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UW Does AWWC 2021

January 14, 2021January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Last year the Underground team took on the Australian Women Writers Challenge, committing to the Franklin level challenge to read at least ten

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Opportunities for writers January 2021

January 2, 2021January 14, 2021 By Underground Team

Photo by MESSALA CIULLA from Pexels American Australian Association Arts Fund Indigenous Scholarships “The American-Australian Arts Fund (AAAF) provides support of up to US $20,000 to

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Our Favourite Books Released in 2020

December 23, 2020January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Image by cottonbro, from Pexels free images In our final post for 2020, the Underground Team have rounded up all their favourite new

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Opportunities for writers December 2020

December 2, 2020January 2, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover image from Canva free images Pitches open for Women With Disabilities Australia ‘WWDA will soon be launching a blog on their website

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Issue 32: Horror has arrived!

November 5, 2020January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover art by Linus Andersson Issue 32: Horror can be downloaded for FREE here Welcome to the final issue of 2020, #32: Horror.

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Opportunities for writers November 2020

November 2, 2020November 6, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pixabay free images Pitches open for Women With Disabilities Australia “WWDA will soon be launching a blog on their website and

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Opportunities for writers October 2020

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image by Ag Ku from Pixabay Right Now Magazine: Human Rights in Australia – seeking submissions “We’re looking for pitches on human rights issues in Australia.

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Opportunities for Writers September 2020

September 1, 2020September 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images Kill Your Darlings First Nations Editor-in-Residence ‘We are now accepting non-fiction pitches and submissions from Aboriginal and/or Torres

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Upcoming New Releases We’re Looking Forward To, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 26, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Here at Underground we’re always hearing about new and exciting books being released in Australia. There’s always a delightful and relevant combination of

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Issue 31: Sci-fi has arrived!

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Lola Issue 31: Sci-fi can be downloaded for FREE here Issue 31: Sci-fi features short stories from Jake Dean, Rachelle

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Opportunities for Writers August 2020

August 2, 2020August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Photo by Anastasia Zhenina from Pexels Pulch Magazine open for submissions Seeking submissions of ‘anything and everything, from politics, to culture, to identity, fictional short stories,

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Review: How to be Australian by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

July 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: How to be Australian Author: Ashley Kalagian Blunt Publisher: Affirm Press Favourite quote: “I couldn’t do the PR application, and more urgently,

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Opportunities for Writers July 2020

July 2, 2020 By Underground Team

  Image from Pexel free images Red Room Poetry Object for Australian students, U18s and accredited teachers Red Room Poetry Object is Australasia’s

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Opportunities for Writers June 2020

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images Bloodaxe Books Sri Lankan Poetry Anthology Callout “Editors Vidyan Ravinthiran, Shash Trevett and Seni Seneviratne are seeking submissions to

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Issue 30: Thriller is here!

May 5, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

For your reading pleasure we are pleased to present issue 30: Thriller, hot off the virtual press!  Interview Coordinator Shelley Carter compiled and

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Opportunities for Writers May 2020

May 4, 2020June 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images The Bird Makers Project ‘Through the remnants of shared experience, each stitch becomes bigger than the self.

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Review: In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

April 29, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: In the Dark Spaces Author: Cally Black Genre: YA Sci-fi Thriller Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Cally Black’s debut YA novel, In the Dark

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Thriller Sub-Genres You May Not Know About, by Shelley Carter & Jemimah Halbert Brewster

April 23, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

When you think of ‘thriller’ as a genre you might think of a mystery set against the clock, unexpected twists that raise the

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Review: The Fragments by Toni Jordan, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

April 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

The Fragments by Toni Jordan is a brilliant novel incorporating themes of coming of age, taking charge of one’s destiny, and learning to

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Opportunities for Writers April 2020

April 1, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images A Journal of the Plague Year: An Archive of COVID-19 “The Melbourne History Workshop in the School of Historical

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Bookish Bullet Journal Spreads by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

March 25, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Bullet Journaling has been around for a while now, and there are many niche areas you can delve into

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Opportunities for Writers March 2020

March 1, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Parliamentary Book Club taking book nominations The Parliamentary Book Club is a new, bi-partisan initiative led by Senator Hollie

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Issue 29 release!

February 5, 2020August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Liana Wright The first edition of the Underground Writers zine for 2020 is here! ‘Romance’ is special because, apart from

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Opportunities for Writers February 2020

February 2, 2020February 1, 2020 By Underground Team

For lists of opportunities for writers, check out Aerogramme Studio’s Residencies for Writers in 2020 and A Guide to Short Story Contests in

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2020 Australian Women Writers Challenge at Underground, by Jemimah Brewster

January 29, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Here at Underground we’re always looking for ways to support Australian writers, particularly authors from marginalised and underrepresented groups. With that in mind,

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Review: What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

January 8, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: What the Woods Keep Author: Katya de Becarra Published: 2018 Genre:  YA thriller fantasy Katya de Becerra’s debut YA fantasy novel What the

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Opportunities for Writers January 2020

January 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images You can also find listings of international publications open for submission, residency opportunities, and writing competitions at Aerogramme Studio

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Review: Highway Bodies by Alison Evans, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

December 11, 2019December 4, 2019 By Underground Team

Title: Highway Bodies Author: Alison Evans Published: 2019 Genre: YA, horror Publisher: Echo Publishing Highway Bodies (2019) is a debut novel by Alison Evans

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Opportunities for Writers December 2019

December 1, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Aerogramme Writer’s Studio also has a list of 31 Writing competitions to enter before the end of the year,

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Issue 28: Invitation

November 5, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Frank Candilaro ‘Invitation’ is special because, apart from being our 28th issue, it is being released on the 10th birthday

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Writing Opportunities for November 2019

November 5, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images Words on Water, Mandurah, 6-7th November ‘For the very first time, Confluence Festival of Indian Arts in Australia

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Underground Writers 10 Years On

November 2, 2019November 18, 2020 By Jess

On Friday, November 1st 2019, Underground Writers held a birthday party at PICABar in Perth to celebrate 10 years supporting Australian emerging writers.

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Review: From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

October 20, 2019October 9, 2019 By Underground Team

From Here On, Monsters (2019) by Elizabeth Bryer In Elizabeth Bryer’s From Here On, Monsters protagonist Cameron is an antiquarian book dealer who

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Writing Opportunities for October 2019

October 1, 2019 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images The Correspondent is currently accepting pitches ‘As conversation leaders, our expectation is that a freelancer who works with us

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Review: Alt-Ctrl by Rebecca Freeman, by Jemimah Brewster

September 30, 2019September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Title: Alt-Ctrl Author: Rebecca Freeman Publisher: Thea Press Genre: YA Dystopian Fiction Alt-Ctrl is a YA dystopian novella by West Australian freelance writer

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Visualisation Tools for Planning Your Story by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

September 15, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva Free Stock Images Let’s say you have an idea for a story but you don’t know where to begin with planning

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Writing Opportunities for September 2019

September 1, 2019August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images 2019 Deborah Cass Prize  “Early career writers of migrant background are invited to apply for the 2019 Deborah Cass

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The Right Way to Organise a Bookshelf by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 11, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Part One of my 2019 TBR shelf, alphabetised by author’s first name One of the greatest joys in life is organising and re-organising

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Review: My Name is Revenge by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 6, 2019August 24, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 27’s Review Review by Jemimah Halbert Brewster (this review can also be read in the Underground zine, issue 27: Case) Ashley Kalagian

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Issue 27: Case

August 5, 2019August 4, 2019 By Underground Team

Cover by Jess Gately Issue 27: Case is here On page 6 you’ll find this issue’s book review by yours truly, then our

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