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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Writer’s Life | Conscious Unplugging
There’s a lot of noise in the world. Since the evolution of television, computers, and mobile phones there’s been a gradual increase in the inputs into our lives. Most authors write on devices that are connected to the outside world. This portal tempts us to dive out of the world of our writing and into …
Reflections on a Decade of Writing Fiction: How It All Began
What is the inspiration that started you writing? Have you been a storyteller since your youth, or did you write your first novel as an older adult with many years of life perspective? How does our history influence the kind of stories that play in our minds before we turn them into words on screen …
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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 …
The 2024 Omega Writers Conference
Looking to take the next step in your writing journey but not sure where to start? The Omega Writers Conference is the premier event for Christian writers in Australia, gathering writers at all career stages for a weekend of learning, encouragement and collaboration in a relaxing environment. More value than ever before! The 2024 Omega …
Writers Life | Redeeming the Day
This is the day the Lord has made;We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24 New King James Version At this time of year, I often find myself wondering where the past year went. The questions keep coming: What did I achieve? How did I allow myself to let the year pass without doing all the things …
Seasons of Writing: Lessons from the Farm
As Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes, “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven.” (Ecc. 3:1 NKJV) As I’ve grown older, I’ve seen the truth of that in so many areas of life. Lately, I’ve been pondering my own seasons of writing: where I’ve been as an author, where I am …
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Take Your Ideas For a Walk
Walking causes a repetitive, spontaneous poetry to rise naturally to the lips, words as simple as the sound of footsteps on the road. L.M. Browning Creativity thrives when we break out of our same old routine. Even the smallest changes can help get us out of a rut and encourage creative thinking. Part of my …
Let’s Invest Our Time, Not Just Spend It
Every one of us is here for a reason beyond ourselves. It’s easy to forget that sometimes. We get so caught up in the demands of daily life that it’s easy to lose sight of the longer timeline, the broader view, the deeper perspective. Time is precious. There’s a set limit to how much we …
Writer’s Life | A Sense of Possibility
As I write, I’ve just completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing. I used to be an English teacher and I know how to teach creative writing, but in this course, I focused on my work as a writing mentor. The last few years have seen me develop workshops for beginning writers who …