About Writers on Rafts

The Writers on Rafts prize draw is now closed. Thanks to all who entered and good luck!

Winners will be drawn very soon and announced on this site. You can still get involved by buying a ticket to our Ultimate Girly High Tea event on 1 May.

Want to do more? Easy! Just pass the message on – link to this blog and let all your friends and networks know about our fabulous event!

About Writers on Rafts

The effort to recover from these floods will require a whole lot of love, tenacity, and money, so Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has gathered a group of the most determined writers we could find and we’ve built them a raft.

With Captain Rebecca Sparrow at the helm, Writers on Rafts is floating all over Australia raising support and dollars for the Queensland Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal.

More than 150 writers and writing organisations are on board including Nick Earls, Kate Morton, Tara Moss, Kim Wilkins, Emily Jade O’Keeffe, Frances Whiting, Jessica Rudd, Kate Hunter, Marianne de Pierres, PM Newton, and Venero Armanno, and Sydney Writers’ Festival, Byron Bay Writers Festival and Melbourne Writers Festival, who all donated books, workshops, author talks, lunches and editorial to winners of QWC’s Writers on Rafts initiative. Many are also participating in The Ultimate Girly High Tea.

All entries cost $5 and a full list of prizes can be found at Prize Categories. The more you enter, the more you help the cause, and the more chances you have to win!

QWC raised over $12,000 through the Writers On Rafts raffle, and combined with fundraising from The Ultimate Girly High Tea, we’re going to smash our goal of $20,000!