Publications, Awards, Writing Activities – Jane Turner Goldsmith
1985
 Poem entitled Failure published in No 9 Friendly St. Poetry Reader (as Jane
Turner)
1990
 Winner, Tom Collins Poetry Prize for poem In Blessed and in Broken Times (as
Jane Turner),
1991
 Winner, The Writer’s News NSW short story competition - short story
entitled
Soap Dreams, published in Banana, July 1991 (as Jane Turner).
1998
 In Blessed and in Broken Times published in Sudden Alchemy anthology
edited by Patricia Darby, Fellowship of Australian Writers WA
2002
 Selected to take part in the mentorship programme, SA Writers’ centre with
Nicholas Jose
 Short story The imprint longlisted for the 2002 Glen Eira Literary awards, ‘My
Brother Jack’ short story award
2003
 Children’s short story Subway Scare shortlisted in the Gininnderra Danger
competition and published in the anthology Danger
 ArtsSA emerging artists grant awarded to work on second draft of Poinciana
2004
 Commended, poem entitled Mrs C, Woorilla Annual Poetry Prize, and
published in Woorilla Magazine, Vic
 Honourable Mention, short story The Hay Plains, Wimmera Regional Library
Corporation Short Story awards, Vic
 Short story Turtle Beach selected and read on Radio Adelaide summer short
story programme
2005
 Junior novel, Gone Fishing published by Macmillan Education
 Invited author, Young Author’s night
2006
 Novel, Poinciana published by Wakefield Press
 Short story, Bridging, Highly Commended in Society of Women Writers’
Tasmania short story competition and published in ‘Stylus’ magazine, March
2006
 Memoir Bringing the babe (or taking the tot) to San Francisco published online - www.parentingexpress.com
 Poinciana shortlisted for the People’s Choice award, City of Onkaparinga and
SA Writers’ Festival
 The Hay Plains shortlisted in SA Writers’ Festival short story competition and
published in Party Walls anthology, Seaview Press
 Guest speaker, Independent Arts Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Publications, Awards, Writing Activities – Jane Turner Goldsmith
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Invited speaker, Brisbane Writers’ festival, book launch at Alliance Française
and panel at the festival
Invited author, Young Author’s night
Book club invitations
Guest speaker, French Teachers’ Association of NSW, annual conference,
Pymble Ladies College Sydney NSW
2007
 Anthology - Adopting: Parents’ Stories, Wakefield Press
 Poinciana shortlisted for Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, best first novel,
South East Asia and South Pacific region
 Awarded Macquarie Bank Longlines residency, Varuna Writers’ House, Blue
Mountains NSW
 Awarded Australia Council Literature Board grant for a New Work,
Developing Writer
 Columnist, SA Fifties Plus, volume 1, issues 1-3
 November, invited guest, Salon International du Livre Océanien in New
Caledonia
 Poem Therapy selected as finalist in the Mental Health week ‘words’ awards
 Guest speaker, Mary McGrath Memorial lecture, Glenelg SA
 Guest speaker, Queen Adelaide club, SA
 Guest speaker, Lyceum Club, Adelaide SA
 Guest speaker, Writers and their worlds, Flinders University SA
 Invited reader at Wordfire, Crown and Sceptre hotel, Adelaide SA
 Invited author, Young Author’s night
 Book club invitations
2008
 Invited author, Young Author’s night
 Flinders University Guest Lecture 'What is 'New' In Fiction?
 Book club invitations
2009
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Guest speaker, Friends of the Wollongong City Library
Clinical content writer, Black Dog Institute 2009-2011
Teacher, Write Fiction, TafeSA
Invited writer, Community Writer’s week, Varuna Writers’ House, Blue
Mountains NSW
2010
 Guest author series, invited author, Thirroul public library
 Book club invitation
Publications, Awards, Writing Activities – Jane Turner Goldsmith
2011
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The psychology of creative writing- full day workshop, Merimbula, NSW Far
South Coast Writers’ Group.
2012
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Writing Multi-sensory fiction – half day workshop, South Australian Writers’
Centre
Multi-sensory writing - full day workshop, Merimbula, NSW Far South Coast
Writers’ Group.
Editor, Psychnews – newsletter of the APS, South Australia
2013
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This (cheesy) life, Weekend Australian, June
Mental Health Awareness – Responding to Students (e-learning
training for staff and booklet)
Writing in Flow full day workshop, Merimbula, NSW, Far South Coast
Writers’ Group.
Guest speaker, The psychology of Writing – Australian Psychological
society, AGM
2014
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Bounding over the blocks – half day workshop, South Australian
Writers’ Centre
‘The psychology of writing’ Southern Write, March
Short Story, Boy, Falling, longlisted in BBC 4 Opening Lines radio short
story, accepted for publication, Lizard Skin Press
Staff blogger, Unithrive (University of Adelaide positive psychology
website) – commencing 28 July 2014
‘Bounding over the blocks’ full day workshop (forthcoming,
September), Merimbula, NSW, Far South Coast Writers’ Group.