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Welcome to The Writer's Compass E-bulletin #13.  The next bulletin will be published 25/5/11, and the deadline to submit items is 23/5/11.

Please note that the call for proposals for the NAWE Conference is still open - deadline 15/05.

We've added couple of new items to the Retreats section recently - a self catering house in Bulgaria and an organised retreat in south-west Scotland.
Feature
The winner of our Writing and Illustrating a Graphic Novel giveaway was Ever Dundas. Congratulations Ever!  We'll have another giveaway in the next edition of the bulletin.

We've uploaded the resources from our recent successful Turning the Next Page event - see here.

For Young Writers' Hub news go to Twitter and Facebook.

Jobs
Head of Literature and Spoken Word
Deadline: 02/03/2012 - London
Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site on the South Bank of the Thames
NESTA Invitation to Tender
Deadline: 28/02/2012 - UK
What's the influence of science fiction on innovation and technological development?
Editor
Deadline: 24/04/2012 - South East England
This is an exciting opportunity to become the Editor of Modern Poetry in Translation
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Deadline: 26/03/2012 - Wales
Two full-time lectureships in the field of Creative Writing (Fiction)
Freelance Marketing Specialist
Deadline: 01/03/2012 - South East England
Creative Junction is social enterprise that builds cultural collaborations to enable young people to develop skills
Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts
Deadline: 15/03/2012 - North East England
Northumbria University is a leading centres for research and teaching in the cultural industries
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Deadline: 13/03/2012 - North East England
The University of Newcastle wishes to appoint a part-time lecturer with expertise in Creative Writing (Prose)
Arts Coordinator
Deadline: 24/02/2012 - South West England
Develop the innovative programme of art and cultural events that take place at Rook Lane Chapel
Paid Internship
Deadline: 22/02/2012 - London
Want to be part of developing a creative learning programme at the Ministry of Stories?
Creative Writing Fellow - PhD Supervision
Deadline: 26/03/2012 - Wales
This is an exciting new post that will appeal to a published Creative Writer
Fiction Writer in Residence
Deadline: 17/02/2012 - Yorkshire
The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, wishes to appoint Writer in Residence specialising in fiction
Creative Learning Officer, Hull Truck Theatre
Deadline: 17/02/2012 - Yorkshire
Play a role in assisting the Creative Learning team with the development of the Company’s educational provision
Lecturer in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
Deadline: 20/02/2012 - South East England
The successful candidate will have teaching experience in both practice and theory
The Wole Soyinka Chair in Drama and Theatre Studies
Deadline: 23/03/2012 - Yorkshire
The School is open to applications from candidates with an expertise in drama and theatre
Assistant Arts Festival Administrators
Deadline: 08/02/2012 - South West England
Bournemouth Borough Council is looking for 2 motivated candidates to support the Arts Department in the development of an Arts Festival for Bournemouth in 2011.
Movellas UK Editor
Deadline: 05/02/2012 - UK
Help us manage the Movellas community to ensure that Movellas.com is always featuring exciting stories
Events Manager
Deadline: 07/02/2012 - South West England
The Bath Spa University team are looking for an experienced and motivated person to manage the effective operation of events
Events, Publications and Marketing Manager
Deadline: 17/02/2012 - London
The PTC is looking to recruit a Marketing Manager to co-ordinate their events and publications programme
Centre Director, Arvon
Deadline: 13/02/2012 - West Midlands
Would you like to work for the UK’s leading creative writing charity, running one of our residential centres?
Vision 2012, Museums & Libraries Manager
Deadline: 02/02/2012 - London
Arts Council England are recruiting a fixed term post to manage the Museum & Library 2012 programmes

Competitions/Submissions
Blankpages - Call for Submissions
Deadline: 27/01/2012 - UK
An online magazine dedicated to giving a high quality platform to share your work
Call for Submissions
Deadline: 31/03/2012 - UK
Arachne Press is currently looking for submissions for their second planned book.
Polluto
Deadline: 31/03/2012 - UK
Open for submissions for Issue 9 ¾ – Witchfinders vs The Evil Red
Echo Shorts
Deadline: 25/03/2012 - East Midlands
Writing East Midlands has teamed up with the Lincolnshire Echo
Write for the Hub?
Deadline: 14/04/2012 - UK
The NAWE Young Writers' Hub is calling for submissions of writing for a bimonthly app magazine and podcast for the under 25s
Sherman Cymru Call for Scripts
Deadline: 09/04/2012 - Wales
We are accepting ten minutes plays or excerpts for ScriptSlam
Dogcast Central: A New Platform for the Spoken Word
Deadline: 01/05/2012 - UK
We're looking for reviews, sketches, spoken word, stories, interview
Humber Mouth Literature Festival 2012
Deadline: 24/02/2012 - North East England
Small Commissions: Hard Times and Great Expectations
Humber Mouth Literature Festival 2012
Deadline: 24/02/2012 - North East England
Major Programme Awards: Hard Times and Great Expectations
Call for Submissions
Deadline: 31/05/2012 - UK
Duality is looking for short stories based on the theme of ‘summertime’ for Duality 7
2012 Cardiff International Poetry Competition
Deadline: 02/03/2012 - International
The First Prize-winner will walk away with a cheque for £5,000 for just one poem
Mslexia 2012 Women's Short Story Competition
Deadline: 19/03/2012 - UK
For previously unpublished stories of up to 2,200 words by women writers
Writing the riots: what did last summer's riots mean to you?
Deadline: 26/03/2012 - UK
This Booktrust competition is open to young people aged 13 to 17
Edinburgh Theatre Production
Deadline: 31/03/2012 - Scotland
Red Table are now looking for submissions for either this year’s Edinburgh Festival or an autumn production
Call for Entries: ClockWorks
Deadline: 05/03/2012 - UK
Aiming to provide commuters on the Glasgow Subway system with alternative reading
DEAD INK - Call for Submissions
Deadline: 01/04/2012 - Yorkshire
DEAD INK are an Arts Council supported digital press publishing poetry and literary fiction
Seeking Emerging Creative Talent
Deadline: 17/02/2012 - England
ArtWorks is a national initiative to improve the opportunities for artists working in participatory settings
The Michael Marks Awards
Deadline: 21/03/2012 - UK
Poetry and The Publishers Awards designed to raise the profile of poetry pamphlets
Help us map the literary North
Deadline: 15/03/2012 - North East England
New Writing North have teamed up with NALD to create a literary map of northern England

Funding
Brownsbank Retreats
Deadline: 19th March Deadline
Offering six Scottish-based writers the opportunity to each spend a month at Brownsbank Cottage
MA in Creative Writing Bursary
Deadline: Closing date 5th March 2012
AHRC Professional Preparation Masters’ Awards at the University of Chichester
The Artist’s Cut
Deadline: Twelve noon on the 28th of February
Northern Film & Media has struck a partnership with Channel 4 to launch a pilot designed to enable artists to develop narrative work
The Wellcome Trust - Arts Awards
Deadline: December 16th & January 27th Deadline
Inviting organisations and individuals to apply for funding through its Arts Awards
£300 000 Dream Funding Pot
Deadline: December 2nd
Charities and community groups across Scotland are encouraged to apply
Sky Arts Ignition Futures Fund Seminars
Deadline: November 25th
Sky Arts, in association with IdeasTap is offering five young artists a £30,000 bursary each plus mentoring to fund their work
Arts and Health Awards Scheme
Deadline: November 25th
praXis Creative Remedies is a new awards scheme for artists, organisations, students or groups
Funding for Emerging Artists
Deadline: February 2nd
The Arts Trust of Scotland is an independent Scottish Charitable trust
Grants available at Funding Fair, Creative Peterborough
Deadline: November 17th
A brilliant, creative idea could be all you need
Writer's Projects
Deadline: 30th November 2011
Applications are now open for Writers' Projects 2012. You, the professional playwright, can apply for up to £3,250 to support any aspect of your writing development.
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2011
Deadline: The closing date for entries is 10am on Thursday 15th September 2011.
The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award, run in partnership with Radio Drama North and the BBC writersroom, aims to encourage and develop new writing in the North.
MA Television Fiction Writing Scholarships
Deadline: Monday 25 July 2011 at 23:00
Scholarship applications are still being accepted for Glasgow Caledonian University’s Masters in Television Fiction Writing.
Federation of Scottish Theatre - Creative Futures Residency Programmes
Deadline: 2 August 2011
The Federation of Scottish Theatre and Creative Scotland will be awarding two single bursaries of up to £11,500.
Sky Arts/IdeasTap Bursary
Deadline: 19 September 2011
IdeasTap, the online arts and funding organisation, has teamed up with Sky Arts to launch a new bursary for young artists. The Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund will offer five young artists £30,000 each to fund their work for a full year
Jerwood Blue Touch Paper Bursary
Deadline: First stage application deadline: Monday 6 June 2011
Blue Touch Paper aims to provide the context and space for composers and collaborators to forge creative partnerships, to instigate and develop multi-disciplinary ideas, and to present new work at major festivals and venues across the UK.
MK Community Foundation Arts Bursary
Deadline: June 10th 2011
This Arts Bursary has been specifically created to support the professional development of a promising Milton Keynes talent. Writers eligible.

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Events
National Black Writers & Publishers Conference 2012
Region: North West England
Open to anyone with an interest in Black & Asian writing and publishing
Writing for Devising with Dan Rebellato
Region: South West England
Writers and Actors are invited to workshops at the White Room, Salisbury Arts Centre
Write for Life
Region: International
Do you want time to reflect, write and enjoy the sun?
The Power of Caribbean Poetry
Region: South East England
A conference on Caribbean Poetry will be held at Homerton College and the Faculty of Education from 20–22 September 2012
The Saturday Write
Region: England
Ever thought about putting pen to paper, but didn’t know where to start?
Writing Marathon
Region: Yorkshire
Write hell-for-leather and get sponsored to raise money for a vital community project
How to Get Published
Region: South West England
Maria McCarthy will be running a workshop on How to Get Your Book or Journalism Published
Culture and Tourism: Realising the Value
Region: North East England
This one-day seminar will show how the tourism economy and the cultural sector can work together to grow business in York, North Yorkshire and the East Riding
Playwrights Industry Day
Region: South East England
Back for a second year running, Playwrights Industry Day offers the chance to meet an exciting array of speakers and guests
Dinefwr Literature Festival
Region: Wales
West Wales is hosting a major new literature festival
Writing Workshop with Visiting US Poets
Region: East Midlands
You, Your Poems, and the 3-Dimensional World with Jon Sands & Ken Arkind
Working as a poet in education and community settings
Region: Scotland
Introductory workshop exploring how poets can work in schools, the community, health and social care and prisons, open to poets living and working in Scotland
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists… in the North!
Region: Yorkshire
Workshops and a key note speech outlining The Creative Case: ACE's new approach to Equality and Diversity
Saturday Afternoon Creative Writing
Region: London
Introductory workshops with Alison Clayburn on writing fiction, writing poetry and writing form life
Basics in Creative Writing
Region: London
One-day workshop, as useful for the novice writer as for those looking to pick up tips and strategies on how to become better at their craft
Writing Science Fiction
Region: London
One-day workshop during with bestselling SF author David Wingrove
Developing Your Writing Skills
Region: London
The aim is that you arrive with an idea and, with our help and guidance, leave with a short story
Creative Writing for Wellbeing
Region: North West England
Words for Wellbeing is a fortnightly Creative Writing workshop starting in Chester
Walking the Stories
Region: North West England
A celebration of International Women's Day. Walking, storytelling, poetry, song and cake
Dorset Writer's Network Workshops
Region: South West England
DWN Training Day: How to get published and Writing Oases

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