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Full information about AAWP can be found at AAWP's website http://www.aawp.org.au/ The Next Conference
The Australian Association of Writing Programs was established in 1996 with its first conference, a gathering of teachers and students of creative and professional writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and organised by Graham Williams and Dr Jan Hutchinson. Since then it has grown, holding annual conferences at campuses around Australia. The annual AAWP Conference is now the most important forum in Australia for the discussion of all aspects of teaching creative and professional writing and for debating current theories on creativity and writing. In 1996 members of AAWP established the online journal TEXT, an independent refereed journal which publishes a wide range of research, reviews and debates on creative and professional writing and the teaching of writing in academic and industry contexts. The first 21 issues of TEXT were hosted on the Griffith University website. In 2008 there are more than 1100 subcribers to TEXT, approximately 300 of them accessing the journal from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Asia, and 800 in North America. In 1999-2002 the editors of TEXT compiled the first database of its kind on tertiary institutions and courses offered Australia-wide and in New Zealand. (The Guide is now available online at the AAWP website.) This was the beginning of a compilation of basic statistics on writing teaching in Australasia, an area which has grown rapidly. (This growth might be gauged by the fact that in 1999 there were 8 PhD courses in creative writing offered around Australia; in 2007 the updated Guide showed there were 27 doctorates on offer.) The database is also a useful tool for anyone looking for particular degree programs and where they are offered. In 2000 AAWP initiated a program of State-based Seminars, the first of which were held in Adelaide and Melbourne. These seminars involved many of the teachers of writing in a given state, from both the TAFE and University sectors. Topics under discussion included publishability and publishable standard; exegesis; and examination procedures and practices. National conferences of AAWP have been held at:
The association will hold its 13th conference at the University of Technology, Sydney on 27-29 November 2008. An electronic quarterly newsletter of general news for AAWP members began in March 2003 and is currently edited by Dr Jordan Williams of the University of Canberra. For further details and contributions contact Dr Williams at jordan.williams@canberra.edu.au Past-Presidents of AAWP include Judith Rodriguez, Professor Tom Shapcott, Dr Eva Sallis, and Assoc Professor Jeri Kroll. Associate Professor Donna Lee Brien of Central Queensland University is the current President. She can be contacted at d.brien@cqu.edu.au
AAWP Membership FormPlease provide the following details and return this form with a cheque or money order made out to: Australian Association of Writing Programs Return to:
Name: Address: Phone/Fax/email: Institution: Courses currently taught: Name of higher degree program (postgraduate only): Information for the AAWP website (optional) Principal areas of writing interest and recent book length publications: Book length publications of students and former students (please give ordering details): Text/s you recommend as useful for students:
Membership fees: 1 year: Full $50 / Concession $30 (includes GST) Corporate membership is available: Please contact President, Dr Donna Lee Brien: dbrien@une.edu.au
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| TEXT Vol 12 No 1 April 2008 http://www.textjournal.com.au Editors: Nigel Krauth & Jen Webb Text@griffith.edu.au |