We're closing up the office for the year, and what a big year it's been for EWF!! Thanks to our awesome community for helping us make 2024 amazing!!

Emerging Writers' Festival will be back in September 2025 from the 11th to the 18th, continuing on from our debut as a springtime festival this year!

We are thrilled, along with the Richell family and in partnership with the Hachette Australia and Simpsons Solicitors, to announce Myles McGuire as the recipient of the tenth annual Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.

We are so excited to announce the inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers, in partnership with RMIT University. The Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers is a brand-new literary prize open to Australian emerging writers studying at TAFE or univ...

In partnership with Hachette Australia, the seven shortlisted writers for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers is announced!