Geelong Writers

01/06/2026

Invitation to join the Past & Present (History+) Writers’ Group

Now Open to all Genres

Founded in 2022 in Victoria, the History Writers’ Group meets on the fourth Sunday of each month at Waurn Ponds Library in Geelong. Originally focused on history, memoir, historical fiction, and biography, the group is now expanding to welcome writers from non-fiction genres.

Our sessions explore the craft of writing—research techniques, storytelling, editing, and publishing—skills relevant across all forms of writing. Meetings include sharing experiences, practical insights, and constructive feedback, along with presentations on topics such as plot development, synopsis, and self-publishing.
We are a supportive and diverse group, from beginners to experienced authors. Members have achieved publication, festival performances, and ongoing writing projects.

If you’re passionate about history or non-fiction writing and eager to grow, we warmly invite you to join us.

Group contact: Steve Brown – [email protected]

26/05/2026

26/05/2026

Are you a writer interested in connecting with other writers in Geelong and its surrounding regions? Then why not join us as a member of Geelong Writers.

For further details about us and our activities, please visit:

https://www.geelongwriters.org.au

For further details about membership, please visit:

https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/become-a-member/

To see our upcoming events, please visit our calendar at:

https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/events/

If you have any queries about membership, please contact us at:

[email protected]

We would love you to join us at one or more of our upcoming events.

26/05/2026

To celebrate the Winter Solstice, writers this month are being challenged to respond to a word (not an image).

NADIR

Further, the submitted work must be exactly 182 words (excluding title), this being the number of days between the winter and summer solstices. In addition to submitting their work in the usual format, writers, if they wish, can create a video of themselves reading their work, post it to their social media and include their handle when submitting their work. Geelong Writers will then share those videos on its social media feeds. Something a bit different and hopefully a bit of fun.

Submissions close on 19 June 2026 and will be published on 20 June 2026.

For further details about the Ekphrastic Challenge, please go to:

https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/

Good luck! And have fun!

25/05/2026

Microfiction Mondays!
On Mondays at Geelong Cereal, we will publish a collection of microfiction (up to 300 words). The topic is up to you – the style and form are up to you too! Two Sentence Horror seem to be popular at the moment!
How many Mondays per month this is published depends on submissions, and volunteers.
Geelong Cereal is all about creating a fun and encouraging space for local writers to try their hand at different forms of writing, and have it published in our free digital magazine.
So often I hear people say 'I want to write but I don't have time'.
I challenge you to start small – write one microfiction piece per week and send it to us! We'll be thrilled to publish it.
Make sure you check out the submission guidelines and FAQ on the website, and remember to subscribe to participate- it's free!

https://www.geelongcereal.com/

22/05/2026

Join the inaugural Surf Coast Writers Festival on 27 June 2026 in Torquay. A full-day event celebrating local writers and storytellers - author talks, panel discussions and community creative energy.

22/05/2026

Geelong Cereal is a free digital magazine that showcases local writers and artists at all stages of their creative journey. We aim to publish as much local creative content as possible. If you're interested in submitting writing or artwork, subscribe (it's free!) and check out the submission instructions and FAQ before you hit send :-)
https://www.geelongcereal.com/

21/05/2026

You are invited to join us at our next Members Night on Wednesday, 27th May. Geelong Writers member Nick Lachmund will be launching his debut work, The Novel.

Come along and support Nick.

For details about this event (and other Geelong Writers events) please visit the Calendar on our website:

www.geelongwriters.org.au/events/

17/05/2026

Attention Poets

Geelong Writers is now accepting submissions to naXOs, its 2026 poetry publication.

naXOs is a Geelong Writers publication of resonant, experimental, contemporary poetry. It is a new publication that evolves from our previous poetry publication, AnoMaly Street. Our new publication seeks and encourages poetry that plays and that makes new, unexpected connections through structure, language and images.

Through Geelong Writers' naXOs publication we commit to poetry from Geelong, Bellarine and the Surf Coast, unceded lands inhabited for thousands of years by the Wadawurrung peoples. We give deference to the voices of all peoples who live on the edge of sea and land.

We are accepting submissions from Geelong Writers members as well as non-members. A $10 submission fee applies to non-members.

Guidelines and the submission portal can be found at:

https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/naxos/

Submissions close 31 May 2026.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any queries.

We look forward to reading submission.

10/05/2026

REMINDER

Geelong Writers is now accepting submissions to naXOs, its 2026 poetry publication.

naXOs is a Geelong Writers publication of resonant, experimental, contemporary poetry. It is a new publication that evolves from our previous poetry publication, AnoMaly Street. Our new publication seeks and encourages poetry that plays and that makes new, unexpected connections through structure, language and images.

Through Geelong Writers' naXOs publication we commit to poetry from Geelong, Bellarine and the Surf Coast, unceded lands inhabited for thousands of years by the Wadawurrung peoples. We give deference to the voices of all peoples who live on the edge of sea and land.

We are accepting submissions from Geelong Writers members as well as non-members living in Geelong and its surrounding regions. A $10 submission fee applies to non-members.

Guidelines and the submission portal can be found at:

https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/naxos/

Submissions close 31 May 2026.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any queries.

We look forward to reading submission.