2013 – FAWWA Mentoring Program
Are you working on a full-length book?
Be part of the FAWWA’s 75th Anniversary celebrations in 2013 and advance your writing through mentoring over 6 months by one of WA’s leading writers.
The program includes 8 writers, working in 5 different genres, including Vivienne Glance, Liliana Stafford, Juliet Marilliet, Lucy Dougan, Shane McCauley, Bridget Lowry, Diane Wolfer, and Pat Lowe.
New Closing date for Applications: 20th February 2013
| To be included in the application: -Letter of application, including preferred mentor Synopsis of work in progress, with additional information itemizing time already spent on the work, number of pages completed 5 pages from the work Current CVApplication criteria:(i) Applicants will not have had a book published by a registered publisher; (ii) Be domiciled in the Perth Metropolitan region for the duration of the mentorship or in northwest or Great-Southern regional centres; (iii) Applicants will become members of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA); (iv) The charge to Mentees will be $400 each. This can be paid in installments over the 6 months. Process: The submitted work of the authors will be ranked by a selection panel, which includes at least one of the mentors, one executive member of the FAWWA and one other professional writer; (i) A minimum of two of the eight selected mentees will be working in the field of young adult or children’s fiction; (ii) At least two will be aged 35 or under; (iii) Applicants will only be chosen where they are writing in genres which are within the professional competency of the available mentors; (iv) Final selection of mentees to be subject to their acceptability to the nominated mentor and vice versa; (v) The mentors will meet with the authors at least 6 times during the 6 month program for one or two hours.Funding from the Department for Culture and the Arts supports this program. |