Annual Conference

31st Annual Australasian Association of Writing Programs Conference: UNSW, Sydney, 2–4 December 2026.

Further details and a call for abstracts are forthcoming. 

Previous annual conferences of the AAWP have been held at:

1996 University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

1997 Deakin University and RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC

1998 University of South Australia / University of Adelaide, SA

1999 Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA

2000 Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD

2001 University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT

2002 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

2003 University of New South Wales, NSW

2004 Flinders University, Adelaide, SA

2005 Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA

2006 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD

2007 University of Canberra, Canberra, ATC

2008 University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

2009 Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand

2010 RMIT, Melbourne, VIC

2011 Southern Cross University, Byron Bay, NSW

2012 Deakin University, Geelong, VIC

2013 University of Canberra, Canberra, ATC

2014 Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

2015 Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC

2016 University of Canberra, Canberra, ATC

2017 Flinders University, Adelaide, SA

2018 Curtin University, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia, Perth, WA

2019 University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

2020 Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD

2021 University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD (online symposium in lieu of conference)

2022 Central Queensland University and University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Sippy Downs, QLD

2023  University of Canberra’s Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Canberra, ACT

2024 University of New England, Armidale, NSW

2025 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC