Winning young writers' and Illustrators' places shine bright and view the full list of Minds Shine Bright Places winners, the Short List and the Long List.

Erini Loucaides has won the Minds Shine Bright Places Writing Prize for 2026 with short story, 'Relentlessly Prismatic'. Discover the prize winners and the Short List to be published in Places… https://mindsshinebright.com/2026/04/27/announcing-winners-minds-shine-bright-places-writing-prize-2026/

Calling young artists, parents and art teachers the Minds Shine Bright Young Illustratrators' Places Competition is open and calling for paintings and drawings from young artists aged 15 and under until 31… https://mindsshinebright.com/2026/03/02/calling-young-artists-imagine-your-art-in-a-book/

Colour and line drawing to fire imagination Judging is in full swing for the Places Writing Competition and we are looking forward seeing the two anthologies form. Many remarkable places have been brought to life in short stories, poems and micro fiction from near and far. The quality of the…

This month we look at Minds Shine Bright's highlights of 2025, interview author Heather Robinson about her new publication, 'Beyond the Books' and welcome Karin Doucett to our judging panel.

This month we discuss the value of community story telling, reading, and writing; interview writer Kate Foulds; and welcome poet Jennifer Harrison back to the judging panel for the Places Writing Competition.

Light and Shadow e book In Light and Shadow read different interpretions of light and shadow from forty three shortlisted writers and poets. Sublimely dark and light with moments of illumination. Light and Shadow  is a comtemporary collection of stories, poems and flash fiction for our times.

The Minds Shine Bright Winter Update is available now. Discover poet Suzanna Fitzpatrick, our first experience of being part of a writer's festival, the full Light and Shadow Judges' Report and more.

Looking forward to the creation of moments of illumination at the “Writing Light and Shadow with Moments of Illumination” workshop, at the Words in Winter Festival in Daylesford on 23 August at Radius Arts. Get tickets here events.humanitix.com/writing-ligh... #Melbourne #workshop #writing #August

Please enjoy this July update from Minds Shine Bright with our latest book news and events.

Light and Shadow Minds Shine Bright International Creative Writing Anthology Seasons 2 2025 Light and Shadow Anthology is sublimely dark and light with moments of illumination. Featuring stories and poems by 43 prize winning writers and poets. ISBN 978-06455231-6-4

Light and Shadow anthology is launched and available now

Melbourne 28 June 12:30 -3:30pm St Kilda Sports Club LIGHT & SHADOW BOOK LAUNCH Readings of stories and poems by local and international writers and poets, author signings, open mic, lunch Get tix: www.mindsshinebright.com/event-bookings/ or trybooking.com #auslit #stkildabooklaunch

Places International Creative Writing Competition closes at midnight (wherever you are) on 31 May 2025. #writing #fiction #poetry #stories 📚💙✍️

Poetry turns the everyday into something exquisite and strange Only 30 days to go to enter Minds Shine Bright Places Writing Competition Light and Shadow Minds Shine Bright anthology is coming soon and be inspired by poet Isi Unikowski.

The wonder of discovering new places. This view greeted us as we arrived at the fishing shack where we stayed to explore Port Fairy. I long to return. Tell us stories and poems about your favourite places. For info and to enter Places Writing Competition visit www.mindsshinebright.com #writing

Places Writing Competition, the Launch of Light and Shadow anthology and all the Minds Shine Bright news about books, writers and literary events.

The town of Clunes was filled with readers, writers, musicians and book vendors over the weekend. There was a strong sense of community and lots of book events, browsing, chatting and wandering.

Setting up for Clunes Booktown Festival on Friday. Clunes a small country town in Victoria, celebrates old and new books with book events, book traders, music and food every year. This was our first visit. 📚📓📖

The curve of a basil leaf— a simple joy. #garden #WritingPrompt #green

Russell Falls in Tasmania is one of the places I love to go back to. Calling for entries of stories and poems about the places that mean something to you. To learn more and to enter the Places writing competition visit www.mindsshinebright.com #💙📚📖🖊️

Announcing the Light and Shadow Writing Competition Results The overall winner of the Minds Shine Bright Light and Shadow writing competition was poet Isi Unikowski form Canberra Australia for his poem Bright Square of Morning. The poem is about leaving Melbourne in the morning light. It takes the…

Every place has a story. Calling writers from all over the world to share yours about the places you live, the places you love, the places you leave. #Booksky 📚💙 #WritingandBooks #writing #writingprompt #poems #stories #writers

A male superb fairy wren shows off his stunning blue plumage at Pirate Bay, Tasman Peninsula #bird #WritingPrompt #places #blue

The place is Blackpool, the narrator is UK author Dan Micklethwaite and the story is Blackpool Solo - from Confidence 2 - from the perspective of an outsider, where confidence has receded to a deep low 📚💙 #books youtu.be/jnMWxul37WM?...

Writing prompt- Places writing comp The places we love, the places we live the places we leave.

Check out our 2024 highlights, our plans to encourage more reading and creative writing in 2025 and the new Places writing competition.

Seasons Readings! Try Confidence Minds Shine Bright anthology 2022 for curated stories and poems that follow the life cycle Try Confidence 2 to wander through the carnival of life with a rag tag bunch of characters Try Storms Seasons if you love the power of storms Books by Minds Shine Bright 📚💙

Our books are available in bookshops and at www.mindsshinebright.com but sometimes we love a grass roots approach. Meeting people, hearing their stories, and promoting our writers is a real joy. I love our new bookshop banner too. What do you think of it? 💙📚 #books #reading #confidence #seasons

I’m so thrilled with the new look of the Minds Shine Bright website, if you love books or writing come over and have a browse 💙📚 mindsshinebright.com

Two poems that will leave a lasting impression. youtu.be/S9WdIPm0Gz4?...

It’s almost summer in Melbourne and already there have been many snake sightings. Warm up and enjoy author Kym Tyzack reading an extract of her short story Motherlove from Confidence 2 by Minds Shine Bright 💙📚 youtu.be/rKeCCoB-yDA?...

For those days when life seems a little surreal, Minds shine Bright is delighted to bring you from our larger than life anthology CONFIDENCE 2, Mop walks into a Bar by Rylan Rafferty youtu.be/5i_RVjP6ICU?...

The Minds Shine Bright website will be down for a few days so I thought I would share some of the talented minds shine bright writers reading from their stories and poems. Enjoy hearing them read. Today Tamra Palmer is reading from Rising #books 📚💙📚https://youtu.be/liXwAyeDPGk?si=VdHUiiXG7nDrnDWP

Book gift idea. Swap a box of chocolates for an anthology of collected writers. #books #writers 📚💙https://mindsshinebright.com/2024/11/01/celebrate-writing-by-giving-a-minds-shine-bright-anthology-as-a-gift/

Tom is adjusting to living with his grandmother in a small coastal town in Caitlin Mahony’s short story PUNCTURE from Confidence 2 Anthology by Minds Shine Bright.

Discover Minds Shine Bright anthologies. Each book is a mix of contemporary stories, poems and scripts. #books 📚💙💙📚💙📚

mindsshinebright.com/monthly-upda... confidence 2 anthology by Mindd Shine Bright available now. Discover the talented writers here at our Launch celebration 💙📚😍

#booksky 📚💙 #books

📚📖Spreading the love of anthologies #books

View from my kitchen window this morning. 🦜

All the way from Bucharest. In French and Romanian. #coffeeandbook #reading #shortstories

Every story starts with a big idea. . . Just start writing

Looking for a new book to read, something a bit different? Find new literary voices in Confidence 2 by Minds Shine Bright featuring award winning writers and poets from Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Canada, Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom exploring the theme of confidence.

Looking to connect and share with fellow readers, writers, bibliophiles, book groups, creatives, artists and actors!

Confidence Anthology by Minds Shine Bright is a collection of stories, poems and scripts featuring interpretations of confidence. Follow the cycle of life, laugh and cry as you read 📚📖

Check out our monthly update at www.mindshinebright.com