Writers Victoria

In this Online Feedback Clinic, students will develop their craft at pitching essays, commentary and criticism to Literary Journals and similar publications. Each month, writers will develop a pitch and short sample, and will receive feedback and encouragement from Adalya on how to make their pitches more clear, compelling, targeted and clean.

Pitches of up to 800 words plus 300 words of sample material due 18 July, 22 August, 19 September, 24 October, 21 November.

Our Online Feedback Clinics are asynchronous, with no face-to-face meetings, allowing you to engage with the content at the times of day and week that suit your schedule. They are hosted on our private Wordpress server. There will be an optional Zoom introduction to the clinic website for those less confident with technology, which will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. For more information on our online feedback clinics, please read our FAQs. 

You Will Learn:

• Structure – how to structure a basic pitch
• Concision – how to get across your ideas in a short amount of space
• Tailoring – how to adjust pitches based on the publication you are sending them to
• Voice – how to get across the unique point-of-view you bring to your writing
• Proofreading – clean copy inspires confidence!

About the Tutor:

Adalya Nash Hussein is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, Overland, Voiceworks, The Lifted Brow, Ibis House, Going Down Swinging and others. It has also been shortlisted for the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Essay Prize and the Scribe Nonfiction Prize. She has been a CA-SRB Emerging Critic, an Emerging Writers’ Festival Melbourne Recital Centre Writer in Residence, and Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow. She has edited at Voiceworks, Liminal and The Lifted Brow, and currently sits as Managing Editor of Australian Poetry and the Victorian Writer. 

Not a Member?

Members of Writers Victoria receive up to 37% off the full price of our workshops, seminars and courses. In addition, members have access to a range of other discounts and opportunities and receive a subscription to 'The Victorian Writer' magazine. Memberships start from just $50. Find out more about becoming a member here.

Book early to access our early bird prices! These expire 9 days before the course begins. Please keep in mind that our workshops require a minimum number of participants to run, so booking early also helps ensure that a workshop will go ahead. 

When: 18 July 2023 - 12:00 through 01 December 2023 - 12:00 Where: Online Australia