Australian Writers' Organisations

The Australian Writers' Guild
The Australian Writers’ Guild is the professional association for Australian performance writers including film, television, theatre, radio and digital media.

The Australian Society of Authors
The Australian Society of Authors is the peak professional association for Australia's literary creators. Our members are biographers, illustrators, academics, cartoonists, scientists, food and wine writers, children’s writers, ghost writers, librettists, travel writers, romance writers, translators, computer programmers, journalists, poets and novelists.

Australian & NZ Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
The SCBWI is a professional organisation that acts as a network for children's authors, illustrators, editors and publishers. There are over 22,000 members in more than 70 regions worldwide.

The South Australian Writers' Centre
Located in Adelaide, we are a non-profit organisation providing resources and support for South Australian writers of all ages.

The Queensland Writers Centre
Known to our members as QWC, we encourage networking, connection, and creativity through the art and business of writing. We provide knowledge, networks, skills and professional development opportunities to QWC members and Queensland writers, and work to service diverse audiences, including regional and indigenous writers.

The NSW Writers' Centre
The NSW Writers' Centre was established as an incorporated association in May 1991 to promote writing-based culture and the rights and interests of writers. The Centre offers literary resources and professional information to established and aspiring writers of all kinds. It provides a spacious venue for events such as book launches, readings, literary evenings and lectures as well as meeting spaces for writers' groups and literary organisations.

The ACT Writers Centre
The ACT Writers Centre is a non-profit association dedicated to helping ACT region writers achieve their full potential by providing targeted services and opportunities.

The Victorian Writers' Centre
The Victorian Writers' Centre is a not-for-profit organisation that assists writers through the various stages of their development. We provide high-quality information and professional development services for aspiring and established writers, with special benefits for members of the organisation.

The Western Australian Writers Centre
The Western Australian Writers Centre (WAWC), originally known as Western Writers, offers a coordinated range of writing activities in three convenient geographic locations throughout the metropolitan area: Greenmount, Joondalup and Swanbourne. The member groups of the WAWC are KSP, PCWC and FAWWA.

The Northern Territory Writers' Centre
The NT Writers' Centre has 350 members throughout the Northern Territory, who range from hobby writers to published authors.  Whatever your writing interests or experience, the NT Writers' Centre can offer you advice and point you in the right direction.  We can also assist members to set up writing projects in their communities.

The Tasmanian Writers' Centre
The Tasmanian Writers' Centre was incorporated in 1998 and grew out of an already strong literary community who realised the benefits a professional organisation could offer writers and readers in the state. For its ten-year history the Centre has been housed in The Salamanca Arts Centre on Hobart's waterfront. Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council have provided core support to enable the Centre to secure its infrastructure and program. Workshops and seminars, writing resources and library, employment opportunities, manuscript assessment services, readings and events have enabled the centre to attract a membership of 360 statewide.

The New England Writers' Centre
The New England Writers' Centre brings the best writers to the New England region in northern New South Wales for readings, forums and workshops. The Centre is located in Armidale but serves the whole of the New England region extending from Wee Waa in the west to Bellingen in the east, and from Tamworth in the south to Tenterfield in the north.

The Gold Coast Writers Association
The Gold Coast Writers Association (GCWA) encourages and supports writers from all genres, age groups and levels of writing to grow, learn and excel in their craft.

The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc.
The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc., established in 1925 and incorporated in 1987, is the longest-standing literary society in Australia. It aims to enable women writers in all genres to meet and network, and to benefit from regular seminars and workshops. It also aims to encourage aspiring writers to achieve professional status. In addition to monthly workshops and luncheon meetings, the Society administers a number of Awards and Competitions, as well as issues an informative bi-monthly Newsletter to its members.

The Society of Womens Writers WA
We are a Perth based writing organisation offering support, encouragement and information to women writers throughout Western Australia.

The Society of Womens Writers VIC
The main aim of SWWV is to draw together women who write and to provide them with information and support. We do this by the regular conduct of: presentations by experienced writers, workshops, poetry and prose readings, seminars, conferences, book launches and literary competitions.

The Australian Poetry Centre
The Australian Poetry Centre aims to strengthen the presence and profile of Australian poetry within Australia and overseas; and promote the writing, reading, and appreciation of poetry as an integral part of personal and community life.

May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust
MGCLT promotes the creation of children’s literature. We believe children’s books, written and illustrated by Australians, are vital to the well-being, creativity and literacy of our children.

Centre for Youth Literature
The Centre for Youth Literature promotes reading. It offers exciting and affordable book events for young people and professionals. Teenagers and children meet great writers and talented young actors - bringing reading to life. Professional learning programs and the biennial Reading Matters conference keep adults in touch with crucial issues and ideas in youth literature.

Fremantle Children's Literature Centre Inc.
The Fremantle Children's Literature Centre aims to make literature more accessible in a rich, happy, stimulating environment and provide a focus for all those interested in children's literature, bringing together students, teachers, parents, authors, illustrators and specialists in the field.

Australian Interactive Media Industry Association
AIMIA's membership represents the full spectrum of the digital media industry in Australia. Our members range from Australia's top digital media powerhouses, including the ABC, Sensis, Yahoo!, Google, BigPond, Foxtel, Disney, ninemsn and Fairfax Digital, to the country's best known interactive advertising, mobile content, web development, games design, and special effects companies. Members include developers, creators, producers, investors, service providers, educational institutions and students.