'The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) research evaluation process includes
creative work, including creative writing. This article discusses the effect that writing
under the ERA is having on academics in creative writing, including probing the
attitudes to ERA that creative writing academics hold. It presents the results of a survey
run with writing academics who contributed to an ERA-inspired special issue of TEXT
journal, which included questions about writing, and reviewing, creative work under
ERA guidelines.' (Author's abstract)