Fellowship of Australian Writers WA

Founded in 1938, Fellowship of Australian Writers WA is a non-profit association based in Swanbourne, Australia working on arts & culture.

The Fellowship of Australian Writers WA supports Western Australian writers and promotes the literature they create. It runs writers groups, writing workshops, book launches and author talks, and two annual literary competitions, the Tom Collins Poetry Prize and the Mattie Furphy Short Story Prize. Its activities are based at the historic Tom Collins House and Mattie Furphy House at Swanbourne Heritage Precinct, Allen Park, in Perth, and it also works with a writers centre in Albany. Founded in 1938, it welcomes aspiring, emerging and established writers.