National Young Writers' Festival

A part of the premiere art and media festival of Australia, called the 'This Is Not Art', The National Young Writer's Festival, Newcastle is a wonderful platform for all who loves to write. Be it a poem, a short story, a play, a piece meant for the blog or some creative writing, the highly innovative National Young writer's festival acknowledges everything that one may write. The various forms of traditional and modern writings that one can take to this festival are:
- Poetry
- Prose
- Screenplay
- Autobiography
- Songs
- Hip Hop Musical lyrics
- Zines
- Comics
- Comedy
- Speech/ Spoken words
- Blogger's item and
- Any journalistic writing

A Quick Peep into the History:
Founded by Marcus Westbury and Sean Healy in the year 1998, the National Young Writer's Festival, Newcastle is an attempt to encourage and support all the young and aspiring writers in Australia. Although the festival first began as an independent one, in the year 2000 it became a principal part of Australia's famous art and new media festival.

What Happens at the National Young Writer's Festival, Newcastle:
At the National Young Writer's Festival in Newcastle, Australia every aspiring writer gets something to learn. Workshops, panel discussions, individual performances and readings are few of the things that happen religiously here, thereby helping an writer collect loads of fresh ideas and tips on how to write better.
Since writers create their pieces in absolute solitude this festival can offer them a great platform where they can meet thousands of like minded people and discuss about different forms of writing and collect relevant information on writing too. Therefore the forum enrich the budding, young writers and inspire them to give birth to wonderful pieces besides offering a unique opportunity to share their ideas and work with their peers.

When does it Take Place:
The National Young Writer's Festival is usually arranged during the later half of September every year and stretches for about a week since the new millennium.

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