Responses to Geelong Writers’ Ekphrastic Challenge for September 2025: Sea Lake silo We invited everyone – members and non-members alike – to use this image, ‘Sea Lake silo (image by Jo Curtain) to inspire an original response (either prose or … Continued
Responses to the Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge #4 Entanglement (image by Jenny Funston) We invited everyone – members and non-members alike – to respond to the Entanglement image and we publish the best entries below, for your … Continued
Thank you, Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge fans! You have risen to the Challenge again. Selected for publication below are twenty-one entries to the Nests (#2 2025) challenge. In addition, received from Tony B. for our collective amusement, … Continued
In the spirit of John Clarke (aka Dylan Thompson) whose A Child’s Christmas in Warrnambool continues to delight, we invited writers to send us a parody of a Christmas story, poem, song or tradition. Listen to John Clarke read … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for Geelong Writers’ members. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry to 500 words in response to the theme: Remnants. Read five of the longlisted pieces below. LONGLISTED: ‘Traces’ … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for Geelong Writers’ members. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry to 500 words in response to the theme: Remnants. Read five of the longlisted pieces below. LONGLISTED: ‘Dregs’ … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for Geelong Writers’ members. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry to 500 words in response to the theme: Remnants. Julie Maclean judged the shortlist. You can read her … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for Geelong Writers’ members. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry to 500 words in response to the theme: Remnants. Julie Maclean judged the shortlist. You can read her notes … Continued
By Claudia Collins Amiens—1918. The hot August air is still. For once the guns are quiet. For once there is no smell of cordite. For once—no moaning, or screaming. There is an aura of calm, one could almost … Continued
By Harry Roberts In the 1500s and 1600s the Portuguese sailed the world and claimed colonies that could enhance their national wealth. In competition with Spain, they set out to claim half the world. Harry’s video story investigates the possibility … Continued