Catchfire Press is pleased to announce a new competition for prose and poetry.

ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS

Hardworking farm animals, pampered pets, beautuful birds, biting bull ants, pesky possums or slithering snakes all have a story to tell. We want your poem, article or story about animals large or small. Tell us about your favourite feline or rats in the roof. Your entry can be happy or sad, factual or fictional but it must at least be about a non-human animal. (People can be in it too.)

Send your stories and poems, fact or fiction, about animals in your life or any other encounter you have had with them to the competition. Catchfire press invites you to write for possible inclusion in ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS in the following categories:
* Prose (200 – 2500 word limit)
* Poetry (up to 100 words)

In each category:
First Place – $300
Second Place – $200
Commendations will be awarded

Send in your entries by 29th Februrary 2012 with entry fee of $10 per entry and completed entry form to ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, Catchfire Press, PO Box 2101, DANGAR, NSW, 2309

Download an entry form click here

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Wood, Brick & Stone Book Launch

by catchfire on September 20, 2011

Catchfire Press invites you to the launch of our new book, ‘Wood, Brick & Stone’, at
Newcastle Museum on Wednesday 9 November at 6pm.
(The venue has changed from Newcastle Art Gallery due to circumstances beyond our control.)
There is parking at Honeysuckle near the museum. Catching the train is also another convenient to way arrive just alight at Civic Station.

The guest speaker will be Brian Suters, and competition winners will be giving a short reading.
Light refreshments will be provided. There will be a one off special price on the night of $30.
Details and entry form for the next Catchfire competition,’Animal Encounters’, will be available.

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