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Welcome to Spill the Beans - your online writing community

Spill the Beans welcomes writers regardless of writing experience, age or cultural background. We set writing challenges and publish your responses here on our home page. You can vote for your favourite stories or poems. The most popular ones are printed for our members in book format. Scan below to read stories and poems in our eBook.  

  

Have your story or poem published

April celebrates fools and foolishness, so in 400 words, make us laugh, sigh or cringe with your foolish poem or tale. Please put Foolish 400 in the subject line and send your entry through to the Spill the Beans Challenge email - beanswrite21@gmail.com  or click submit here.


Send your Foolish Story or Poem before 30 April


Members entries are eligible to be included in Spill the Beans Book 5 

Submit

Watch out for your "Foolish" entries here

Buy your Beans eBook here

Now your family and friends can read your stories and poems
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    Hey! Want to meet new people this year?

    Why not join our friendly team?  Lots of fun events coming up - writing challenges, book launches, market stalls and more.


    We are looking for people people with a variety of skills to help us to run our online writing community.  Do you have good organisational skills?  Basic computing?  promotional, editing or marketing skills?   We would LOVE to welcome you to our friendly team.


    Send an email today to spillthebeans321@gmail.com

    Wishing you all a happy, writing New Year!

    We LOVE what you write

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    Challenge 12

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    Beans get together and have some awesome fun!

    A HUGE thank you to our wonderful sponsor Catherine Wilson (STONE REAL ESTATE).  We couldn't have published your stories and poems without her help. 

      What a year for the Beans!

      Thank you to all our supporters, Catherine Wilson, STONE Real Estate, Georgia Wye, Harry Hartog Books, Liam Carroll, Tawny Frogmouth, DY RSL, our hard working volunteer executive, and of course all our wonderful members and writers.

       Have a happy creative holiday!

      Additional Information

      Send us an email with volunteer in the subject line and let us know what you enjoy doing and how you would like to help.

      What a sparkling AGM!

      Shiho Sparkle Hooper sets the scene

      Cindy Davies Author

      Shiho Sparkle Hooper sets the scene

      A HUGE supporter of Spill the Beans    Shiho Sparkle Hooper launched our first challenge 'It wasn't the travel experience I thought it would be'  Today another first - a face to face AGM!

      Catherine Wilson STONE Real Estate

      Cindy Davies Author

      Shiho Sparkle Hooper sets the scene

      Our challenge book sponsor receives a Certificate of Appreciation along with Laurie Wilson, Poet and Photographer, Cindy Davies and Helen Lyne Photographer

      Cindy Davies Author

      Cindy Davies Author

      Cindy Davies Author

      We roar with laughter as authors Laurie Wilson, Helen Lyne and Cindy Davies read some of their challenge entries.  Here is  Cindy Davies with her story ' Drama on the Orient Express'

      Harvey Broadbent: Musician

      Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

      Cindy Davies Author

      We truly listen to the words of Paperback Writer for the first time.  What a great performance!

      Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

      Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

      Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

      Trina's book 'Stolen Blessings is a memoir about growing up and later fleeing Afghanistan.  

      Speed Meet Author: Helen Lyne

      Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

      Speed Meet Author: Trina Ehsan

      Performance poet Helen Lyne entertained us with her poems Good Sons chatted about her Book of short stories Love, Disappointment and Other Joys of life.

      Speed Meet Author: Jamie Brooke

      Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

      Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

      Jamie Brooke, Childrens' authors talks about her books Wilbert the Wombat Social Distances and Wilbert the Wombat Saves the Day

      Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

      Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

      Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

      Vivien Wilson discusses her book Ursula's Story, a vibrant memoir of her mother

      Speed Meet Author: Julie Howard

      Speed Meet Author: Vivien Wilson

      Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers

      'Nowt But Drippin' exclaims Julie Howard as she describes her novel which is a lively slice of Yorkshire life in the sixties.

      Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers

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      Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers

      Maria McDougall: President Society of Women Writers presents Spill the Beans Certificates of Appreciation to Laurie Wilson, Helen Lyne and Cindy Davies

      Meet Spill the Beans Authors at Manly Market 19 November

      Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

      Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

      Members do you want to sell your books at the market? Email spillthebeans321@gmail.com put MARKET in the subject line and indicate if you would like a morning or afternoon spot

      Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

      Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

      Not a member yet? Want to volunteer with this vibrant group

      Not a member yet.  Fill in the form on membership tab and you can sell your books with us, meet other authors and have lots of fun.  Volunteers email us at spillthebeans321@gmail.com put VOLUNTEERS in the subject line 

      Become a member or renew your membership

      Renew your membership. Annual Fee: $20 ($10 Concession) send to 

      BSB: 633000   A/C 176254241  A/C Name: Spill the Beans NSW Inc

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      Help Spill the Beans publish more of your stories

      First of all welcome to all our new members and a big thank you to everyone who made a donation.  Without you, we couldn't fund this website.  


      Special thanks to Catherine Wilson from Stone Real Estate whose generous sponsorship enabled us to publish two books of your stories and poems.


      A huge thank you to the team, who volunteer to do the editing, website design, blog, event management and administration.





      How can you help?

      • Make  donation today. A donation as little as $10 will ensure we can keep publishing your stories.
      • Become a member. For only $20 per year ($10 concession) you are first in line for all our events and to have your stories and poems published in our books
      • Join our writing adventure by volunteering to be part of our 'Beans' Team

      Make a donation

      You can help us to publish more of your stories  by making a donation today

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      TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

      • Copyright remains with contributors at all times. 
      • By entering a challenge contributors agree that  stories or poems may be published online; in SPILL THE BEANS books or in promotional  materials.
      • While Spill the Beans values the author's authentic voice it retains the right to make editorial changes where needed.