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City of Stories
Deadline: Thu 31 Jul 2014
As part of City of Stories, a new campaign which celebrates Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature, writers are invited to submit their city-themed work
As part of City of Stories, a new campaign which celebrates Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature, writers are invited to submit their city-themed work. The selected pieces will be used to raise Norwich’s profile as a fascinating and beautiful destination, helping to spread the word of our fine City of Literature and promote our writers.   
 
If you’re a writer who loves, lives in, or has some connection to Norwich, Visit Norwich would like to see your Norwich writing. (If you know someone who this description applies to, please share this opportunity.) Any successful pieces will be published digitally and appear in the real world on beer mats and posters, giving the participating writers valuable publicity.

Want to see your work displayed in Norwich? Here’s what and how you can submit: 
 
1. Write a quote (max 60 words) – We would love to hear why Norwich is special to you. Perhaps your first memory of the city, or your most recent; perhaps a facet of Norwich you find enchanting, or a reason why you’ll keep coming back. These quotes could be used across beermats, posters, writing pads and online.

2. Write some beermat flash fiction or poetry (max 60 words) – What better time to ponder a story, get lost in your imagination or discuss the meaning of a poem with your friends than while having a drink? We’d like people to turn over their beer mats and find a great (yet small) piece of creative writing. Whatever you decide to write, there is only one stipulation: it must fit on a beermat.  

3. Write a longer piece set somewhere in Norwich city centre – Once people have come to Norwich and discovered some of the places that they’ve heard (and not heard) about, what better way to immerse them in the experience than to give them a short story about the very place that they’re in? If there’s a spot in Norwich city centre that inspires you, we’d love you to write a short story set there. These can be of any length. 

4. Create a piece of beermat art (dimensions 94 x 94mm) – We would love to inspire people who have never been to Norwich with some of the city’s best contemporary art, created by the artists that live and work here. What you design is up to you – it could be inspired by Norwich, tell a story about the city, or be of a subject of your choosing – we ask only that it’s the size of a beermat.

Submit your work:

By Thursday 31st July by email to nikkihg@agencyforchange.co.ukYou must be local to Norwich or the region, or have some connection to Norwich City of Literature to submit

Additional Information:
Location:
Norwich
Region(s):
East England

Contact Information:
Organisation:
Norwich Writer's Centre
Contact Name:
Nikki Holland-Gladwish
Contact Email:
nikkihg@agencyforchange.co.uk
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