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History
OOTA (Out of the Asylum) Writers Group Inc. is an independent organization that provides creative writing opportunities for new and emerging writers. The organization is based in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2016
winner (poetry) And Still i "if we sleep. sleep forward. sleep back. back", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Mozzie , August vol. 24 no. 6 2016; Creatrix , December no. 35 2016; Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 296) -
Year: 2014
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Year: 2012
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Year: 2011
winner (Creative Non-fiction) Before They Fall 2017 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 76 no. 2 2017; (p. 67-75) The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss 2019; (p. 123-130)The narrator describes a 'gentle friend' she once had: an Indian man with schizophrenia that she kept in contact with all her life. In and out of mental health institutions, he nevertheless manages to make time for the narrator, bringing her a wedding gift and having meals together. He dies without her knowledge.
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Year: 2010
