Human Development; Business and Law; Health, Engineering and Science.
If you would like to get your hand into a bit of editing/proofreading, SEED is now also looking for volunteers who would like to become involved in the production of SEED.
For any and all enquires, suggestions, questions and submission pitches, please contact us at seedmag@hotmail.com
We look forward to working with you.
Cheers,
SEED Team
Maria Matina Brewster Hipik Matty Buschmann
Managing Editor Editor Editor
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Williamstown Literary Festival
Writers write stories. But how do we know if our stories are good?
One way of knowing is entering our work in competitions. The Ada Cambridge Prize is run as part of the Willy Lit Fest and the Novel 2 class of VU was asked to help shortlist the short stories. As a reward the volunteers received a free ticket to the festival.
The 6th Willy Lit Fest was held on the 1st to the 3rd of May 2009. It is a fantastic opportunity for writers of all ages to find out if their stories are good.
Some writers like to plan before they begin their story. From Lucia Nardo I learnt a funky and fun way to produce a writing plan in visual form using magazine images.
Then you have to write the story. From Garry Disher I learnt how to start my story. Disher gave many examples of where to get ideas and begin writing. One important thing Disher noted was he believes in writing for yourself and not for publication.
Once your story is written and you think it is pretty good, you might send it out to a publisher. And if they think it is pretty good it gets published. Part of the publishing process is working with an editor. Sarah Brennan and Tess Moloney explained why the editing process is vital and how an editor can help you publish your work.
Once the story is published it's all about promotion. Claire Saxby, Corinne Fenton and Glenda Millard discussed how the book promotion process works and the difference between showing off and promotion.
So I guess, if you have a good idea for a story and finish writing it, it must be good. If the story is published, it must be great. It you promote it, without showing off, and people buy it and read it, it must be excellent. And if you want to know more about writing good stories attend the 7th Willy Lit Fest in 2010.
One way of knowing is entering our work in competitions. The Ada Cambridge Prize is run as part of the Willy Lit Fest and the Novel 2 class of VU was asked to help shortlist the short stories. As a reward the volunteers received a free ticket to the festival.
The 6th Willy Lit Fest was held on the 1st to the 3rd of May 2009. It is a fantastic opportunity for writers of all ages to find out if their stories are good.
Some writers like to plan before they begin their story. From Lucia Nardo I learnt a funky and fun way to produce a writing plan in visual form using magazine images.
Then you have to write the story. From Garry Disher I learnt how to start my story. Disher gave many examples of where to get ideas and begin writing. One important thing Disher noted was he believes in writing for yourself and not for publication.
Once your story is written and you think it is pretty good, you might send it out to a publisher. And if they think it is pretty good it gets published. Part of the publishing process is working with an editor. Sarah Brennan and Tess Moloney explained why the editing process is vital and how an editor can help you publish your work.
Once the story is published it's all about promotion. Claire Saxby, Corinne Fenton and Glenda Millard discussed how the book promotion process works and the difference between showing off and promotion.
So I guess, if you have a good idea for a story and finish writing it, it must be good. If the story is published, it must be great. It you promote it, without showing off, and people buy it and read it, it must be excellent. And if you want to know more about writing good stories attend the 7th Willy Lit Fest in 2010.
Rhiannon Lacy
Monday, 20 April 2009
Seed reminder
I bumped into Maria Matina, the managing editor of Seed, the other day, and she asked me to remind all PWE students to please send stuff in. They're particularly interested in nonfiction, as this seems to be what they get the least of, she said. (But send in other stuff as well!) See their guidelines a few posts lower down.
Tracey
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Seed is looking for subs
Hi, everyone,
Here's the guidelines, straight from the editors: Maria Matina, Brewster Hipik and Matty Buschmann. They're all past PWE students, so they'd love to hear from you. (There, you want an idea for a success story -- why don't you go interview one of them?)
Your student union magazine, Seed, is looking for submissions. Deadline is 20 June, and the theme is "wasted" -- they say this doesn't just mean getting wasted on a Friday, but includes "wasted time, wasted life, wasted money, wasted resources, wasted opportunities, wasted politics, wasted love...".
I'm sure you all will have something that could slide into that. (As a sidenote, I once subbed four antinuclear poems to a themed mag with the theme of "journeys". I wrote in my cover letter that it was my journey into understanding nuclear issues, which I thought was a bit of a stretch, but the editors took the poems.)
Submit your essays, reviews, fiction/non-fiction pieces, poetry, artwork, etc to: seedmag@hotmail.com
Here's the guidelines, straight from the editors: Maria Matina, Brewster Hipik and Matty Buschmann. They're all past PWE students, so they'd love to hear from you. (There, you want an idea for a success story -- why don't you go interview one of them?)
Tracey
Articles
Format: Times New Roman, 12pt, single space
Article word count: 1500 words (flexible for essays)
Reviews, Letters and Opinions word count: between 200-250 words
Any picture you wish to submit with articles will be considered, and should conform to the requirements below:
Artwork
High resolution digital photo or scan minimum of 300 dpi
TIFF and .JPG file format
File title to include a brief description of work
Submissions
All email submissions must have a title and author name in the subject field. In addition, title, author name and contact details must be included in any article, review, poem or artwork.
Writers/illustrators will be notified via email as to whether or not their work has been selected for publication. Submissions will be edited and you may be contacted by an editor throughout the process.
A Few Sections to Poke your Pen at (hopefully regular)
· Letters and Opinions: respond to previously published work, comment on a current issue, or just have a good whinge about something (not a waxing rant though—about 200 words).
· Around Uni: Write about VU—events, services, faculties, internship programs, history, anything.
· Student Successes: know anyone whose taken off from the VU launch pad? Interview them—let us all know what they’re up to and how they got there.
· Reviews: give us your take on a record, book, live performance, festival, venue, sporting event, etc. You can either snatch the material we tee up (email your interest—first in best dressed) or bring your own gear to the party.
Articles
Format: Times New Roman, 12pt, single space
Article word count: 1500 words (flexible for essays)
Reviews, Letters and Opinions word count: between 200-250 words
Any picture you wish to submit with articles will be considered, and should conform to the requirements below:
Artwork
High resolution digital photo or scan minimum of 300 dpi
TIFF and .JPG file format
File title to include a brief description of work
Submissions
All email submissions must have a title and author name in the subject field. In addition, title, author name and contact details must be included in any article, review, poem or artwork.
Writers/illustrators will be notified via email as to whether or not their work has been selected for publication. Submissions will be edited and you may be contacted by an editor throughout the process.
A Few Sections to Poke your Pen at (hopefully regular)
· Letters and Opinions: respond to previously published work, comment on a current issue, or just have a good whinge about something (not a waxing rant though—about 200 words).
· Around Uni: Write about VU—events, services, faculties, internship programs, history, anything.
· Student Successes: know anyone whose taken off from the VU launch pad? Interview them—let us all know what they’re up to and how they got there.
· Reviews: give us your take on a record, book, live performance, festival, venue, sporting event, etc. You can either snatch the material we tee up (email your interest—first in best dressed) or bring your own gear to the party.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Platform 2 is calling for student submissions
Hi, everyone,
Bruno is calling for student submissions for Platform 2. (Platform's aim is to encourage or inspire struggling secondary school students, particularly in the later years, so you could put something in about your own experiences, or your ideas about school and schooling, learning -- whatever.)
Here's what he's said:
Send us pieces please-
funny,
reflective,
memoir,
observations,
recounts of formative experiences
tributes to mothers, fathers, teachers, admired mentors
poems
turning point moments
and the list is ENDLESS.
500 copies of Platform 1 have gone out.
Remember, you should all be trying to build your CVs while you're studying with us, so why not have a go? I've sent something in for this issue!
Email your pieces to Bruno (bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au). And if you're not sure what to send, go have a look at all of the examples from Platform 1, which are on the main noticeboard near room 10.220A, or have a chat to Bruno.
Tracey Rolfe
Bruno is calling for student submissions for Platform 2. (Platform's aim is to encourage or inspire struggling secondary school students, particularly in the later years, so you could put something in about your own experiences, or your ideas about school and schooling, learning -- whatever.)
Here's what he's said:
Send us pieces please-
funny,
reflective,
memoir,
observations,
recounts of formative experiences
tributes to mothers, fathers, teachers, admired mentors
poems
turning point moments
and the list is ENDLESS.
500 copies of Platform 1 have gone out.
Remember, you should all be trying to build your CVs while you're studying with us, so why not have a go? I've sent something in for this issue!
Email your pieces to Bruno (bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au). And if you're not sure what to send, go have a look at all of the examples from Platform 1, which are on the main noticeboard near room 10.220A, or have a chat to Bruno.
Tracey Rolfe
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