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22/11/2024

⚡️Flash fiction workshop at The Australian Short Story Festival ⚡️

What a warm and generous group gathered with us today for our flash and microfiction workshop. We loved your sharp insights into the story examples and were floored by the stories you created from the prompts.

Thank you to everyone who came along today! We can’t wait to read your future stories ✨

19/11/2024

Time is running out for submitting your story for the ROMANCE issue of the little journal!

Deadline: 30 November

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❤️ ENTRIES CLOSING SOON FOR THE ROMANCE EDITION OF TLJ ❤️

Time’s running out to get your entries in for the Romance edition of the little journal!

We invite all Western Australian authors from all backgrounds to submit one unpublished creative piece of 750 words or fewer by 30 November 2024.

the little journal ROMANCE issue will be published in March 2025 by Writing WA and Night Parrot Press and feature new flash fiction romance by Western Australian writers. The journal will be guest edited by best-selling, renowned romance author Eliza Redgold (Elizabeth Reid Boyd, co-founder of Love Studies at ECU) along with series editors Laura Keenan and Linda Martin from .

For our ROMANCE issue, we are seeking stories that flirt with the traditional romance genre, pushing boundaries and offering fresh takes on relationships. We want to celebrate tender and passionate frissons between traditional and non-traditional partners. We are looking for stories that lift our spirits, challenge expectations, and celebrate love in all its forms as a complex human emotion.

This project will be supported by and private donors.

For more information and to submit, visit the Writing WA website, click the link in our bio or type this link into your browser: https://buff.ly/3BO4kxQ

18/11/2024

⚡️⚡️SmokeLong International Flash Fiction Intensive Workshop⚡️⚡️

Christopher Allen, Editor-in-Chief of SmokeLong Quarterly, presented by Gillian O’Shaughnessy with Night Parrot Press.

A one-time-only, face-to-face workshop with international giant of flash fiction, Christopher Allen. Allen is the publisher and editor-in-chief of SmokeLong Quarterly, among the oldest and most prestigious journals of flash narratives in the world. He’s also an award-winning author and teacher and has judged a variety of international flash fiction awards, including Bath, Cambridge and the Bridport.

“Flash fiction has its own feel and sound—it’s not simply a shorter story. In this three-hour intensive workshop, we’ll first home in on the sentence level elements that make a flash narrative exciting and unique, then go even deeper ... We’ll explore the editing concepts of compression and expansion, essential techniques for the flash writer.”
—Christopher Allen

The workshop includes a conversation between Gillian O’Shaughnessy and Christopher Allen, and a short break with light refreshments.

Book your ticket now via Trybooking (link in bio) or here:
https://www.trybooking.com/CXDBM

17/11/2024

✨Australian Short Story Festival✨

In just 5 days, this wonderful festival is kicking off in Fremantle! Do you have your tickets yet?

From 22-24 November, the University of Notre Dame will host The Australian Short Story Festival, now in its eighth year. Over three days, you can attend workshops on particular elements of craft, and listen to panel discussions and author conversations with the most exciting practitioners of short-form fiction from Australia and beyond.

Night Parrot Press is thrilled to feature in three events during the weekend:

Friday, 22 November, 9.30 am - 12.30 pm: Flash Fiction and Micro Memoir Workshop with Linda and Laura, publishers of Night Parrot Press

Saturday, 23 November, 11.50 am - 12.40 pm: Keen to Have Your Story Published? Panel discussion with journal and anthology editors Aksel Dadswell, Linda Martin and Casey Mulder on ways to improve your chances of getting accepted for publication.

Saturday, 23 November, 1.40 - 2.30 pm: Bite-sized with Bite: Panel discussion on how to leave a lasting impression with your microfiction and micro memoir with Michael Burrows, Alison Davis and Melanie Hobbs, moderated by Laura Keenan.

Be sure to check out the full program and stellar lineup of writers here:

https://australianshortstoryfestival.com/2024-program/

Workshop tickets still available (only a few left!) and Day passes can be purchased via Trybooking (link in bio) or here:

https://australianshortstoryfestival.com/tickets/

Hope to see you there!
x Laura and Linda

15/11/2024

🌸 Cover reveal 🌸

CryBaby by Mabel Gibson will be out in February 2025!

‘I was born a human storm. Emotionally charged from my very first breath of warm September air.’

So begins CryBaby, the stunning debut collection of micro memoir by Yamatji author Mabel Gibson. Moving across distinct landscapes in Western Australia, the 56 dreamy and fragmented moments in this collection chronicle Mabel’s life from the age of two to twenty-four. They tell her story as a young First Nations woman who, despite the consuming storms of personal challenges and grief, finds her voice and strength as a writer.

In a style that is riveting, honest and relatable, Mabel addresses issues that affect all young people—mental health, love, loss, and the unfixed nature of identity. With unvarnished layers of truth and insight, the collection will leave you breathless and in awe of this talented and groundbreaking Australian writer.

This book was made possible by generous funding from the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Culture (DLGSC).

The stunning cover design is by Damian Crosbie

Stay tuned for details on how to pre-order this highly anticipated book!

11/11/2024

Submissions are now CLOSED for the Double-take Novelette Award.

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have received an impressive number of submissions for the award —over 50 entries!

Night Parrot Press is run by volunteers and it’s your enthusiasm and support for what we do that keeps us going. Thank you to everyone who submitted.

The judges will now spend the next couple of months reading, and we already know they will have their work cut out for them as they try to whittle these wonderful works down to a shortlist.

Again, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

- Laura and Linda

This award has been made possible because of funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
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10/11/2024

⚡️⏰ Last day to submit to the Double-take Novelette Award! ⚡️⏰

Alright, last-minute writers! You know who you are. We know some of you thrive on the adrenaline rush of a deadline and clicking ‘send’ with minutes to spare. Please just keep in mind that we won’t be able to troubleshoot any technical issues you may have at a minute to midnight, so try to give yourself a buffer in case anything goes awry.

Best of luck and we can’t WAIT to read your stories!!

This award has been made possible because of funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.

Full submission details can be found at: https://www.nightparrotpress.com/the-double-take-novelette-award/
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09/11/2024

🌈✨OUTspoken✨🌈

Last night’s Pride event was a beautiful gathering of local LBGTQIA+ authors reading and performing their stories and poems.

Thanks to all the writers for your inspiring words, courage and messages of hope. It was incredibly moving and reassuring to witness art and honesty during a week when hate and fear were rewarded.

Special thanks to luminous MC extraordinaire for lifting us up with the cheers at the end!!

Thanks also to Sam for giving us the space to share this event.

08/11/2024

🌈✨Tonight we are thrilled to present an evening of spoken word poetry and stories by local LGBTQIA+ authors as part of PrideFest

Please join us for a warm and welcoming event to celebrate local writers and to listen to poems and stories that recognise, celebrate and give voice to our beautifully talented and diverse q***r community in Perth and beyond.

Where: Bankwest mezzanine, Raine Square (up the escalator in Bankwest building)
When: Friday 8 November, 5-6pm
FREE event!

Featured writers include:

Scott-Patrick Mitchell
Em Readman
Isabelle Biondi Saville
Caitlin Prince
Jesse Galea
Liam Blackford
Beau Biddle
Jack ✨

Bring yourself, friends, family and partners—all welcome!

See you there ✨

***rwriters

02/11/2024

🎄🔔✨ Festive Flash and Chips ✨🔔🎄

The festive season—love it or loathe it—is nearly here, so NPP is serving up our final workshop of the year!

Date: Saturday, 7 December
Time: 11 am to 12.30 pm
Location: The Claisebrook Bar, East Perth

If you need a creative escape from the holiday chaos, this workshop is for you! If you need a polite excuse for 90 minutes away from your family, this workshop is for you! If you just need to write, this workshop is for you.

Join Linda Martin and Laura Keenan for a fun and festive workshop on flash fiction and micro memoir. Looking out on the picturesque Claisebrook Lake in East Perth, we’ll present a friendly and informal session of techniques, writing samples by local and international authors, and writing prompts to inspire your own flash fiction stories and micro memoirs.

All writing levels welcome, from absolute beginners to seasoned or wayward writers needing a jolt of encouragement.

Many thanks to our friends for hosting this event.

Each ticket includes a soft drink and a bowl of hot chips. What’s not to love?

Book your spot now via the link in bio or here:
https://www.trybooking.com/CWVWU

Hope to see you there!

22/10/2024

We couldn’t be more excited for this upcoming festival next month!

The Australian Short Story Festival is an annual event that celebrates short form fiction, bringing together writers from across Australia (and a few from overseas) to discuss and debate fascinating topics related to the short story.

Join us for a 3-hour flash and micro memoir workshop on Friday 22 November at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle (Tannock Hall).

Please be sure to check out all of the other fantastic workshops on offer, as well as a stellar lineup of panel discussions over the weekend.

Tickets for the workshops and day passes are available now via link in bio, our stories and here:

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1304043

22/10/2024

Send us your LOVE (stories) ❤️💕💔💞💓💘💌❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹

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Submissions Open Now for the ROMANCE Edition of the little journal

the little journal ROMANCE issue will be published in March 2025 by Writing WA and Night Parrot Press and feature new flash fiction romance by Western Australian writers. The journal will be guest edited by best-selling, renowned romance author Eliza Redgold (Elizabeth Reid Boyd, co-founder of Love Studies at ECU) along with series editors Laura Keenan and Linda Martin from .

For our ROMANCE issue, we are seeking stories that flirt with the traditional romance genre, pushing boundaries and offering fresh takes on relationships. We want to celebrate tender and passionate frissons between traditional and non-traditional partners. We are looking for stories that lift our spirits, challenge expectations, and celebrate love in all its forms as a complex human emotion.

We invite all Western Australian authors from all backgrounds to submit one unpublished creative piece of 750 words or fewer by 30 November 2024.

This project will be supported by and private donors.

For more information and to submit, visit the Writing WA website, click the link in our bio or type this link into your browser: https://buff.ly/3BO4kxQ

21/10/2024

Come write with us!

As part of BLOOM initiative for October mental health awareness, we are so grateful to have the opportunity to create a space for a mindful writing practice.

This workshop is for everyone—not just writers! It’s for those needing to reconnect with themselves, or anyone open to trying mindfulness techniques that can have a positive impact on other facets of your life.

Facilitators are author Mabel Gibson, whose debut micro memoir collection is forthcoming from Night Parrot Press in February 2025, and Laura Keenan, editor and co-publisher of Night Parrot Press.

Did we mention it’s FREE? And only 45 minutes over your lunch break, with complimentary nibbles.

Spots are still available now via the link in our bio, stories and here:

https://www.rainesquare.com.au/bloom-mindful-writing-entry-form

14/10/2024

📣Announcement: Judges for the Double-Take Novelette Award 📣

We’re thrilled to announce the judging panel for the Double-Take Novelette Award:

Gillian O’Shaughnessy
Aksel Dadswell
Ros Thomas
Laura Keenan

Each judge brings skill, experience and enthusiasm for flash/micro and short-form writing. We will be spotlighting the judges in the coming weeks and sharing their insights into the craft of writing short forms, as well as how an award like this celebrates the diverse talents of writers in this state.

We are now under a month to go for submissions for this exciting new award! If you think it’s too late to have a go … think of it this way: If you start today and write 268 words every day for the next 28 days, you will have enough words for a novelette!

We are looking for novelettes between 7,500 and 17,500 words that move and intrigue us, both emotionally and intellectually. Your novelette can be any genre including literary, speculative, thriller, romance, creative nonfiction – or it can be genre defying. It can also be presented in any structure – traditional, flash, micro or other. We want you to be unhindered and exhilarated when writing your story.

Full submission details can be found at: https://www.nightparrotpress.com/the-double-take-novelette-award/
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19/09/2024

The Night Parrot Press office will be taking a little break over the school holidays.

Any book orders placed during this time will be posted after 7 October.

Email correspondence of a non-urgent nature will receive a response after this date as well.

We appreciate your patience and understanding and look forward to reconnecting with you after the break!

Best wishes,
The Night Parrots (aka Laura and Linda) xx

18/09/2024

⚡️⚡️Double-Take Novelette Award⚡️⚡️

Writers in WA! You have under two months left to submit for the Night Parrot Press Double-Take Novelette Award.

We are looking for novelettes between 7,500 and 17,500 words that move and intrigue us, both emotionally and intellectually. Your novelette can be any genre including literary, speculative, thriller, romance, creative nonfiction – or it can be genre defying. It can also be presented in any structure – traditional, flash, micro or other. We want you to be unhindered and exhilarated when writing your story.

To grab and hold our attention, we suggest you limit your plotlines and characters so that we can know them on a deeper level, without sideline distraction. We like a theme or idea that is memorable, one that lingers with us and keep us thinking. Overall, given the constraints of wordcount, we are looking for work that is well written and well edited – but remember, the winners of this Western Australian competition will collaborate with professional editors who, if they believe your story has the right ingredients, will work with you on manuscript development and editing.

We know how daunting it can sometimes be to submit a new piece. This goes for new, emerging and established writers. Please be confident that when you submit your novelette, it will be treated with respect and care. We are impressed by all authors who take the time to create something new – that in itself is something to be celebrated.

We hope you enjoy writing your new, original work of fiction or nonfiction, and the judges (soon to be announced) can’t wait to read it.

Submission details can be found at: https://www.nightparrotpress.com/the-double-take-novelette-award/
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13/08/2024

This speculative fiction wonder is now out in the world, and we couldn’t be more excited to share these haunting, inventive, strange and mesmerising stories with you.

the little journal is a collaborative effort between Writing WA and Night Parrot Press, with the support of Edith Cowan University and Raine Square.

Please join us in congratulating the 30 talented WA writers featured in this inaugural issue:

Katherine Allum
Isabelle Biondi Saville
Jude Bridge
Louise Burlinson
Asha Burnett
Michael Burrows
Andrew Cameron
Sue Clapton
Alison Davis
Rose Dickson
Rachelle Erzay
Cee Ford
Philippa Freegard
Kathryn Glendhill-Tucker
Courtney Guagliardo
Tiffany Hastie
Jodie How
Karen Lowry
Ana Lynch
Alice Macri
Donna Mazza
Amber Moffat
Natasha Monteleone
Joanna Morrison
Kirstie Nicholson
Mara Alice Papavassiliou
Vasco Pimentel
Emily Smith
Sophie St John
Hannah van Didden

Stories were selected by guest editor Dr Aksel Dadswell from ECU, a writer and expert in speculative fiction, alongside series editors Laura Keenan and Linda Martin of Night Parrot Press.

Order your copy now from the Night Parrot Press online shop:
www.nightparrotpress.com/shop

Also available from these local bookshops:

• The Lane Bookshop in Claremont

• Boffins Books in Perth City

Writing WA is selling copies in their office located inside the State Library of WA (card purchase only).

Stay tuned for more local stockists!

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Night Parrot Press is an independent publisher of non-traditional works of fiction and non-fiction, where experimental forms and genres outside the mainstream can find a home. Inspired by our namesake, the elusive Australian night parrot, we seek to uncover writing that exists on the periphery, in obscurity, and give it a platform for recognition with a broader audience. We are especially fond of flash fiction, prose poetry, creative non-fiction, and stories that leave a strong, colourful, and unforgettable impression.