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Figuring Things Out: Getting help from those who already know

November 27th, 2009
Posted in Literary Activism . Literary Agency . News . Paine Management . Publishing
By Ryan

I emailed a couple of Melbourne agencies this week, chasing work experience. I got two hits back, one from Curtis Brown telling me they don’t take work-experience kids. I’ve canvassed this way before, when I was getting into production in Adelaide, and the pattern was much the same. I expected one response to be straight and [ READ MORE ]

Prizes Ain’t Prizes

November 23rd, 2009
Posted in Literary Culture . Opinion
By Ryan

Sam Cooney has an article about literary awards in the current issue of Voiceworks, and the critical take on such a holy grail inspired me to continue the conversation. I’ve touched on manuscript awards once before, and am regularly vocal, to people who ask, against wholesale acceptance of prizes as a wonderful and highly sought [ READ MORE ]

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