National Young Writers Festival

The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) is Australia’s premier gathering for young writers. NYWF is a free and accessible national four day arts festival, acting as the convergence point for Australia’s young and experimental writing communities, aimed at an audience of young creative practitioners, attracting around 5000 attendances annually across over 80+ events. It prides itself on being artistically ambitious, inclusive, participatory and diverse. NYWF creates dialogue between a diverse range of emerging, mid-career and experienced writers and artists, emphasises writing in cultural and political contexts, and champions new word-based art-forms. It celebrates and amplifies the creative voice of a new generation of writers and artists. NYWF provides a welcoming space for young writers to forge new connections and bonds in the national writing community and extend writing practices through events, workshops and mentorship opportunities. NYWF is run by young emerging arts practitioners, including writers, editors and arts managers. The youth-led staff ensures NYWF remains relevant to young Australian writers. NYWF operates as part of This is Not Art (TiNA) Festival, an umbrella arts festival produced by the Octapod Association. TiNA also includes Critical Animals and Crack Theatre festivals.