The Emerging Writers’ Festival open panellist callout is an opportunity for you to let us know what is happening in your writing world. It helps us to discover new writers and new projects that might not (yet!) be on our radar. We love finding new writers, and we’re proud to be one of the few writers’ festival in Australia who actively encourages writers of all stripes and career-stages to apply to be in our festival. Yes, we have great networks, chat often with publishers and agents, read widely, and have an excellent Program Advisory Committee, but our open panellist callout ensures that we can touch base with the maximum number of writers possible.

You may not know this, but each and every event at the Emerging Writers’ Festival features a writer in their first-ever festival appearance – and one more who is well advanced in their career. Although we are called the Emerging Writers’ Festival, we are a festival for all writers at all stages of their career, and we don’t put arbitrary benchmarks on what is or isn’t considered ‘emerging’ or ‘established’. Our main requirement for writers taking part in the festival is: passion and commitment. We are looking for writers who are opinionated, informed, informative and inspiring… not to mention happy to speak in front of a large (but friendly!) audience.

If you’d like to be a considered as a festival guest in 2012, simply email us (writers @ emergingwritersfestival.org.au) with a simple explanation of:
1. what you write; and
2. why you write it.

Looking forward to hearing from you!