Calling poets and writers

ENTRIES are open for this year’s Brimbank Writers Awards.

The eighth annual short story and poetry competition offers $3700 in cash and prizes, with awards for children aged 8-12 and teenagers and adults (18 and older).

There’s also an award for the ‘best English as a second language story’.

Workshops will feature established authors talking on how to write award-winning short stories and poems.

For more details, phone 92494000.