It is almost time for the 2023 CALEB Awards from Omega Writers. CALEB stands for Christian Authors Lifting Each other’s Books. The CALEB Award: Supports excellence in Australasian Christian books by encouraging and educating writers, regardless of genre. Encourages excellence in Australasian Christian books by recognising and rewarding our best writers across a range of …
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Calling Unpublished Authors! The 2023 CALEB Award will open for entries in April 2023. This year’s award will welcome entries in the following categories: Unpublished Adult Fiction Unpublished Young Adult Fiction Unpublished Adult/Young Adult Nonfiction Omega Writers created the CALEB Unpublished contest to support and encourage unpublished writers towards the pursuit and achievement of excellence. …
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Welcome to 2023! Omega Writers has lots planned for 2023 … with more ideas in the pipeline. Make sure you don’t miss out on any important information by signing up as a member of Omega Writers. Click here to find out more. The 2023 CALEB Award The 2023 CALEB Awards will be for unpublished writers …
I don’t know about you, but this year seems to have flown by in a flurry of busyness and exhaustion. Somehow, we have made it to December. Christmas is settling in to be noticed and the New Year is peeking around the corner and inviting us to wonder. Looking back, it’s easy to see that …
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Ever wanted to write for the US market? The USA is the biggest market for Christian fiction, and the home of well-known Christian publishers such as Bethany House, Tyndale, and Thomas Nelson. Carolyn Miller lead an excellent session on writing for the US market at the recent Omega Writers Conference. If you missed out, you …
Last weekend, around 80 Christian writers converged at Peppers Kingscliff, New South Wales, for a weekend of writing craft, connections, and Christ. Around half hadn’t attended before, so it was great to meet lots of new people! Adele Jones and Andrea Grigg In our final host group meeting, we talked about what we’d each got …
The winners of the 2022 CALEB Awards were announced on 8 October at the Omega Writer’s Conference. The conference was held at Peppers Kingscliff, New South Wales. The awards dinner was livestreamed in three parts. Click here to watch Penny Reeve welcome members, and Jo Wanmer share about her CALEB win. Unpublished Manuscripts Click here …
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Bookings for the 2022 Omega Writers Conference are now closed. Which means it’s almost time to start packing … I’ve done a lot of travelling over the years, both alone (for writer’s conferences or business) or with my family. Here are my top tips for packing for a writing conference: 1. Plan Ahead You don’t …
Do you live in Australia or New Zealand? Are you signed up to attend the Omega Writer’s Conference near Gold Coast from 7 to 9 October? If you are, great! (If not, click here to sign up now!) Some of you might be nervous about attending. Don’t be—there will be writers of all levels and …
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Omega Writers Conference Today is 18 July, which means the earlybird pricing for the 2022 Omega Writers Conference ends tonight at 11:59pm NSW and Queensland time. Click here to register now to save $50. Remember, members get a discount on their conference registration fee. You can find the discount code in the members-only section of …
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