We’re inviting you to write a Letter to Western Port.
One of our signature Festival Events is the Friday Night Community Storytime.
It’s your chance to take the stage to tell your Western Port story.
You might be one of the lucky storytellers to read your letter out loud to a wildly appreciative audience of Western Port locals.
Your letter
Tell us your story in letter form. It can be prose or poetry (a sonnet if you like!) It can be funny or moving. It can be recent or historic. It can be a memory or a love letter. It can be a tall tale or true – let’s face it, we won’t know!
It can be about anything you like – keep it clean – we’re a PG audience!
But here’s the thing: your letter needs to be inspired by Western Port, set in Western Port or have a link to Western Port. Your link. Why does this part of the world form part of your story?
Make us laugh. Make us cry. Make us think. Make us feel.
Start writing. Bring back the letter – your letter!
Copy and paste your Letter to Western Port into the form below or send to: submissions@westernportwrites.com.au
The fine detail:
- Your letter should be no more than 450 words
- If it’s too long, but truly brilliant, we might select an extract
- Send a Word file with your Letter to Western Port, your name and contact details or copy and paste into the form below
- We will select letters to be read (by you or another) on the night of Friday 6 September
- You should be available to attend/read your letter on the night (let us know if you’re not)
- Your letter may be published, after the event, in the Western Port Writes News or on our website.
- You must be aged 18 years or over
- Submit your letter by midnight on 16 August 2024
