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 The 2023 CALEB Award The 2023 CALEB Awards will be for unpublished writers …

Omega Writers | A Christmas Message from Penny Reeve

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 …

What’s New from Omega Writers

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 …

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 | Conference Packing Tips

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 …

Omega Writers | Top 10 Tips for your First Writing Conference

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 …

What’s New from Omega Writers | July 2022

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 …

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 …

Omega Writers and the 2022 CALEB Award: Frequently Asked Questions

There is one week to go before entries close in the 2022 CALEB Awards. I’ve had several questions from entrants and potential entrants over the last few weeks, so today I’m answering all the questions. When do entries close? Entries close on Tuesday 26 April. Have you received my entry? I will be contacting all …

Omega Writers | Call for Judges for 2022 CALEB Award

 It Takes a Village to Publish a Novel One of the many myths about writing and writers is that we work alone. We sit in our attic room, scratching away for weeks and months and years, and eventually produce a work of staggering genius that has the publishers beating a path to our door, each one …