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Welcome to our virtual hub for Mornington Peninsula and surrounds aspiring and published writers.
Local scribes, supportive vibes.
Join the Peninsula Writers’ Club today
Write in company, plan for writing success, inspire and be inspired by others, and stay keep connected.
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PWC Annual Membership
Writer in Residence is our annual, members only writing competition offering our members the opportunity to showcase their writing and win cash prizes and a paid writing retreat.
The Peninsula Writers’ Club connects, encourages and enriches amateur, aspiring and professional writers (and readers) across Victoria’s beautiful Mornington Peninsula and surrounds.
Our mission is to actively promote and facilitate a vibrant literary voice, enhancing the skills of writers, and contributing to the creative culture and storytelling of the Mornington Peninsula and surrounding communities.
Featured Stories
‘Community Participation Tokens’ by Sarah Bacaller
To participate in society, please insert three tokens. Money. The commodity that shapes our lives. The key to full engagement in society (it seems) and the source of so much stress. We’re constantly told it’s getting harder and harder to make money, keep money and...
Character Studies (After the Fashion of Theophrastus) by Sarah Bacaller
There once was an ancient Greek philosopher – a student of Plato and a colleague of Aristotle – whose name was Theophrastus. According to Diogenes Laërtius (a third century biographer of Greek philosophers), Theophrastus authored 227 works. A prolific writer indeed!...
‘Identity Confessions…’ by Sarah Bacaller
But you are a living vessel, a breathing archive… I wanted to be white. I was seven years old and mad keen on cricket. All of Australia’s players looked white and I didn’t resemble them. I feared—with imminent fury—being perceived as less Aussie, less real, than...
Peninsula Writers’ Club has been wonderful for me, a writer of stories and poems in my retirement. Stimulating to be with younger, like minded people listening to author talks over dinner and a glass of wine
We welcome all writers, from beginners to the already-published, from novelists and bloggers to poets and journalists.
We promote and encourage the unique voice of writers of all abilities on the Mornington Peninsula and surrounds, and encourage connections and support in a safe environment.
The Peninsula Writers’ Club:
encourages writers in the creation of original works
fosters confidence and creativity through building connections, skills development and collaborations
forms a community of mutual support and fellowship based on creative endeavours.
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