The InkRoom is an exciting new concept for budding Australian authors providing a unique opportunity for children to become published authors.

We invite all schools and individuals to become members of the InkRoom to enable them to participate in this rewarding program.

Each month, selected writing will be published in the coming issue of Wacky … but true.

The InkRoom is a subsidiary of Wacky … but true magazine

How It Works

Each month approximately ten stories, poems or factual articles will be selected for publication in Wacky … but true, a cool magazine for children your age.

Just think. Thousands of children across Australia and around the world will be reading your story.

Here’s how it works.

Join the InkRoom
Complete the online registration form and get your very own user name and password so that you can login and get exclusive access to the writing club. Please allow a couple of days for the registration to be approved before submitting your work.

Start writing
You may write on any topic you like. It can be factual or imaginative. You may even send in a drawing to illustrate your story or get an artistic friend to draw something for you.

Receive your award
Entries are chosen each month for inclusion in Wacky … but true. Winners will receive a certificate and a Coles Group Myer Gift Card. Have fun choosing your reward!

Read others' writing and give constructive feedback
All other submissions will be published online in the InkRoom. You are welcome to read what others have written and tell them what you think about their stories and they will do the same for you. Your kind comments will really help other authors. This is called “peer review.”

Read your story in Wacky … but true
Wacky … but true is a monthly magazine. Your story, article  or poem will be published in this awesome magazine. You may like to subscribe to this cool magazine to read other prize-winning entries.

Terms of Entry

 Students are invited to submit work in the following three categories:

• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Poetry

Teachers are asked to select and submit only the best entries from their students. Submissions must be made electronically as per instructions on the Submission page. Entries will not be returned or commented on by the panel, but students will be advised through the newsletter as to whether their work is to be published in Wacky … but true. The InkRoom does not accept responsibility for any delayed, lost or misplaced entries.

All submissions must be original literary or artistic work by the author. Submissions remain the property of the author however the InkRoom reserves the right to publish submitted work in any form.