Melissa Keil

Melissa Keil is the author of novels for young adults: Life in Outer Space (2013), The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl (2014) and The Secret Science of Magic (2017)

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Amazing opportunity for high-school-aged fiction and non-fiction writers, with publishing opportinities AND cash prizes! Check out: killyourdarlings.com.au . . . Kill Your Darlings is excited to launch our inaugural KYD School Writing Prize, which is designed to develop, mentor, edit and publish the work of two writers from Australian secondary schools. We’re seeking entries of up to 1500 words in the categories of fiction and non-fiction, with students responding to a current social or political issue. The two winners will receive a $500 cash prize, editorial support and publication in KYD. The award will be judged by KYD‘s publishing director and author Rebecca Starford, along with award-winning author and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke. ‘KYD was incredibly inspired by the recent climate protests led by secondary school students all over the country,’ Starford says. ‘We want to hear more from students about the issues that concern them. We are delighted to offer young emerging writers a publishing voice and a professional publishing platform with the KYD School Writing Prize.’ Entries for the 2019 School Writing Prize open on 23 April and close on 28 June, with the winners to be announced at a special event in August 2019 #kyd #studentwriters #writingcompetition #writingprize

What a brilliant day with the incredible @insideadog advisory board teens - would have happily hung out for hours more and listened to these articulate, passionate, funny, and well-informed young readers and writers chat. #LoveOzYA is in very good hands 🤩🤩🤩 . . . #insideadog #teenreads #teenstothefront #yawriting #yabooks

My illustrated mug is on the Melbourne UNESCO Reading the City of Literature website, and this portait by Jini Maxwell is just the coolest thing ever! 🤩🤩 Check out readingthecityofliterature.com . . . #cityofliterature #melbournecityofliterature #thesecretscienceofmagic #writinglife

Incredibly honoured to be on the judging panel for the #vpla2019 YA category - SUCH a difficult job this year with so many deserving books - congrats to everyone, especially the fab shortlist @erinoko and @catkins77 (and superstar fellow judge @lilymandarin) 📚💃🏽📚💃🏽📚💃🏽 . . . #victorianpremiersliteraryawards #LoveOzYA #writinglife #yawriting #yabooks

Fabulous chatting with you @browngirlpod - thanks for having me! 👩🏾‍💻 ・・・ Have you caught up with episode six yet? You’ll have a chance to find out about Melissa Keil’s path to becoming a published YA author, her uni experience, and how she develops her unique characters. Melissa gives us an insight into turning that draft into something more and figuring out what to do in your first year of uni when you’re finding your feet. Check it out on @applepodcasts, @spotify, and android. • • • #LoveOzYa #yawriting

Lots of ace stuff happened in 2018 - got to do some travelling, hung out with some wonderful clever people, met some awesome kids, had a BIG career change, and started writing something new which re-sparked the creative energy - all in all, not too shabby! . . . #newyear #2018highlights #writinglife #writersofinstagram

A little while ago I had the pleasure of chatting with the lovely Deborah Rodrigo for a new podcast featuring diverse women sharing their stories - check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #Repost @browngirlpod (@get_repost) ・・・ So what’s this all about? Brown Girl in the Ring Podcast is like your virtual mentor network. 💁🏽‍♀️💁🏿‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️ We meet amazing women from diverse backgrounds and introduce you to them each week. 🤜🏾✨🤛🏽 We’re interested in sharing stories to help each other shine. We talk about the challenges and how we got there - most likely still taking a few detours along the way. 🗺 We hope you’ll join us when Episode 1 drops next week. In the meantime head over to iTunes and Spotify for a listen to the @browngirlpod intro! ✨✨✨ #browngirlpod

Saturday #LoveOzYA goodness - just love this pretty, summery, brand new B- format #beginendbegin - kudos @dbinks and @harperkidsau 🤩🤩🤩 . . . #decemberbooks #newbookalert #shortstories #summerreads #yawriting #yabooks

This boy, dubbed by the vet as 'not the bravest dog in the world, is he?' after screaming down the clinic with a grass seed in his ear (all good now, after much noise and drama) 🐶😫 . . . #dogstagram #dogsofinstagram #hugokeil

#democracysausage - a little thin, but still delicious 🌭

Twitter Updates

RT @kyd_magazine: We're thrilled to announce the inaugural KYD School Writing Prize! Open to secondary students writing fiction and non-fic… 4 days ago
RT @ChuckWendig: HOW TO BE A WRITER - open word processor/notebook - wait, coffee - prepare to start writing - wait, twitter - okay any tim… 5 days ago
@twitofalili @InsideaDog Yippee! See you Sunday 🤩 1 week ago
RT @WhiteBoyBubz: Netflix should have a category called "easy to follow while looking at my phone the whole time" 1 week ago
RT @InsideaDog: Only THREE SLEEPS TO GO! On Sunday we celebrate the new-look Inside a Dog site with @twitofalili and @MissMisch77 and our t… 1 week ago
RT @wheelercentre: The Prize for Writing for Young Adults goes to Catching Teller Crow (@AllenandUnwin) by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel… 2 weeks ago

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