Welcome to our EZine
Fida Haq provided our first ezine page with his work "Time's Up" during the 2006 HomeWord Festival. Since then we've included winners of the Western Sydney zine competition 2007-2009, and winning Haiku from the Riverbeats Live 09 Competition. Our first works for 2010 will be gathered from six NWG Inc print anthologies and one CD publication.
NWG Inc Anthologies
Selection from our print anthologies 2005-2010First picks are from Anthology 2007 - a light-hearted poem by Jacqui Douglas... "From the Poet with Pride" ... and a bush poem "Wanderin' by the Condamine" by Jim Spain.
Haiku - Riverbeats Live 09
We recommend you read our Haiku page and meet a tiny sample of poety written by some wonderful poets. Check out the links also for more works and information about haiku. Note - poets submitting work to Riverbeats Live 09 for inclusion in the musical performances and/or projection on screens, were asked to keep to water themes.
ZineWest 09
See index for Moroney by Glenn Anderson, Confessional by Peter Porteous and The Insomniac Uprising by Luke Rule. Once again we thank our co-sponsor Prof. Ivor Indyk and the Writing and Society Research Group, UWS, for wonderful support. Our judge this year was Giramondo Publishing editor Fiona Wright. We are also in debt to Mars Hill Cafe for providing us a free and happy venue for many activities related to the success of ZineWest. But most of all we thank the writers who send us entries in such a varity of genre and style - this is what makes the zine strong and in touch with local communities. Few ZineWest entrants have yet been commercially published but they are keen to share their skill and passion. We enjoy being able to publish short pieces by at least 30 writers each year. For details about prizes and competition rules please go to ZineWest Blog or New Writers Group Inc WebsiteZineWest 08
New Writers Group Inc were delighted to publish a second ZineWest featuring a diverse collection of writing from across Western Sydney. The ZineWest 2008 winners were announced by our judge Dr Mridla Chackraborty, from the Writing and Society Research Group - UWS to a packed upper room in Mars Hill Cafe on 22nd November. The Research Group co-sponsor the prizes and offer New Writers Group valuable support in promoting the zine and in judging the competition. The entries eligible for prizes are those entries which have been selected by NWG Inc editors for publication in the zine. If you want to be on our ZW mailing list or have any queries contact the Editors.
ZineWest 07
How ZW began... The title was originally created for the New Writers' Group Inc Anthology 2006. We trialled an A5 zine format and whilst there
was room for improvement, we liked the general style. We decided to open ZineWest 07 to writers from across Western Sydney. We received 140 entries
from 70 entrants and published 34 writers in this 2007 print zine. The three winning entries in the associated competition
by G. Culshaw, C. Hale, and S. Cavanagh, can be read in these e-pages. We have permanently given the title ZineWest to the regional zine but we still
publish an in-house Anthology each year for regular gatherers and financial members.
ZineWest 07 - Launch and Prizes: The winners were announced and writers presented their works at a multi-media event during the
HomeWord Festival 2007 on 10th June at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Our Judge was crime author Professor Jane Goodall (UWS Writing & Society Research
Group). The HomeWord Festival 07 is hosted by New Writers' Group Incorporated and is supported by Parramatta City Council's 2006 Community Grants Scheme.
Please note that all writers and artists published in these pages retain copyright of their work. New Writers' Group Incorporated does not necessarily
share the opinions expressed by our EZine contributors.
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