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We had a bumper response to our last giveaway Writing exercises that work published by Pen & Tonic. Sophie Playle was the lucky winner. Congratulations Sophie!
Jerwood Writer in Residence 2027 with Pentabus
Deadline: 29/06/2026 - West Midlands
Pentabus are looking for an emerging theatre artist to become our third Jerwood Writer in Residence.
Children's storytelling facilitator (September 2026), Inkhead
Deadline: 15/06/2026 - London
Inkhead is a growing creative education company delivering screen-free storytelling and creative writing workshops in prep and independent schools across London. We are looking for freelance Children's Storytelling Facilitators to lead lively, discussion-based after-school clubs for students aged 7-13.
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Research & Teaching Track), University of Glasgow
Deadline: 23/06/2026 - Scotland
The School of Critical Studies in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Glasgow seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing.
Push the Boat Out: Call for Commissions and Residencies at Little Sparta
Deadline: 06/07/2026 - Scotland
Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival, is looking to support the creation of three new poetry-led performance pieces, responding to this year’s festival theme The Space Between (deadline: 6 July). They are also partnering with Little Sparta on a residency programme (deadline: 29 June).
Edinburgh International Book Festival seeks Finance Director and Director of Operations
Deadline: 29/06/2026 - Scotland
Edinburgh International Book Festival is seeking a Finance Director and Director of Operations. The closing date for both these full-time, permanent roles is 29 June 2026.
Creative Writing Tutor for our Adult Community Learning Courses, Open Age
Deadline: 03/07/2026 - London
Open Age, the charity empowering older people in London to stay active, stay curious and stay connected, are looking for an enthusiastic freelance tutor to join our Adult Community Learning (ACL) team in September 2026.
Director, Scots Language Centre
Deadline: 05/06/2026 - Scotland
The Scots Language Centre seeks a director to be the strategic and operational leader of the Centre.
Children's Venue Facilitator, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Deadline: 10/06/2026 - Scotland
EIBF are looking for a confident, fun, and enthusiastic Children’s Venue Facilitator (part-time) to ensure the smooth running of outdoor and indoor events for children and families.
Reading is Caring Manager, Scottish Book Trust
Deadline: 27/05/2026 - Scotland
Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. We are seeking a change advocate with strong project development skills, a focus on funding for stability, and experience in commercialisation to manage our Reading is Caring programme.
Trustees, Settle Stories
Deadline: 29/05/2026 - Yorkshire
Settle Stories is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation based in the Yorkshire Dales. Since 2010, we have used the power of story to educate, to empower, and to endure. We are recruiting for Trustee roles and, for those who cannot commit to a Board seat, non-voting Advisor positions.
Treasurer (Voluntary), NAWE
Deadline: 05/06/2026 - UK
Are you comfortable scrutinising spreadsheets? Are you on top of budgets, projections, and profit and loss? Familiar with accounting procedures and financial monitoring?
Call for Writers: Happy as Larry, 12th Man
Deadline: 19/06/2026 - East England
Happy as Larry is a collaborative storytelling project led by 12th Man Mental Health CIC, in partnership with the National Centre for Writing.
Literature Tutors, City Lit
Deadline: 14/06/2026 - London
City Lit are London's largest provider of learning for adults. We have an exciting opportunity for educational professionals with backgrounds in literature who have an interest, experience and passion in teaching courses in one or more areas.
Freelance Writer Facilitator: Writing for Page and Stage, ArtfulScribe
Deadline: 08/06/2026 - South East England
ArtfulScribe is looking to appoint a writer facilitator to deliver weekly online Writing for Page and Stage sessions for adults during term time. Seeking a passionate individual with a proven track record in workshop delivery and writing to encourage, inspire, and motivate a diverse group of adults to explore their creativity through written and spoken word.
London Writers Centre: Developing Tutors 2026-2027 - Applications Open Soon
Deadline: 27/05/2026 - London
Our Developing Tutors Programme offers a paid opportunity for London-based writers to teach their first creative writing workshop in 2026-27.
Teaching Associate in Creative Writing (810649), University of Strathclyde - Humanities
Deadline: 22/05/2026 - Scotland
The University of Strathclyde seeks to appoint a Teaching Associate to join our English & Creative Writing subject team, on a 0.6 FTE fixed term maternity cover contract, with relevant creative practitioner and teaching experience, to deliver creative practice-based modules across the curriculum.
Opportunities with Open Book
Deadline: 20/05/2026 - Scotland
Open Book is a charity which runs accessible shared reading and creative writing sessions across Scotland for a diverse range of community and public participants. They are looking for Lead Readers in Dundee and the Letham area of Perth and are looking to start some new creative writing groups. They've also put out a call for new writing for their Unbound programme. Deadlines from 20 May.
Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia - School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing (LDC)
Deadline: 25/05/2026 - East England
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Research Associate to join the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia on a fixed term basis to work on the AHRC-funded project Beyond the Essay: Creative-Critical Teaching.
Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Creative Writing (Permanent), Maynooth University, National University of Ireland
Deadline: 04/06/2026 - Republic of Ireland
Maynooth University, National University of Ireland is seeking an outstanding writer to join our staff as an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing.
Director, Literature and Bristol (SWB31), Arts Council England
Deadline: 10/05/2026 - South West England
As the Director, South West and Literature, you will play a key role in developing our national ambitions, as well as playing your part in a South West team dedicated to ensuring that culture thrives in all of our communities, from Tewkesbury to Portsmouth, from Swindon to the Isles of Scilly.
Cranked Anvil Quarterly Short Story Competition
Deadline: 31/07/2026 - International
Cranked Anvil have reopened their quarterly International Short Story Writing Competition. Any theme/genre, maximum 1500 words. An array of prizes, including cash, publication online and digital anthology, and a professional audio recording which is broadcast on UK radio and around the world online.
The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2026
Deadline: 01/07/2026 - International
Unpublished historical short stories of up to 3,500 Words are invited for this year's HWA Short Story Competition. We are looking for great storytelling, fresh voices, new perspectives and real ambition in these stories which is why we’ve set a generous word limit.
Writing Stones | nature writing retreat | funded places available
Deadline: 20/07/2026 - South West England
Two fully funded places are available for Writing Stones, a five-day writing retreat with Wyl Menmuir in West Penwith, Cornwall, running September 7–11, 2026. The deadline to apply for a funded place is July 20th.
New Writing North: Faber Academy masterclass bursaries
Deadline: 08/01/2027 - North East England
New Writing North have teamed up with Faber Academy to offer bursary places on their upcoming one-day masterclasses in Newcastle. Deadlines from 7 August 2026 until 8 January 2027.
Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards
Deadline: 26/06/2026 - North East England
The 2026 Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards are now open, offering four emerging screenwriters based anywhere in the North a long-term industry placement, a £3,000 bursary, and mentoring support.
TLC: Celebrating 10 years of Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads
Deadline: 30/06/2026 - UK
For the tenth year in a row, TLC are partnering with novelist and writing tutor Michael Langan to offer five unpublished UK-based LGBTQ+ writers free professional feedback on the first 15,000 words of their fiction or creative non-fiction manuscripts.
Mainstage Prize for Playwriting 2026
Deadline: 01/08/2026 - Republic of Ireland
The theme for the Mainstage Prize for Playwriting 2026 is Horror. Writers in the UK or Ireland are invited to submit a full-length horror play (approximately 70–120 minutes).
Sidekick Books: Submissions open for &Friends Series
Deadline: 15/08/2026 - International
Do you have an obsession? A subject that you think would make an incredible Sidekick-style book? Send us your ideas for a collaborative, combinatory masterpiece.
Scottish Book Trust: New Writers Awards 2027
Deadline: 29/07/2026 - Scotland
Looking to take the next step in your writing career? Love the sound of mentoring, tailored support, a bursary and a writing retreat to help you along the way? Applications now open for the 2027 New Writers Awards.
Novel Studio 2026: Online and On Campus - Extended Deadline
Deadline: 30/06/2026 - London
City St George's University's prestigious Novel Studio programme is now accepting applications for 2026. Free taster session on 18 June. Deadline for applications extended to 30 June 2026.
2026 Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize in association with The Stinging Fly
Deadline: 30/06/2026 - Northern Ireland
The New Writing Prize is an annual literary award, now in its second year, organised as part of an ongoing collaboration between the Irish Writers Centre and The Stinging Fly.
Carnyx Press: Open for submissions
Deadline: 31/07/2026 - North East England
Carnyx Press is a new independent publisher from Tyne & Wear, sounding the horn for strange and lyrical fantasy, horror, and science fiction. We are open for submissions of short stories from writers living in the North of England, for our anthology on the theme of sorcery.
2026 Ledbury Poetry Competition
Deadline: 27/07/2026 - International
Entries are invited for this year's Ledbury Poetry Competition judged by Andrew McMillan. First Prize is £1000 cash and a week’s poetry course with Arvon, with cash prizes for runners-up.
4thWrite Prize 2026
Deadline: 19/06/2026 - Republic of Ireland
The Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Prize is a short story competition open to Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers living in the UK or Ireland who are 18 and above. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Prize.
StAnza: Scotland's International Poetry Festival: Fifebuilt - Poetry Mentorship Opportunity
Deadline: 14/06/2026 - Scotland
Inspired by the Clydebuilt mentorship programme, Fifebuilt aims to provide three Fife-based emerging poets with a rare mentorship opportunity to develop their practice with renowned poet John Glenday.
The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards 2026
Deadline: 06/07/2026 - Republic of Ireland
Three annual awards — of £10,000, £5,000 and £2,500 — are available for authors engaged on their first commissioned works of non-fiction.
RSL: The V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2027
Deadline: 05/06/2026 - International
The V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is a £1,000 award for the best unpublished short story of the year, plus publication in our annual Review magazine.
RSL Hawthornden Literature Matters Grants
Deadline: 08/07/2026 - UK
Annual grants of £5,000 to £30,000 each year made to promote literature in communities across the UK. Open to organisations and individuals.
Southlands Arts Centre Creative Writing Competition 2026
Deadline: 31/07/2026 - UK
We’re inviting entries from both under 18s and over 18s, in two categories: life writing and fiction. This year’s fiction theme is architecture, interpreted in the widest possible sense. Entrants must be resident in the UK at the time of submission.
Dreadful Fascination: A call for participants into empirical research into AI and creative writing
Deadline: 31/05/2027 - UK
Looking for creative writers or creative writing students to take part in one of the first formal academic studies into the intersection between creative writers and Artificial Intelligence.
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University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education: Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing
Region: East England
This hybrid, in-person and online, course run by University of Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education is aimed at writers who teach, teachers who write, and those interested in applying creative writing (or its theory) within different settings such as schools, communities, hospitals and libraries. Apply by 25 June 2026.
Irish Writers Centre: Writing Poetry and Verse for Young Readers with Ruth Ennis
Region: International
Learn key information and techniques for writing poetry and verse for readers aged 0-18 years.
The Novel Intensive
Region: South West England
A one-day, in-person workshop. Whether you've been sitting on a novel idea for a while or you've already made a headstart into your first draft, this workshop will help you get things into shape.
Arvon Online Writing Week: Poetry - Movement and stillness with Caroline Bird and Hannah Copley
Region: International
Poems are like people, they arrive with distinct energies, changing the air around them. Some poems burst in with a whirlwind of words. Some poems freeze, or contain themselves tightly behind their own lines.
Landscape as Archive: Poetry-led Writing Retreat at Oakhill Ponds
Region: South West England
A three-night residential poetry-led writing retreat at Oakhill Ponds in Somerset, led by award-winning poet JLM Morton. Set among spring-fed ponds, woodland and meadows, the retreat explores how place holds memory, story and meaning, using landscape as a starting point for poetry, close observation and creative practice.
Manchester Experimental Poetry And Arts Festival 2026
Region: North West England
Experimental poetry, writing, sound and arts at The Carlton Club gardens in Manchester.
Thinking in Fragments: (Re)Writing Meaning through Poetry
Region: International
A four-week online poetry writing course with Anthony Anaxagorou, FRSL
Writing for Wellbeing Workshop (July 2026)
Region: Yorkshire
In person event at The Conservatory, Scampston Walled Garden, Malton, Yorkshire, hosted by The Bothies – a registered charity. This month's theme: Phases – Seven-year Cycles.
Online Mentoring Sessions and Manuscript Development with Nick Holdstock
Event Type:Mentoring and Coaching
Region: International
I'm an experienced, award-winning writer of fiction and non fiction who can offer editing and guidance on short stories, novels and most forms of non-fiction. I can provide both in depth manuscript editing and analysis and online one to one tutor sessions. I am happy to provide either one off assessments or to work with you over a period of time.
EMBRO: Edinburgh Poetry Tours with Ken Cockburn, Edinburgh Fringe, August 2026
Region: Scotland
This summer's poetry walks will be in August, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Push the Boat Out: Reclaiming myths and stories - an online poetry workshop with Meena Kandasamy
Region: International
Join us for an online workshop with poet and novelist Meena Kandasamy in which we explore how to rewrite myths and reclaim the narrative.
Brunel New Writers Programme (Online/July-August 2026)
Region: International
Brunel University of London is a proud partner of the Nero New Writers Prize. To further amplify this partnership, we have curated a series of free online creative writing workshops and publishing webinars to support the continued professional development of all aspiring writers.
Must You Live in The Real World? An Experimental Short Story Writing Series
Region: International
Must You Live In The Real World? is a playful, experimental creative writing course exploring imagination, fiction, and creative freedom through bold contemporary stories, strange prompts, and small creative missions.
Poetry School: First Steps 2026
Region: International
The Poetry School have launched a brand-new Beginners' workshop series led by Isabelle Baafi, designed to support your first steps into writing poetry in a friendly and accessible way.
Ty Newydd: Cross-Nation Poetry Residential Course: Travelling Between Voices with Hanan Issa & Peter Mackay
Region: Wales
Join Hanan Issa and Peter Mackay for Travelling Between Voices, a cross-nation residential poetry course presented in partnership by Ty Newydd Writing Centre and Moniack Mhor.
TLC: How to Write Unapologetically with Andrew Kaye Kauffman
Region: International
Giving ourselves permission to write can be hard enough. Then we have to tackle what we’re willing to say on the page. Join TLC and Andrew Kaye Kauffman for this interactive workshop to explore what might be holding you back, and what you’d like to write, in a world with few constraints.
Brighton Book Festival: Poetry Workshop
Region: South East England
Come and join AFLO. the poet with special guest Keith Jarrett for a two hour workshop focused on performance and confidence.
A Day of Welcome, Friday 12 June 2026 (EYFS-KS4/Progression Steps 1-4)
Region: UK
A Day of Welcome is an annual day of solidarity and learning in schools that aims to build a culture of welcome and understanding for people seeking sanctuary. This year it takes place on Friday 12 June 2026.
Writer’s Residency, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Region: Scotland
A self-directed residency providing uninterrupted periods of time in the unique environment of Scotland’s Orkney Islands, home to Tracy Mackenna, curator of The Museum of Loss and Renewal. Writers, scholars and researchers are welcome to apply.
Ethics in Creative Practice Research – Peer Community (online)
Region: UK
We run free, informal events for professionals, HE staff and postgraduate research students to discuss current challenges and engage in collective problem-solving. Our next event is on 1st July 2026, 11am-12noon.
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