We are so excited to introduce EWF's new Associate Producer, Parth Rahatekar. We sat down and chatted with Parth so you can get to know them better. Read the full interview on the EWF Blog: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2026/me...

We are so excited to introduce EWF's new Operations Manager, Margherita Dellantonio. We sat down and chatted with Margherita so you can get to know her better. Check out the EWF Blog on our website on for the full interview: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2026/me...

Looking For Work? Our friends at Blak & Bright are hiring an Administration Manager! Head over to Blak & Bright’s website to apply: www.blakandbright.com.au/hiring-admin... Applications close midnight Sunday 22 March 2026.

"What meant the most about the experience was everyone's confidence in me." -Coral Reeve, 2025 EWF Guest Curator In 2025, Coral Reeve produced EWF25 Opening Night: Finding Your Way. This could be YOU! Applications for EWF's 2026 Guest Curator close 9 March. Apply now via our website!

In 2024, Guest Curator Mackenzie Lee produced EWF24 Opening Night: LIB[ERA]TION, where First Nations storytellers shared what an era of liberation looks like to them. This could be YOU! Envision EWF's opening event as 2026 Guest Curator! Apply here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

'EWF is a space to project grassroots creatives and writers and centre our truth telling.' -Maya Hodge, 2023 EWF Guest Curator This could be YOU! 🫵 EOIs for EWF's 2026 Guest Curator are now open! Apply and get full info here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/ Closing Monday 9 March

One week to go for EWF's 2026 Guest Curator applications! This is a curation opportunity for emerging First Nations creatives to envision and program EWF's 2026 opening event, and appear in the 2026 festival! Apply here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

Envision our 2026 opening event, and appear in our 2026 festival! In 2025, Guest Curator Coral Reeve produced EWF25 Opening Night: Finding Your Way. This could be YOU! Our callout for EWF's 2026 Guest Curator is now open: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/ -------------- 📸 Grace Auld

The Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers is back! Presented in partnership by Emerging Writers’ Festival and RMIT University.🔥 A literary prize for short speculative work, now open to Australian TAFE & university students. Check out the full details: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/speculate-pr...

EOIs for EWF's 2026 Guest Curator are now open! In 2024, Guest Curator Mackenzie Lee produced EWF24 Opening Night: LIB[ERA]TION. This could be YOU! Envision our 2026 opening event, and appear in our 2026 festival. Apply and get full info on our website: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

EOIs for EWF's 2026 Guest Curator are now open! In 2023, Guest Curator Maya Hodge produced EWF23 Opening Night: Truth-Telling. This event saw First Nations storytellers take the stage to share their truths. This could be YOU! 🫵 Full info: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

Curator call-out OPEN for First Nations creative! Emerging Writers' Festival is seeking an emerging First Nations producer to join our programming team as 2026 Guest Curator, a curation opportunity with a provided stipend. Full info: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

Stay in the know on... 🖋 Submissions opportunities 😎 Upcoming arts jobs 📚 Free reads; poetry, prose and articles; from across the web 🏆 Literary prizes 🏙 EWF26 news Join the EWF digital newsletter community: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/06705EEF...

Artist call-out for EWF26 closes TOMORROW!! Don't miss your chance to be part of the premier festival for new writers and literature, coming 10-18 Sept! 🔥 Call-out closing tomorrow, 6 Feb. Don't miss out! 💻 Apply now: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-...

Closing this Friday! Don’t miss your chance to be an artist in this year’s Emerging Writers’ Festival! 😍

#EWF26 artist call-out open! After debuting his poetry collection in 2024, Carl Walsh applied to EWF 2025 & featured in our Melbourne Zoo event, From The Chrysalis, reading with other emerging poets. Want to be part of this year’s festival? Apply here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-...

🚨 ONE WEEK LEFT to apply as an artist for EWF26! Whether you’re a first-time poet, an essayist, a seasoned author, a digital creator, a music artist, a performer -- we’re keen to hear what you want to bring to EWF26! Full details & FAQs here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-...

Until now, there has never been truly national data on Aus arts industry working conditions & experiences. Open until 23 Feb, Creative Australia's anonymous survey will help support meaningful change — better policies, training & safer workplaces. Check out the survey and submit a response 💻

🔥 #EWF26 artist call-out open! Last year, Tara Kenny applied with her workshop 'Chronicling Cultural Trash' which was hosted at Kathleen Syme Library in EWF25! Want to be part of this year’s festival? Apply like Tara did in the artist call-out! 💻 emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-...

EWF Artist Call-Out is Open! In 2025, Maki Morita applied as an artist interested in the cultural impacts of AI, this morphed into a performance event 'Writers vs AI'! This could be YOU in 2026! 🫵 Closing 6 Feb Full details & call-out FAQs: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-...

Get 10% off EWF events, exclusive goodies, and VIP events by becoming an EWF Bookmarker! Our Bookmarkers' ongoing support means we can continue to do the work we do 🫶 Get involved: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/bookmarkers/

As part of our collaboration with @emergingwriters.bsky.social and @melbcinematheque.bsky.social, Liên Ta reflects on themes of religious devotion and sacrifice in several films screened during the Cinémathèque's season ‘Cine de Oro: Treasures of Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age.' tinyurl.com/2hycfntr

One of our favourite parts of running EWF is making space for creatives of all kinds to come together and forge community connection. 👀 Wanna find your creative community? Apply to EWF26! Full details & FAQs: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-... Closing 6 February (11:59PM AEDT)

Artist Call-Out Now Open! ✨ Aastha Agrawal applied for EWF25 as a writer and was featured at our closing night zine market & as part of our online exhibition. This could be you! Apply before the call-out closes on 6 Feb! Full info & call-out FAQs: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-...

The Daisy Utemorrah Award is open for entries! 🌼🏆 Read more here: bit.ly/4pcpKYM This Award is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the State Government of Western Australia. Illustration by Pat Torres from 'Do Not Go Around the Edges' by Daisy Utemorrah.

With all this excitement around our open artist call-out, we've been getting some burning questions from our community... We're putting all your worries at ease in our FAQs, plus hints & tips from our team: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/callout-faqs/

JOIN OUR 2026 TEAM! ASSOCIATE PRODUCER 👉 Join our programming team and help shape the creative direction of our national festival. OPERATIONS MANAGER 👉 Work with venues and partners and play an integral part in delivering our 2026 projects. More info: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

The #EWF26 Artist Call-Out is now open!✨ We're back with online and in-person events from 10-18 September, and we want YOU to be part of it! So, hurry to our website for full details and apply: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/artist-call-... Closing 6 Feb 🗓️

JOIN THE EWF TEAM! 😍 We're hiring for Associate Producer on the EWF team! As associate producer, you'll work with the Artistic Director and Program Producer to curate events and projects within our national literary festival. 👉 Full details: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/

As we close the office for 2025, the Emerging Writers' Festival team would like to say THANK-YOU to our community! This year of experimentation has been one of EWF's most successful yet - that's all down to our wonderful community! ✨ We're excited to do even more with you in 2026! 🫶 📸 Grace Auld

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🚨 Emerging Writers' Festival returns 10-18 September 2026! We're so excited to create our 2026 festival with you all, so get those artists pitches ready! Our artist call-out opens in early Jan! Be the first to hear on our newsletter: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/06705EEF...

From the stallholder call-out to the beautiful readings, we'll be riding the high of our zine fair at Abbotsford Convent into our 2026 festival! Speaking of call-outs and EWF 2026... get stewing on your EWF26 pitch. Details and artist call-out coming soon: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/06705EEF...

EWF IS HIRING our next Operations Manager! As operations manager you'll play an integral part in the organising and running of a national literary festival for aspiring and emerging writers. 👉 Full details: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/work-with-us/ Closing 18 Jan, 11:59PM

'Every theatre kid at Melbourne uni probably knows Intersection Cafe' For EWF X Veraison Magazine, Victoria Winata's piece 'Intersection Cafe' is available: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/ewf-x-verais... Veraison Magazine is is an independent mag about wine and food, and was featured at EWF25!

This year at Writers vs AI, emerging writers took on the battle against AI and tackled issues of AI and creative industries in the 2020s. Don't miss info on how to pitch your own event at next year's festival coming in our newsletter... 👀 Get your EWF news: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/06705EEF...

On top of practicing a pitch with Aus publishers, 2025 NWC attendees got literary goodie bags and connections with IngramSpark, Faber Writing Academy, Junkee Media, and with emerging writers nationwide! Keep your eyes on our newsletter for 2026 NWC: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/06705EEF...

'An old church hall converted into an Indonesian restaurant. One wall is red, another is teal. There are golden pineapples and painted wooden bird mobiles. Yuni is plating up.' Check out Ella Ferris' piece 'Yuni's Kitchen' for EWF X Veraison Magazine: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/ewf-x-verais...

'Amble into Kelvin Bar wearing your ugliest coat and a non-specific paperback.' As part of EWF X Veraison Magazine, Dylan Murphy's piece 'Barfly' is available to read as part of EWF25 on our website: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/ewf-x-verais...

Before we announce our 2026 festival, we're so nostalgic for the opening night of EWF25! Curated by guest curator Coral Reeve, First Nations storytellers guided our audience along a contemporary Songline. Stay updated on what's next for EWF: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/06705EEF...

This week, Trish Bolton invites us to contemplate the 'wardrobes' that come with age, and the ways we choose to conform, as part of the EWF25 exhibition 'EWF X Textile Message'! ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...

'Does elsewhere exist or is its elusiveness the very point? Is this life enough?' This week, Shu-Ling Chua invites us into interdisciplinary meditations, as part of the EWF25 exhibition 'EWF X Textile Message'! ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...

This week, Mira Roberston traces personal histories in the garments of decades, as part of the EWF25 exhibition with 'EWF X Textile Message' with us! ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te... Textile Message is a collaborative project about clothes and other textile objects.

This week, we're sharing Leila Lois' reflections on culture and comfort, as part of the EWF25 exhibition 'EWF X Textile Message'! ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...

Relive the EWF25 exhibition with 'EWF X Textile Message' with us! This week, we're sharing Julia English's poetry and reflections on the ways we notice change in ourselves. ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...

Relive the EWF25 exhibition with 'EWF X Textile Message' now featuring weekly on our blog! This week, we're rewinding back to Emilie Collyer's piece reflecting on personal histories intertwined with fabric and clothing. ✨ Read here: emergingwritersfestival.org.au/blog/2025/te...

We want to continue being able to create accessible spaces for writers to come together in community. You can help us today! ✨ Become an EWF Bookmarker, and help us raise our artist fees to make work as a writer more liveable & sustainable Join today: emergingwritersfestival.org.au

We're so lucky have festival alumni Tzeyi Koay & Christos Tsiolkas share on the importance of communities for new writers. If you'd like to support our work this AusArt Day, you can become an EWF Bookmarker and receive some amazing literary goodies! Full info: emergingwritersfestival.org.au

The average Australian writers' salary is less than $19k so imagine what it's like for writers who don't have a book published! EWF Bookmarkers is your way to be able to support emerging writers & make working as a writer more sustainable Become an EWF Bookmarker: emergingwritersfestival.org.au

We've made it halfway through AusArt Day, and we're so honoured by the support and donations we've received thus far! If you'd like to support our work, pledge as an EWF Bookmarker today to receive a tonne of literary perks! Support the future of the arts: emergingwritersfestival.org.au

EWF Bookmarkers is our new way to support our mission to raise our artist fees and make working as an artist a liveable and sustainable option for emerging writers. Become an EWF Bookmarker by pledging $30 or more quarterly to support our festival and receive awesome literary perks!