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Since the 1950s the Lee family have been synonymous with the Australian retail industry. Their dedication to exceptional value – great products, great prices and great service – has been the basis of the iconic Bing Lee.

LSBI is very grateful to the Lee family for their support as we are with all our prize sponsors.

Express Media is a national organisation providing support and development opportunities specifically for young Australian writers. Your annual Express Media membership includes: A subscription to the monthly Express Post enewsletter packed full of the latest writing and publication opportunities, unlimited submissions to Express Media’s publications, prizes and fellowships, unlimited access to Express Media’s courses, workshops and events, and a PDF version of the latest issue of Voiceworks delivered to your email inbox each quarter.

You’ll also receive four back issues of Voiceworks, Australia’s premier youth literary journal publishing features exciting new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art and comics by people under the age of 25.

Since the 1950s the Lee family have been synonymous with the Australian retail industry. Their dedication to exceptional value – great products, great prices and great service – has been the basis of the iconic Bing Lee.

LSBI is very grateful to the Lee family for their support as we are with all our prize sponsors.

One-hour online mentorship with StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops. Have you ever wanted to gain feedback on your writing, or discuss a story idea? Are your characters not behaving on the page the way you want them to in your head? Has your plot been derailed and you’re not sure how to get it back on track? Need advice on how to bring your settings to life? Or maybe, you’d simply like to ask questions about writing life – top tips, how to set yourself up for writing success, paths to publication, or what ‘author life’ is really like? This is your chance to chat one-on-one with a published author and writing mentor!

To celebrate the region that launched Little Stories Big Ideas, we are offering a Local Writer’s AwardAre you a secondary school student on the Mornington Peninsula? Do you dream of being a writer? Your dreams could come true! Write a story in 100 words or less to a selected theme, and if your story is chosen as the best entry from schools based on the Mornington Peninsula, you and your entry will appear in the Mornington Peninsula News local newspaper. Published author. Tick!