See you at the Waltzing Matilda Centre!
Book Launches: Jeff Close “Tales from Winton’s Past”, Fae le Friz “Four Dee Love of Bread”, Maura Luxford “One White Post at a Time”, and Kerry Yates “Barcy Galah -Comin’ Home. When the Min Min Lights Dance”
Panel: Discussion and Q&A with with Narelle Fernance and Sophie Elliott
Sessions: Gregory North “A Voice for Verse”, Vanessa Alexander
Book Talks: Narelle Fernance “To Those That Wait”, Lachlan Terry “Memories Belonga Me”
December Flash Fiction Competition
150 words ~ key words: Trains & Outback
Write 150 words exactly including the words “Trains” and “Outback”.
Easy, right? Find out why these micro competitions have become so popular – try your hand at it!
Entries close 1 December 2026
Christmas in the Outback
Winners Announced!
Who did our judges select as the winners of our 150 word Christmas in the Outback competition?
We are a non-profit incorporated association founded in 2015
Registered organisation IA55482 | ABN 50 829 174 375
The objectives of the Festival are to:
Engage & Encourage
Tell Stories of the Outback
Promote Winton & the Outback
- To hold the festival annually in Winton
- To engage writers and readers who will continue to enjoy and advocate for more Australian stories
- To encourage the children of isolated and rural families and indigenous children to engage in more reading and writing of stories that they can associate with
- To promote the Outback as an important tourism destination for Australian and overseas visitors
- To tell the stories of the Outback as an iconic Australian cultural art form
- To tell the history of the Australian Outback, the indigenous people and their culture and the generations of settlers that opened this frontier as well as those who live in it today
