REACH FOR THE STARS .... WITH YOUR PEN!

      .. or these days that maybe should be keyboard ...

      The Grenfell launch of the Skywriters Project will be held in the Grenfell Library on Monday, 20th March, from 12 noon. Attendees will be able to interact informally over lunch (supplied) before an introductory session about the Project from convenor Dr Merrill Findlay.

       What is the Skywriters Project? Essentially its purpose is to promote the art of writing and support writers working in central New South Wales. Writers and aspiring writers in towns across the target area will work on stories or poems in any genre that relate in some way to celestial phenomena in the Southern Sky - and with a bit of creativity you can weave that link into most plots or lines of thought! Those involved will be guided through the process of writing from initial concept to published work through a series of free writing workshops and support from professional editors including online support. And as a byproduct relationships between writers will develop which will ensure there is ongoing encouragement and support for what can be a difficult, even lonely, endeavour.
         Finished works of us to 3,000 words - fiction, nonfiction, prose or poetry - will be published on the Big Skies Collaboration website and may also be included in a Skywriters Anthology to be published in 2019, the fiftieth anniversary of humanity's first steps on the moon. The project is funded through the NSW Regional Arts Fund and hosted by Arts OutWest although local libraries will be the settings for the actual meetings and workshops.
        The Skywriters Project is part of a larger initiative, the Big Skies Collaboration, a creative coming together of arts practitioners, astronomers and local communities to celebrate millennia of astronomies on the inland plains and share their stories about their own or other people’s relationships with the cosmos in rural NSW from Cowra to Narrabri, Condo to Bathurst to Orange, Cowra and Forbes. Hence 'Skywriters' - writers who take their inspiration from the sky.

        More information about the project can be found at https://bigskiescollaboration.wordpress.com/projects/skywriters/

         There is also a facebook site with current information at  www.facebook.com/SkywritersProject

(there's a good picture/post based on Merrill's visit to Grenfell a fortnight or so ago!)

          To find out more come to the launch with your questions and find out whether Skywriters is for you. And remember ....
                             When you write of what's out there
                             Let your mind run where it will -
                             Pen adventure, romance, thrill;
                             Makes no difference what your skill -
                             Creative pride is what you'll share!.