The May Meeting The group now has members travelling to attend meetings from as far afield as Sydney and even Jindabyne. It’s an immense privilege to have such dedicated and talented writers joining us each month. This month the writing prompt was ‘Jump’ and you can read some of the stories we wrote here. The prompt inspired stories about skiing, sibling rivalry, amphibian ambitions, social conformity, pet adoption, office politics, and bovine alien abduction. As usual, n

1 June: The Novel Prize Literary fiction in English, open to published and unpublished. Minimum 30,000 words, and entry seems to be…free. Prize $10,000 (USD) and publication. 1 June: Geography Writing Competition Theme: Changing Environments in Queensland. Short story or memoir, 500 word max. Entry $10 (AUD). Prize $300, $150, and a 1-year RGSQ membership. 1 June: The Australian Fiction Prize Harper Collins’s annual fiction prize for adult fiction 75,000-10,000 words, ope