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 …
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Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Stories of Life Award
The Swimmer and other stories of life The book launch of The Swimmer and other stories of life had been set for Wednesday 18 November, 6:30pm. On Monday, 16 November, a few cases of community transmission were reported, the first in months. On Tuesday, Tabor, our event host, called off gatherings. In response, we reconfigured …
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Stories of Life: Narrative Form with Poetic Commentary
It’s contest time! On Monday, Katy introduced the 2020 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award and Young Australian Christian Writer Award. Click here to find out more. Entries to the 2020 CALEB Award close this week. Click here to enter (you’ll have to click the yellow Book Now button). We’re also looking for more judges for …
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Stories of Life: Celebrating Excellence in Wordsmith Worship
We’re delighted that Stories of Life, as a writing competition and publishing platform, is gaining traction. This year we’ve seen an increase in entries overall, most noticeably in the youth category. We also received more international entries and our title story, Papa’s Shoes, is from Valmai Redhead, who lives in New Zealand. In some way, …
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May-Kuan Lim Introduces the Stories of Life Writing Competition
Today we have a guest post from May-Kuan Lim, introducing the 2019 Stories of Life competition for Australian narrative non-fiction writers. But first, a reminder: entries for the 2019 CALEB Award from Omega Writers are now open. Click here to find out more and enter. And we’re looking for readers to judge! Click here to …
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