It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been writing since before you could walk and are published in oodles of magazines, or whether you only ever write in secret and shyly hide your creations in a shoebox under your bed.

And it doesn’t matter what you write: poetry, novels, short stories, plays, film or TV script, blog posts, memoir, journalism, or other non-fiction.

What matters is your enthusiasm and commitment.

• Work with published, professional writers.
• Publish and perform your work.
• Work with other young writers.
• Create an online journal of the best Cumbrian writing.
• Help put on events in Penrith Old Fire Station.