2026 festival details coming soon...
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The Emerging Writers’ Festival work, learn and play largely on the land of the Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.
EWF celebrates the history and creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.
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EWF and Hachette Australia, along with the Hannah Richell and in partnership with Simpsons Solicitors, are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025 Richell Prize.
EWF is excited to announce that this AusArt Day, Thursday 23 October, we will be launching the new EWF Bookmarkers initiative!
In partnership with Hachette Australia, we are delighted to announce the shortlisted writers for the 2025 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.
At the 2025 Emerging Writers' Festival, EWF X Textile: An Exhibition saw an array of artists come together to fuse textile tradition with verbal and written storytelling. Relive this exhibition!
Revisit EWF25 with this special episode of 3CR Community Radio, where three artists extract and examine the themes of traditional, cultural folk songs through an intersectional lens.
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