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    Logo for The AWM Online Learning CentreProviding writers with the support and resources needed to excel.

    The Online Learning Centre is dedicated to helping you write your own way and achieve your creative and professional writing goals no matter where you live.

    About the site
    Offers practical online writing courses designed to nurture creative growth, develop industry know-how and enable networking.

    About the courses
    The courses have been created by industry professionals and published authors and many are tutor-led.

    Courses available

    • Mini Course  – learn the ropes with this two week creative writing course.

    • Introduction to Creative Writing – have fun and connect with other writers online while developing a strong range of skills.

    • Year of the Novel Online (YONline) – develop your book-length project to be the best it can be with award-winning tutor and author, Dr Kim Wilkins.

    These world-class courses are truly for everyone: wherever you live, whatever hours you keep, whoever you are.

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    Award-winning author, Dr Kim Wilkins

    • Pitching to Publishers – create a pitch to grab a publisher’s attention and a proposal that will keep them reading beyond the first sentence.

    There’s also a FREE Sample course - see what taking an online writing course will involve.

    The Online Learning Centre is powered by Moodle, an innovative Virtual Learning Environment  that allows you to interact directly with your tutor and fellow students, creating an exciting learning experience in your own home.

    What writers are saying about the Online Learning Centre:

    ‘This course was pretty much perfect for someone like me - someone who's not completed a creative writing piece since high school (20 years ago), but has recently rediscovered the fun of mucking around with words... The online course format gave me time to arrive fresh at each exercise, which meant I could really get the most out of each of them.’

    ‘I love that it made me finish a piece to the best of my current ability, and that it allowed me to explore and articulate what it is that I get from writing... When I enrolled in the course my hope was that I'd learn some techniques to better enjoy writing, and that's exactly what I've got.’

    The Online Learning Centre is managed by Queensland Writers Centre, publisher of The Australian Writer’s Marketplace and AWMonline. QWC is a premier non-profit organisation providing affordable professional services for writers. For more information, email admin@awmonline.com.au or call QWC on 07 3842 9922.