Activities


Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre at 11 Old York Road, Greenmount, Western Australia is a dynamic writers' organisation. We are a non-profit group dedicated to supporting, promoting and advocating the needs and interests of writers, and are a member of the WritingWA. Everyone is welcome to join our activities.

Program

KSP Calendar of Upcoming Events
Writers in Residence
Literary Dinners
Author Talks
Workshops & Master Classes
Writing and Critiquing Groups
Book Launches

Young Writers

Write-a-Rama Young Writers' Holiday Program
Home School and Term-time Program
Write-A-Book-In-A-Day
Be Heard in the Hills – National Youth Week Event on Saturday, 17 April 2010, 3 – 5pm

Competitions

2010
The KSP Short Fiction Award 2010
The KSP Karen W Treanor Poetry Awards 2010
The KSP Speculative Fiction Awards 2010

2009
The KSP Short Fiction Award 2009 and Judges' Report and Winners
The KSP Karen W Treanor Poetry Awards 2009 and Judges' Report and Winners
The KSP Speculative Fiction Awards 2009 and Judges' Report and Winners

The Write-A-Book-In-A-Day Fundraising Competition with Princess Margaret Hospital
Be Heard in the Hills – National Youth Week Event on Saturday, 17 April 2010, 3 – 5pm

Newsletters

KSPF Newsletters are in Acrobat Reader (pdf) format, if you do not have an Acrobat Reader program you can download one for free, click here and follow the instructions.

Tours

Explore the house and grounds, absorb the atmosphere of the writer's retreat. Guided tours are available on request at 08 9294 1872.
        $10 per person or $100 for School Groups

Accommodation

The Centre has three beautiful self contained writers' retreats in the heritage listed garden available only to writers for one month, one week or shorter stays at an affordable cost. Please click on Accommodation. Bookings email kspf@iinet.net.au or ring +61-(0)8-9294-1872

Mentoring

Five one-on-one mentoring opportunities exist each year for KSP members only from our Writers in Residence. Submissions should be emailed to kspf@iinet.net.au with a sample of your work and a letter describing to the selection panel how and why you wish to benefit from the mentoring.