Our 26th annual conference will be on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia!
The Australasian Association of Writing Programs recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, the sovereignty of which was never ceded. We offer gratitude to Australia’s original custodians for their ongoing connection to country, culture, and community. We offer respect to their ancestors, elders and families – past, in perpetuity, and present.
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. To download a brochure, click here.
For general enquiries, or to join our mailing list, email info@aawp.org.au
You can find our statement regarding insecure work in higher education here.
Latest News
- AAALS Creative Writing Competition - The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS), together with the American Australian Association, welcomes submissions to our annual creative writing competition between 1-31 March 2025. The competition invites entries in the following categories: · Poetry · Creative Prose · Indigenous Writers Poetry · Indigenous Writers Creative Prose With the generous support of the American Australian Association, the value […]
- Call for book chapters–Pasts Imagined: Creative Methods in Knowledge Production about History, Memory and Culture - Creative methods are increasingly considered a source for new knowledge production, while the past has increasingly become a site of fascination and nostalgia for contemporary audiences and scholars alike. The popularity of media such as TV including Empress Ki (2013), Stranger Things (2016), Bridgerton (2020), Oppenheimer (2023), novels like Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles (2011) and Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing (2016) and podcasts like The Rest is History (2021—) […]
- Call for Papers: Affective Ambush and Life Narrative: Engaging with and Interrogating Emotional Responses During Research - Research symposium: 20th June 2025 James Cook University, Townsville Papers are invited with a view to development into articles for a confirmed special issue of Life Writing journal (scheduled for mid-2026). Full final articles of 6000-9000 words are due 4 August 2025. Abstract submissions are due 25 March 2025. Call for Papers Life writing about […]
