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BookNest Writing Competition and Activities
Writing Group
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The writing group is currently in abeyance. If interested contact us, using the form in the Contact page
BookNest Writing Competitions
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BookNest have run writing competitions in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 for those who work live or study in Murrindindi shire and primary school students in the Triangle area. Short-listing and judging uses a "blind" process where the entries have no information that identifies the author. We have a professional judge for the open sections.
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The 2025 competition had sections for Open fiction, Open poetry, Open non- fiction, and Primary students fiction.
The awards celebration event was at MIRA on the afternoon of November 8, 2025.
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2025 Entry forms: word or pdf.
2025 Terms and conditions (pdf).
The 2024 competition had sections for Open fiction, Open poetry, Young writers fiction, and Primary students fiction.
2024 Terms and Conditions (pdf)
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2024 Awards event: November 16 at MIRA​​​
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The 2023 competition had same sections as later used in 2024.
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The 2023 Awards event was on November 11 at MIRA. Click here for list 2023 of results.
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2023 Terms and conditions (pdf)
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We now have a blog for small pieces of writing
Goulburn Valley Writers Group are based in Shepparton. Their website has a range of resources including sales of the magazine publishing their writing and a link to current writing competitions.
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Other links about writing
Other Groups
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Writing about plague (from The Conversation)
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A publisher's helpful suggestions. (From The Guardian)
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Short Course: Spelling for on-line bigots (from The Shovel}
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2022 Writing Competition
Click here for full results and links to prize-winning entries.
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Link to 2022 entry form; Word, PDF
Link to 2022 full terms and conditions.
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Other BookNest Writing Events
Over 2019, BookNest organised a series of 5 writing workshops led by established writers.
This led to a "Reading our writing" evening event at MIRA.
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Following this, a small group of (mainly) workshop participants met monthly to discuss writing.
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Early in 2021, BookNest organised two evenings at MIRA where published authors talked about their books.
It's at times like this ... that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
Why, what did she tell you?
I don't know. I didn't listen.
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From Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy