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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Artist

Sian Campbell

Sian Campbell (she/they) is a freelance writer and a PhD candidate at RMIT’s Non/Fiction Lab in Naarm. In 2015 and 2016, she was a Co-Director at the National Young Writers’ Festival. Her work has appeared in Kill Your Darlings, Spook, Junkee, Going Down Swinging, Seizure, Crikey, Voiceworks, and Express Media, among other places. In 2015 she was longlisted for the Lifted Brow’s Prize for Experimental Non-Fiction, and in 2014 and 2017 she was shortlisted for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize. In 2022 she was the recipient of a Varuna Residential Fellowship.

Monday 15 September, 8:30AM-9:30AM

The Morning Writer

Whether you’re deep in an existing project, trying to make a deadline, or starting something new, all are welcome to join for some early morning, communal writing time.