OOTA Writers

Writing at the Centre is affiliated with OOTA (Out of the Asylum Inc.)

OOTA  ---

 is an independent organization that provides a framework for all writers 
– new and emerging writers in particular – to develop their creativity and 
reach audiences through publication or performance. 

OOTA offers its members:-

· Reduced fees at Friday writing classes at Fremantle Arts Centre (Writing at the Centre)

· Network Tuesdays the weekly e-broadsheet of writing news, competitions and opportunities

· OOTA News—http://ootawriters.com

· Generous discounts to a number of local businesses through writingWA

· Lunchtime meetings before class where writers meet on a social basis, have lunch or coffee in the leafy courtyard of the Fremantle Arts Centre Cafe. Fridays 11.45-1.00pm.

A Brief History of our Publishing

OOTA was formed in 1996 to provide a forum for members to improve and grow their talent. OOTA has published three anthologies of short fictionand poetry: November Light, Tidelines and Friday’s Page, and in 2005 a fourth a collection of poetry, The Weighing of the Heart. This publication was edited by Roland Leach, Donna Ward and Shane McCauley, with an introduction by John Kinsella and published by Sunline Press. 

In the past OOTA has: - 

.. produced Finishing Line, an intensive mentoring

course for emerging writers, funded by

ArtsWA and supported by writingWA and the

Fremantle Arts Centre ...   and also published five anthologies of members' works.