Harvest News

Hello harvesters

Hope you've been happy and well these past few months. Yes, apologies for the lengthy lapse in correspondence but the harvest team took some time off over the festive season, and have been paying for it ever since. Work. Life. Balance.?

Even as the awfully acronymed GFC washes over us, we're getting ready for a brand spankin' new issue and our little team has been overwhelmed by both your support and contributions. Thanks for all your great pieces. It's fantastic to read and see your wonderful work.

We're now in the middle of assessing works for issue three and hope to have a new edition ready for you mid-2009.

harvest made the commitment to provide feedback to all those who submit - as long as it was in-line with our guidelines. We believe in providing more than a single line response...so this means, we do take a wee bit more time to get back to you than we'd really like. To those that submitted to issue two and haven't yet heard from us, we're sorry, but we're getting there.

Other bits
If you're in Australia, you may have seen the recent newspaper ads for publishing interns with the APA. If not, read on:
Applications are now open for the following Internship Positions in 2009:
Australian Book Review, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Black Dog Books, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Oxford University Press, Melbourne — Editorial Intern, Higher Education Division
Scribe Publications, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne – Publicity / Marketing Intern
Walker Books, Sydney — Book Design Intern
For position descriptions, application deadline dates and application contact details for the six internship positions being offered in 2009 please download this Word document.
For detailed information about the program and FAQ please download this Word document .
Melbourne Writers Festival
Is just around the corner. And they are looking for The Great Australian Text Message (TGATM) or Gr8 Oz Txt Msg. Send them your best TGATM. To kick-start the creative juices, MWF borrowed the Great American Text Messages below from US author, Peter Hyman.

Mo B Dik
Call me.
-Ishml

Advtrs of HckFin
DQMONT but I thnk ant pol-e wnts 2 sivilize u.
Hd fer the Trtories. Tke the rft Jim dsnt wnt it 2day.

Catch 22
Stp the bmbng!
Ysarin says thr is a ctch of sme knd
p.s. wher is my 2baco, Milo ?

Dvl Wers Prda
F U Miranda!

Got the idea? Just think what you can do with My Brilliant Career. It certainly needs TGATM make-over. Or get creative with Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Trout Opera, The Slap, Johnno, The Secret River etc.
The rules
Rule 1 - No more than 100 characters (that includes spaces and punctuation).
Rule 2 - Entries have to be received by 5pm, April 30, 2009.
Rule 3 - Text messages can be sent to 0400 3878 77 or you can email your message to louise@mwf.com.au. Don't forget to include your name and phone number (it is no good if your phone number appears as a private number).
The best messages will get prizes - the real thing, some Great Australian Novels. The winners also will be posted on the MWF website and appear in their May e-bulletin. And they will appear on-site during the festival.

If you have any events you'd like listed, please email us with all the details.
For information on further events and opportunities, check out the competitive spirit and event pages (under cultivate) on our website.
If you'd like to be removed from this list, please email us with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. We won't harvest you again.
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