New England Writers' Centre
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  • Home
    • About
    • Become a Member!
    • Blog
    • Useful links!
    • Our Board
    • Our Wonderful Sponsors
    • Contact
      • Become a Member!
  • Program
  • Historical Novel Prize
    • About the judges
  • Thunderbolt Prize 2020
    • Thunderbolt Prize 2020 Judges Reports
    • Thunderbolt Prize 2020_Winning submissions
  • Illustration Prize 2020 Winners
  • Varuna Fellowship 2020
  • Resources
  • By The Book video series
  • 2021 Summer Micro Grants
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The New England Writers' Centre has been operating for more than 20 years, delivering writing and illustrating workshops, professional opportunities, fabulous  literary events, showcasing of local talent, and more, to its members.

Based in Armidale, it also offers some outreach programs to other New England centres, both physically and through video conferencing. Members receive regular newsletters, email digests and social media updates.

Flagship programs include Youth Online, Booked In, the Skype Sessions, and so much more. The Centre also runs a national writing award, the New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing.

All residents of New England are very welcome to join NEWC - with the New England region encompassing everything from the Queensland border in the north to the Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains, Tamworth Regional and Walcha local government areas in the south. The main towns include Armidale, Barraba, Bundarra, Deepwater, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Guyra, Inverell, Manilla, Quirindi, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Uralla, Walcha, Werris Creek. We also include Dorrigo in the east.
  • Home
    • About
    • Become a Member!
    • Blog
    • Useful links!
    • Our Board
    • Our Wonderful Sponsors
    • Contact
      • Become a Member!
  • Program
  • Historical Novel Prize
    • About the judges
  • Thunderbolt Prize 2020
    • Thunderbolt Prize 2020 Judges Reports
    • Thunderbolt Prize 2020_Winning submissions
  • Illustration Prize 2020 Winners
  • Varuna Fellowship 2020
  • Resources
  • By The Book video series
  • 2021 Summer Micro Grants