ASPIRING WOMEN FOOTBALL WRITERS GIVEN CHANCE TO BE PUBLISHED
AS FOOTBALL WRITERS FESTIVAL LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM
The Johnny Warren Football Foundation is once again proud to partner with the 2023 Football
Writers Festival and to support a new initiative to encourage aspiring women football writers.
The Football Writers Festival has announced an Emerging Women Writers program to coincide
with Australia and New Zealand co-hosting next year’s World Cup.
The program is an opportunity for female writers who are not yet established as authors to have
an original, previously unpublished work to be circulated as part of an anthology of stories to be
available at the 2023 Football Writers Festival.
The newly launched Emerging Women Writers program offers a unique chance for aspiring
women writers to springboard their career in sports media.
Coinciding with the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, it is a great chance to
champion a break-out female star in journalism and to nurture new writing talent from across the
globe.
Writers are invited to submit a long-form story of between 3,000 and 5,000 words on any football-
related topic, such as an interview or profile of an individual or individuals, a club story, a short
history of a club or an event, a dive into a football politics issue, a work of fiction, commentary,
analysis, an investigative piece, a poem, or a first-person story.
Up to 20 entries will be included in an anthology entitled Hear Us Roar – Stories from Women of
Football, a book to be launched at next year’s Festival. Three of the emerging writers will also be
invited to Australia to attend and speak at the Festival.
The judging panel for the entries includes current and former journalists from Australia, the UK,
Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago.
The fourth iteration of the Football Writers Festival is being held in Tar-Ra, the cultural precinct of
Sydney, also known as Walsh Bay, from July 15-17 2023, days ahead of the opening of the 2023
Women’s World Cup.
The Football Writers Festival is an initiative of Fair Play Publishing, and proudly supported by the
Johnny Warren Football Foundation as a foundation partner.
For more information about Football Writers Festival, visit
https://www.footballwritersfestival.com.au/
