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"... the Tasmanian Writers' Centre exists to help Tasmanians tell their stories, and to promote the stories of Tasmania all around the world..
We're here to help you take your writing where to you'd like it to be..."
The Tasmanian Writers' Centre is located in Room E101 on the 1st floor of the Salamanca Arts Centre, 77 Salamanca Place Hobart Tasmania. You can contact us by email: <admin @ tasmanianwriters.org> or by telephone or fax on +61.3.6224 0029. The Tasmanian Writers' Centre is a not-for-profit incorporated association, and is supported by Australian taxpayers via state & federal government agents, Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council. To find out more about these government agents click on their links or logos. The TWC manages the CAL Residencies, as part of our Island of Residencies program, and we are grateful for the support provided by CAL.
The Tasmanian Writers' Centre supports numerous initiatives that provide opportunities for Tasmanian writers and promote appreciation of Tasmanian writing & literature. These include workshops, residencies and mentorships for Tasmanian writers, as well as providing professional advice to TWC members . Members of the TWC enjoy many benefits including subscription to Island Magazine for only $33 - that's a saving of $13 off the normal subscription rate.
Why we are what we are: The core business of the Tasmanian Writers' Centre is the delivery of a range of services that meets the needs of writers at significant points in their careers. The TWC also aims to promote Tasmanian writing to local, interstate and international audiences.
What we do: The Tasmanian Writers' Centre achieves these aims via a number of program areas including:
- Assistance to writers including advice on funding applications and self-publishing projects
- Promoting the stories of Tasmania through Read Tasmania
- Advocacy for Tasmanian writers locally and nationally
- Time & space for writers, through our Residencies program for Tasmanian, Interstate and International writers within Tasmania, interstate and overseas
- Affordable writers' workshops and masterclasses with local and visiting writers
- Affordable manuscript assessments
- Promotion of writer's events and opportunities via our website and bi-monthly newsletter Writas
- Support for writers' events such as the Tasmanian Poetry Festival
- A reference library of writers' resources including magazines, books and journals
- A referral point for writers' groups looking for new members and writers wishing to join or start a new writers' group
The TWC site has a Members' Only section!
This section contains details of hundreds of competitions and other opportunities for writers, as well as hundreds of links to other writers' organisations, including writers' supports groups, publishers, literary agents, funding agencies etc. To gain access to this section you need to be a financial member of the Tasmanian Writers' Centre. When you first try to log in (at the top right-hand corner of this page) you'll be checked out and if you're OK, we'll approve your access to the Members' Only Section. Sounds Intriguing?
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About the TWC 
