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Welcome to the Australian Association of Writing Programs. This website introduces visitors to the Association, and provides information on writing courses, competitions, conferences and other relevant material.

The Association exists to provide a forum for discussion on all aspects of teaching creative and professional writing as well as current theories on creativity and writing, and to improve the quality of programs across the country.

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News & Events

Survey on Action Research

Posted: 31 August 2010

US-based researchers are investigating 'the current state of action research on writing, a form of applied or pedagogical research in which teacher-scholars research their own students, classrooms, pedagogical practices, curricula, or programs with the intention of using the results to improve student learning and/or educational quality'. Please see the document here for more details, including a survey to be returned.

Professional and Higher announces the foundation of a publishing programme dedicated to Creative Writing Studies.

Posted: 22 July 2010

Please see here for more details.

M/C - Media and Culture calling for contributors to the 'pig' issue of M/C Journal

Posted: 6 July 2010

M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. Founded in 1998, M/C is a
crossover journal between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and
peer-reviewed journal. Our Website at http://journal.media-culture.org.au/
provides open access to all past issues.

To find out how and in what format to contribute your work, visit
http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/about/submissions.

TWN Colloquium 2010 Writing the Future - call for papers

Posted: 23 June 2010

The TWN Colloquium 2010 invites you to submit an abstract for this exciting writing event.

The call for papers includes academic, creative and professional writing and the teaching of writing.

Abstracts will be accepted until Monday 27 September, 2010.

Please see the colloquium website for further details.

Call for Papers - Cultural Studies Association of Australasia

Posted: 26 May 2010

'A Scholarly Affair' 7-9 December 2010 Byron Bay, NSW

Panel and/or Paper Proposals due by Friday 6 August 2010

Online Abstract Submission NOW OPEN