Supported by Writing West Midlands, the TLC Free Reads scheme offers talented, low-income writers the opportunity to apply for free access to their manuscript assessment service, available for extracts or full manuscripts across fiction, creative non-fiction, short stories, poetry, scripts and screenplays.

Funded by Arts Council England, The Literary Consultancy is the UK’s first and leading editorial assessment, providing honest feedback and market advice for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, short stories, scripts and screenplays.

For more information and to submit, please visit the Writing West Midlands website

Deadline: Monday 27 November 2017, 5pm