ZineWest ‘14 – Publication, Competition
ZineWest offers print publication to around 30 new Western Sydney writers in a multi-genre, annual zine; plus an opportunity for more entrants to present their work at ZineWest WORD. (Prizes, see below)
ENTRIES: Must be original, unpublished work of entrant and not won a prize elsewhere. If using snail mail send copies only, keep your originals!
ELIGIBILITY: “New” (i) writers 16 years and over who live, work or study in Western Sydney(ii) or attend a Western Sydney cultural group.
Entry Fee: None. Price of zines: $10
PRIZES: 1st = $400; 2nd 3rd = Giramondo books PLUS: Best Poem and Best Prose; Judge’s nominations; Editor’s award; Winner of ZW WORD.
Entries due: Sunday, 25th May, 2014
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: up to 3 for each writer
GENRE: Word-based works we can print - stories, memoir, poems, lyrics, drama, comics, cartoons…
FINALISTS: Editors select around 30 entries to publish in ZW14. Works may receive an edit.
JUDGING: Entries to be published are forwarded to the judge. Decisions of editors and judge are final. NB Other entrants may be invited to read at ZW WORD.
ENTRY FORM: see opposite.
SIZE LIMIT:
Poetry: 60 lines including line breaks.
NB ZineWest is in A5. A long line might take two lines.
Prose: 800 words
TITLE & WRITER’s name: All entries must have
a title but writer’s name must not appear on or in entries - names on entry forms only please.
FORMAT: No decorative fonts or imagery on entries. We accept Windows Word format only.
Cartoons/comics exempt.
Illustrations of entries: Optional but welcome.
Email as separate files.
FONT: Arial 12 or equivalent
LINES: Single spacing
SENTENCES: One space only between sentences.
PARAGRAPHS: Indent (no empty lines)
DIALOGUE quote marks: ‘Jack said, “Jill pushed me,” but he’s fibbing,’ says Jill.
CHECK: Spelling, syntax, facts, legal aspects
CO-SPONSOR: The Writing and Society Research Centre, UWS, co-sponsors prizes & nominates the judge.
Mars Hill Café 331 Church St Parramatta provides free venue for workshops, meetings and ZW WORD
Administration: NEW Writers’ Group Inc
Zine Launch: 11th October, noon, Parramatta Venue to be confirmed: Prizes, readings by finalists.
ZineWest WORD: 11th Oct Mars Hill Cafe 3:30 pm Music & Spoken Word, ZW entrants and Open Mic
(i) Writers who have not yet been professionally published other than in multi-author anthologies and journals.
(ii) Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly.
ZineWest ‘14 – Writers’ Entry Form
Name:
Nom de Plume if required:
Address:
Postcode:
Don’t live in Western Sydney? You’re still eligible
if you study or work in Western Sydney or attend
a Western Sydney cultural group. Please specify:
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Phone numbers:
Email: Website/Blog:
Bio max 20 words We omit BA PhD etc unless current news.
Entries: (Remember not to put your name on/in entries)
Title Word or line count
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(2) ( )
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Illustrations (optional) Number ( )
Please send as separate email attachments
(.jpg) or post on disc. Original images only.
Name of Illustrator:………………………………….
If not the writer, illustrator should send separate entry form permitting us to publish the images.
Are you 16 years or over? Yes/No…….
Original Work: Are your entries your original work and not previously published in print or on-line or won an award? Yes/No…….
NWG Inc EZine: If you win a prize do you consent
to the piece being published online? Yes/No…….
Writers’ Groups If you attend any, please name
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Author/Illustrator’s signature if submitting by post
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Please read the guidelines before entering.
Email completed form, entries and images to (subject ZW14) or
POST to ZineWest, c/- NEW Writers’ Group Inc
PO Box 1339 Parramatta 2124.