Hachette Australia, the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and our media partner Guardian Australia are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Richell Prize for emerging writers.

Announcing the 19 writers making up the longlist for the 2018 Richell Prize.

Aileen Westbrook took home $4,000 and publication in Verge and Kill Your Darlings, for her story Mistook.

Over half of the 2018 Emerging Writers' Festival program consists of free events – we've shared a few of our favourites.

Susie Anderson will spend a month at State Library Victoria working on a project as well as learning, developing and networking at the Emerging Writers’ Festival.

On January 26, the offices of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, Express Media, Melbourne Writers Festival and Writers Victoria will be open.

This year, EWF sent comic artist and illustrator Rachel Ang to the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. We spoke to Rachel about her time in Ubud, battling Impostor Syndrome and doing a comics reading at a Pecha Kucha.

Announcing the winner of the DWF17 Swinburne Microfiction Challenge