CBM Group acknowledges the land and its continuous custodians; the land that gives us water, food, shelter, love and the stories we all tell each other to belong. The First Nations of this land have always been willing to welcome us if we look after the land and the people, and hear their stories with open hearts.
We acknowledge that many Australians come to country from other lands, and that a welcome must come from the First Nations People or on behalf of them. This was, and always will be their land.
StoryBursts
WA Monologue Program for National Science Week
Western Australia is home to exciting STEM research, including the search for previously unknown galaxies in the local Universe, and the wonders of the oceans, flora and fauna around us on earth.
The StoryBursts WA Monologue Program invites Western Australian writers of all ages to collaborate with researchers and write science-inspired monologues. The monologues can be performed in any of 15 languages including Auslan, and can include diverse performance styles such as puppetry, dance, and song.
The monologues will be performed and recorded as a stage performance, video or podcast and be made available to a national audience during National Science Week.
View the StoryBursts 2020 monologues at StoryBursts 2020 National Science Week
View the StoyBursts 2021 audiovisual artwork at The Binary Coalescence Project and on Bandcamp
Submission Guidelines
Monologue should be between 4 minutes and 6 minutes, or between 500 and 700 words.
Monologues to be based on any of the research outcomes or researchers associated with one of the 2022 STEM partners.
Writers must be current residents or previous residents of Western Australia.
Up to two monologues may be submitted by any one writer.
Monologues should be submitted with no identifying details in the document file. Writer details to be in the covering email only
2022 PROGRAM ONE OPENS: 14 February, 2022
2022 PROGRAM ONE CLOSES: 14 August, 2022 at 11:59pm AWST
COST: FREE
SUBMISSIONS: via online Expression of Interest
2022 STEM Partners
International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
UWA Oceans Institute
DNA Zoo
CRC Honey Bee Products
Helpful information
You can find some definitions of Creative Nonfiction below:
Introducing Creative Nonfiction
The StoryBursts 2022 program accepts the following languages:
Arabic, Auslan, English, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese and Indigenous languages
Other languages can be considered. Please outline your vision via the online Expression of Interest.
Be in touch.
StoryBursts.
Expression of Interest.
Each submission to the StoryBursts 2022 program will be fact-checked by the appropriate STEM researcher, in partnership with a WA industry professional script assessor.
To ensure that the program can provide the appropriate researcher and script assessor for each submission, please fill out the Expression of Interest form below and include the following information:
Which STEM research outcome or researcher do you intend to include in your monologue?
Do you require a one-hour meeting with a STEM researcher to gather more information?
In which language/s will your monologue be partially or wholly written?
When performed, will your monologue need a specific performance style?
NOTE: STEM researchers will be available to meet with writers until August 5th, 2022.
Once StoryBursts has your Expression of Interest, the program organisers will be in touch with you to arrange anything you need to facilitate your creative nonfiction writing.