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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The EWF Blog


5 December, 2024

EWF25 dates announced!

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!


2 May, 2019

Monash Prize 2019 shortlist

Undergraduate students have demonstrated their writing talent through poetry, short stories, works of creative non-fiction and personal essays selected for this year's Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing shortlist.