Living Stories Writing Workshops 2025
- Adults
- Young Adults
- Children
- School Holidays
- Youth Week
- Creative Writing
16 Apr
at 10am - 11.30am OR 3pm - 4.30pm
The View Room, Wollondilly Library
Join our free creative writing workshops hosted by WestWords and WestLit Libraries. Learn the skills you need to craft a short story and poem in these workshops hosted by professional writers.
These workshops are held as a part of the 2025 Living Stories Western Sydney Writing Prize. In its 5th year, Living Stories is open to residents of Western Sydney and Wingecarribee Shire, offering an opportunity at publication and cash prizes from a pool of over $12,000.
Wednesday 16 April
Adults and Ages 16+: 10am - 11.30am
Ages 10 - 15: 3pm - 4.30pm
The View Room, Wollondilly Library
This year, participants are asked to respond to the theme: Only I can say. Write your entry at our workshops. Then choose to submit for your chance at a cash prize and publication!
Entries, either a short story/narrative non-fiction (up to 500 words) or a poem (up to 25 lines) and are open to residents from the 14 LGAs across four age groups: 10 - 12 years; 13 - 15 years; 16 - 18 years; and adults (18+).
Click here to enter, and for more information.
Living Stories is presented by WestWords, WestLit Libraries, Create NSW, the James N. Kirby Foundation, Arab Bank Australia, and Australian Catholic University.
Angela May George
Angela May George’s novels beautifully characterise the experiences of modern multicultural Australia. Angela is the author of CBCA shortlisted picture book, OUT. A heartwarming tale of a family seeking asylum. She has won the Family Therapist’s Association award for children’s books and has been shortlisted for the Speech Therapist’s Association awards for her novel How I Didn’t Straighten My Hair. Angela is featured in an anthology of Australian Children’s poetry. You can find Angela’s books translated into Italian and they’re are also available in North America and New Zealand.
Angela will be leading the session for Adults and ages 16+.
C.R. Masters
C. R. Masters has lived and worked in South-Western Sydney her entire life. She began writing as a child but has recently returned to the fold after having three children. She was highly commended in her LGA for her entries to the 2022 and 2023 Westwords Living Stories competitions, writing about her time growing up in housing commission. She was also longlisted for the 2022 Hachette Australia Richell Prize for her first Science-Fiction manuscript. C.R. is working on completing an anthology of short stories that explore the perceptions and experiences of women in Australian society, and she is currently the writing group facilitator for Campbelltown Libraries.
C.R. Masters will be leading the session for Ages 10-15.