Centre for Stories
Writing Programs
Throughout the year various writing programs are open.
Signature Writing Program
All Write
Funded by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries and Centre for Stories Founders Circle, All Write offers a series of opportunities for writers, including hot desks, events, residencies, publications, networking, and exchanges.
First Nations WA Writers
Launched in 2023, First Nations Writers WA is a program offering writing career support and publishing opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers with connections to Western Australia, wherever they currently live. The program is facilitated by Casey Mulder and Luisa Mitchell.
Sign up to the next meet up now.
Writing Fellowships
We have several writing fellowships throughout the year
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Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship
Open to writers living outside Australia. It is a residency based at the Centre for Stories in Perth, Western Australia.
Find out more
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Comic Creator Fellowship
APPLICATIONS CLOSED — Centre for Stories has partnered with Perth Comic Arts Festival (PCAF) to offer a Comic Creator Hot Desk Fellowship to one person who is both writing and illustrating a comic project.
Find out more
DIGITAL LITERARY JOURNAL
Portside Review
Portside Review is a free digital journal produced by Centre for Stories with a focus on stories from the Indian Ocean. It’s is a digital space for essays, interviews, reviews, poems, and so much more. Browse over 300 pieces that represent the Indian Ocean’s best writing online now.
POETRY COLLECTIONS
Green Leaves / Red River
An international publication project by Centre for Stories in partnership with Red River Press based in Delhi. The project supported eight poets to publish a full manuscript of poetry and offered two editorial fellowships to emerging editors, all from CALD backgrounds.
Shop the poetry collections now.
Know their stories
Emerging writers from all over Western Australia and beyond share the written works they produced while undertaking our Writing Change, Writing Inclusion program. Whether it was participating in a hot desk program, being mentored by an established author, or working towards publishing their own piece of poetry or fiction, these are their stories.
This month’s featured collection
Past Writing Programs
- Ways of Being Here (2017)
- Indian Ocean Mentoring Project (2018-2019)
- Bright Lights, No City (2019)
- Inclusion Matters (2019-2020)
- Inner City Residency (2020)
- Bayswater Café Residency (2021): Franchesca & Zarah
- Writing Change, Writing Inclusion (2021-2024)
Past Publications
- Under the Paving Stones, the Beach (Writing Change, Writing Inclusion, 2021-2024)
- here & now (Emerging Writers Festival, 2022)
- To Hold the Clouds (Inclusion Matters 2019-2020)
- Wave after Wave (Indian Ocean Mentoring, 2018-2019)
- Journal (2020)
Support our writers
You can buy our books and poetry collections to support the work of emerging and mid-career writers. All funds go towards our operations, so that we can continue to offer excellent writing programs for the continued practice of diverse and underrepresented authors.
Under The Paving Stones, The Beach is a direct result of our Writing Change, Writing Inclusion program. It features the poetry, prose and non-fiction writing from emerging writers in Western Australia.
Supported by our donors
Meet the 2025 Human Rights Essay Prize winner: Sabia Rasool
Centre for Stories is proud to award first place in the 2025 Portside Review Human Rights Essay Prize to Sabia Rasool for ‘The Blind Side’
Sometimes you think rock bottom is the floor. In Kashmir, that’s just where the free fall begins. – Sabia Rasool
Want to work with us?
If you’re interested in supporting your own writing program, fellowship, residency, mentorship or more, we’d love to hear from you. Or, if you’re just interested in knowing more about our Writing Program, we’d be happy to share more with you. Reach out today and let’s collaborate!
