Williamstown Literary Festival

If you happened to be browsing the Hobsons Bay Leader today, you might have noticed an article on page 11, titled 'Contest to seek the write talent'. The article is a timely reminder of how important writing competitions are for young, emerging and established writers.

With our two signature literary competitions still open, the Ada Cambridge Prize and the Seagull Poetry Prize, it's the perfect time to submit your work to the Willy Lit Fest.

As Dmetri Kakmi - Penguin Books senior editor and author of Mother Land - so succintly put it, "writing competitions provide an opportunity to get exposure and have your name circulating in the industry".

The competitions close on March 1, 2010, so fire up those laptops, PCs and pens and get scribbling!!!!