Williamstown Literary Festival

The Williamstown Literary Festival

The Williamstown Literary Festival is the West's own writers' festival. Focusing on books, writing and drama, the Festival is produced by local volunteers with backing from Hobsons Bay Council, and proudly supported by Victoria University.

The Festival ran from Tuesday 27 April to Sunday 2 May at the Williamstown Town Hall. Thank you to everyone who came along - this year's Willy Lit Fest was a resounding success. We couldn't have done it without you!

Next year's Williamstown Literary Festival will run from Friday April 29 to Sunday 1 May, 2011, at the Williamstown Town Hall.

Make a donation

Willy Lit Fest is listed on the Register of Cultural Organisations. Any cash donation made over $2 is tax deductible. Click here for more details on how to make a donation.

Youth and Kids Events

Every year, with the help of our talented Youth Committee, we put together a series of events designed especially for young people.

Our Writing Competitions

Entries for the 2011 Ada Cambridge and Seagull Poetry prizes are now officially open! Writers of the western suburbs, this is your time to shine. The competition closes on 25th Feb 2011.

Ada Cambridge and Seagull Poetry Prizes now open for 2011!

green pencil It's the fourth of July today, and as citizens of the United States of America celebrate with shows, games, sports, flags and flagons, bells, bonfires and illuminations, writers in the western suburbs of Melbourne can today spark their own bonfires - those of the imagination. Two of the most significant and exciting features of the Willy Lit Fest - the annual Ada Cambridge Prize for biographical short story writing and The Seagull Poetry Prize - are now offically open to submissions.

Each year these prizes, which are unique to the Festival, give local scribblers another opportunity to strut their literary stuff. The competitions are open to any writers and poets who live, work or study in the west.