Complex sentence: She began writing in 1972 after attending the Adelaide Writer's Festival and meeting Judith Wright and Roger McKnight and sent her first story and play off to The Herald Short Story Competition and The Australian National Playwright's Conference Competition, winning first prize for both.
Split into simpler sentences: She began writing in 1972 after attending the Adelaide Writer's Festival and meeting Judith Wright and Roger McKnight. She sent her first story and play off to "The Herald" Short Story Competition and The Australian National Playwright's Conference Competition, winning first prize for both.