Emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers Mentoring Program Recipients

We are excited to announce the successful applicants for the SCWC Emerging Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Writers Mentoring Program. Tabatha Cann and Sharyn McDonagh are each the recipient of a three-month mentoring program with an established author.

Tabatha will be mentored by Rowena Lennox, editor, academic and author of Fighting Spirit of East Timor and Dingo Bold, as well as of poetry, essays, memoir and short fiction. Sharyn's mentor will be Dr Bambi Ward, educator in Indigenous Health and PhD in Creative Writing. 

Congratulations to Tabatha and Sharyn! We hope that the mentorships will provide the inspirational and practical support for them to develop their individual writing projects.