The 2024 CALEB Award from Omega Writers recognises the best in Australasian Christian writing with a copyright date in 2022 and 2023. Books do not have to be explicitly Christian but are expected to uphold a Christian worldview. Entries are open in the following categories: Published Adult Fiction Published Young Adult Fiction Published Middle Grade …
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Can you help judge the 2024 CALEB Award?
Call for judges in the 2024 CALEB Award The CALEB Award from Omega Writers recognises the best in Australasian Christian writing each year. The awards are an opportunity to celebrate excellence within our Christian writing community. We invite you to help us celebrate the talent within our community by volunteering to be a judge of …
June News from Omega Writers: Australia’s Christian Writers Network
Save the Date: Omega Writers online retreat program shapes up! In the years between in-person conferences, Omega Writers hosts online retreats, featuring guest speakers, breakout rooms and closing with the CALEB Awards ceremony for our unpublished competition. We are so excited with how our 2023 program is shaping up! We are thrilled to reveal that …
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2023 CALEB Awards are Open for Entries
It’s 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 genres. The CALEB …
Omega Writers | Calling Unpublished Authors!
Calling Unpublished Authors!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 This year’s award will welcome entries in the following categories: Unpublished Adult Fiction Unpublished Young Adult Fiction Unpublished Adult/Young Adult Nonfiction Omega Writers created the CALEB Unpublished contest to support and encourage unpublished writers towards the pursuit and achievement of excellence.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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Happy New Year from Omega Writers!
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 The 2023 CALEB Award The 2023 CALEB Awards will be for unpublished writers …
2022 Omega Writers Conference Roundup
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 …
Omega Writers Presents the 2022 CALEB Award Finalists
The books and manuscripts have been read, the score sheets completed, and the totals calculated. That means it’s time to announce our finalists! I am delighted to announce the finalists in the 2022 CALEB Awards from Omega Writers: Christian Authors Lifting Each other’s Books. Published Adult Fiction The winner will receive a $300 cash prize …
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Omega Writer | Why Enter a Writing Contest?
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas a restful New Year, and is now looking forward to the challenges 2022 will hold. Challenges? Writing challenges, of course! Here’s a challenge for writers who have not yet published a book: enter a writing contest. Why? I can think of several good reasons: Honest Feedback …
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May 2021 News from Omega Writers
It’s time for our monthly crosspost with Christian Writers Downunder, sharing the news from Omega Writers. 2021 Omega Writers Retreat As we all know, the 2020 Omega Writer’s Conference was cancelled as we all experienced the joys of working and schooling from home. Restrictions to international travel mean we can’t hold our conference as planned …