Kickstart Your Writing Project with Ashley Hay

This six-session intensive course is for writers at all career stages. Delivered by one of our most experienced facilitators across two months, this masterclass will help you get started on a new writing project or breathe life into a project you have abandoned or are struggling with.

Dates: 6:00-8:00pm (AEDT), 19 August – 21 October
Delivery: Online.
Fees: $795 or $745 for Varuna Alumni
Applications close: 5pm (AEDT) 13 July 2026.
Places: 8 participants will be selected (small group)

Kickstart Your Writing is an exercise-driven program for writers working in any genre. It will explore new solutions to old problems and start a productive conversation between you and your work. Each writer will be encouraged to produce their own work to share with the class. Short writing prompts and exercises will be set, inspired by weekly readings, and each writer will have in-class opportunities for feedback from Ashley and the group.

Each writer will also have a 40-minute one-on-one feedback session with Ashley Hay on their work in progress.

The masterclass will comprise six sessions to keep up writers’ momentum and focus. Prompts will be provided weekly throughout the class break.

This is a small group program for 8 participants.