UTS Writers' Anthology

"The UTS Writers' Anthology" is the yearly anthology produced by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The twenty-second anthology "We All Need a Witness" will be published by Brandl & Schlesinger in August.

History

The UTS Writers’ Anthology is one of the longest running and most successful university collections in Australia. The anthology is distributed nationally. Recently, the anthology has been launched at the prestigious Sydney Writers' Festival, at Gleebooks, and at the Loft at UTS.

Writers

Many Australian authors have gone on to publish novels after their inclusion in the anthology. Notables include Ross Duncan, whose novel "All Those Bright Crosses" was published in 2007; Bernard Cohen, whose novel "The Blindman’s Hat" won the 1997 Australian/Vogel Literary Award and Vanessa Berry, who published "Strawberry Hills Forever", a collection of work taken from her zines last year.

Pip Newling published her nonfiction memoir "Knockabout Girl" in 2007, and from the 2007 collection, Isabelle Li’s story ‘A Chinese Affair’ was selected from the anthology for inclusion in "Best Australian Stories 2007".

Process of Creating the Anthology

At the end of each year UTS students from all faculties are invited to submit their writing. The anthology publishes all types of creative writing: short fiction, creative non-fiction, screenwriting, and poetry. The Editorial Committee is made up of eight UTS students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, with varied experience in publishing and other media industries.

The UTS Writers' Anthology is not produced with a theme - the emphasis is on quality new writing. Editors collaborate with the writers to produce the anthology.

Works

* (2008) "We All Need a Witness", Brandl & Schlesinger
* (2007) "What You Do and Don’t Want", ABC Books
* (2006) "Making Tracks", ABC Books.
* (2005) "Nine Tenths Below", Halstead Press
* (2004) "Loose Lips", Halstead Press
* (2003) "In a Cool Blue Light", Halstead Press

References

* [http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/student_community/anthology/index.html UTS Writers’ Anthology, University of Technology, Sydney]
* [http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/writing_cultural_studies/about_writing_cultural_studies.html Writing and Cultural Studies - University of Technology, Sydney]
* [http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/student_community/anthology/index.html UTS Writers’ Anthology]

* What You Do and Don’t Want: UTS Writers’ Anthology 2007. Sydney: ABC Books, 2007.

* "Making Tracks: UTS Writers’ Anthology 2006". Sydney: ABC Books, 2006.
* [http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=164141 ABC Shop]

* "Loose Lips: UTS Writers' Anthology". Broadway, NSW: Halstead Press, 2004.

* "In A Cool Blue Light: UTS Writers’ Anthology". Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Halstead Press, 2003.

* Ross Duncan, "All Those Bright Crosses: gambling is never enough". Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2007.

* Bernard Cohen, "The Blindman’s Hat". St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1997.

* Vanessa Berry, "Strawberry Hills Forever". Erskineville, NSW: Local Consumption Publications, 2007.

* Pip Newling, "Knockabout Girl". Pymle, NSW: Forth Estate (HarperCollins Publishers Australia), 2007.

* "Best Australian Stories 2007" (ed. Robert Drewe). Australia, Black Inc, 2007.

ee also

* University of Technology, Sydney
* Sydney Writers' Festival

External links

* [http://www.utswritersanthology.com/ UTS Writers' Anthology Official Website]
* [http://www.brandl.com.au/ Brandl & Schlesinger]
* [http://www.swf.org.au/ Sydney Writers’ Festival]