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Apprenticeships in Fiction 2014
Deadline: 31/05/2014 - UK
A one-year professional development programme for aspiring novelists
Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries
Deadline: 30/03/2014 - London
The Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries at King’s College London is seeking to recruit one Chair and one Lecturer in 2014
Charles Causley Poet in Residence
Deadline: 27/03/2014 - South West England
The Charles Causley Trust is looking for a poet in residence to support the Charles Causley’s House project, based in Launceston, Cornwall
Digital Programme Manager
Deadline: 10/03/2014 - London
To lead on the development and implementation of a major investment programme as part of the British Council’s digital strategy in the arts
Press Officer
Deadline: 13/03/2014 - London
The Press Officer will plan and implement press campaigns for Battersea Arts Centre’s shows and projects, working on many aspects of our broad and varied programme
Head of Operations
Deadline: 28/03/2014 - North West England
The Reader Organisation is a charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature through shared reading
Finance Assistant
Deadline: 14/03/2014 - North West England
The Reader Organisation is a charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature through shared reading
Prize Administrator
Deadline: 04/04/2014 - South West England
Bridport Arts Centre is looking for an experienced administrator for its flagship project the Bridport Prize
Broadcast & New Media Programme Manager
Deadline: 10/03/2014 - London
This is an exciting opportunity to manage part of the Roundhouse’s creative programme for 11-25s
Fundraising Assistant
Deadline: 12/03/2014 - London
First Story is an innovative, fast-growing UK charity with ambitious expansion plans
Young Writers Award Mentor 2014/15
Deadline: 21/03/2014 - Scotland
Scottish Book Trust is currently seeking a published writer to mentor three young writers between the ages of 14 and 17 for our Young Writers Awards programme
Senior Marketing and Audience Development Officer
Deadline: 17/03/2014 - Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds is one of the UK's leading producing theatres delivering a vital and re-energised programme of work both on and off the stage
Communications Coordinator
Deadline: 07/03/2014 - North West England
The Reader Organisation is a charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature through shared reading
Festival Programme and Administration Assistant
Deadline: 18/03/2014 - South West England
Ways With Words has always existed to promote both the written and the spoken word
Young Apprentice
Deadline: 21/02/2014 - North East England
New Writing North is seeking a creative apprentice to work 30 hours per week in our offices in central Newcastle
Cultural Programme Manager
Deadline: 24/02/2014 - Scotland
Aberdeen City Council is committed to improving the cultural life of the city over the next five years, making it a great place to live, work and visit
Writer Development Manager (Maternity Cover)
Deadline: 10/03/2014 - East Midlands
Writing East Midlands, the literature development agency for the region, is hiring a Writer Development Manager
Extend Leadership Programme 2014-15
Deadline: 17/03/2014 - UK
Extend is a cross-art form leadership programme for mid-career professionals working in learning and education
Community Learning Manager
Deadline: 07/03/2014 - Yorkshire
Grimm & Co, Yorkshire's fantastical writing destination with a magically deceptive outward appearance is recruiting a Creative Learning Manager
Lectureship in Creative Writing
Deadline: 12/03/2014 - London
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Creative Writing in the English Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
Blankpages - Call for Submissions
Deadline: 27/01/2012 - UK
An online magazine dedicated to giving a high quality platform to share your work
The Charles Causley Trust Children and Young People’s Poetry Competition 2014
Deadline: 17/07/2014 - South West England
The competition is open to children and young people aged 5-16 living in Cornwall. There are three age categorie
Winchester Writers’ Festival Competitions
Deadline: 16/05/2014 - UK
The Winchester Writers’ Festival offers diverse opportunities for emerging writers via its twelve writing competitions
Myths of the Near Future - 'Money'
Deadline: 30/05/2014 - UK
The NAWE Young Writers' Hub journal of new writing by the under 25s is calling for submissions on the theme of 'Money'
2014 Papatango New Writing Prize
Deadline: 31/03/2014 - UK
The 2014 Papatango New Writing Prize in association with the Finborough Theatre is now open for submissions
Magma 60 - 'Freedom'
Deadline: 31/05/2014 - UK
We are delighted to be editing Magma 60, for which the theme is ‘freedom’. It is very much a theme for our times
2014 Cardiff International Poetry Competition - Now open
Deadline: 14/03/2014 - Wales
The 2014 Cardiff International Poetry Competition is now open for entries, judged Lemn Sissay and Rhian Edwards
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2014
Deadline: 25/04/2014 - UK
We are delighted to announce that the sixth annual Red Shed Open Poetry Competition will be judged by Gareth Durasow
2014 Bristol Short Story Prize
Deadline: 30/04/2014 - South West England
The Bristol Short Story Prize aims to publish great short stories and promote the stories and writers as much as possible
Encounter
Deadline: 07/03/2014 - North East England
Encounter are seeking interest from writers for a new show in the North East
The Moth International Short Story Prize 2014
Deadline: 30/06/2014 - International
The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished
The White Review Short Story Prize
Deadline: 01/03/2014 - International
The White Review Short Story Prize is an annual short story competition for emerging writers
Here Comes Everyone
Deadline: 15/03/2014 - UK
We are looking for poetry, fiction, opinion, artwork and photography on the theme of Circles
Sneak Preview Cabaret
Deadline: 07/03/2014 - UK
The Scenic Route is currently seeking submissions from composers, lyricists and musical theatre performers
Mslexia 2014 Women's Short Story Competition
Deadline: 17/03/2014 - UK
Mslexia 2014 Women's Short Story Competition is for previously unpublished stories of up to 2,200 words by women writers
York Literature Festival / York Mix Poetry Competition 2014
Deadline: 28/03/2014 - UK
In association with YorkMix, York Literature Festival’s poetry competition returns
The CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition
Deadline: 16/03/2014 - UK
The CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition is open to all and we encourage entrants from both published and unpublished writers
Young Enigma Awards
Deadline: 11/06/2014 - UK
The Young Enigma Awards is a nationwide search to find the LGBT+ voices of tomorrow
While There’s Still Time: Writing About Putting Things Right
Deadline: 30/06/2014 - International
While There’s Still Time is expected to attract a great deal of public attention and may lead to the publication of a selected anthology
Criminal Lines
Deadline: 05/05/2014 - UK
AM Heath in association with The Writers’ Workshop are delighted to announce Criminal Lines 2014, a new crime writing prize open to unagented, debut authors, born or resident in the UK and Ireland
Wellcome Trust Arts Awards
Deadline: February 28th
Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that explore biomedical science
The Academic Book of the Future
Deadline: March 27th
The Academic Book of the Future: a major new research project from the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Library
Title Pending: The Northern Stage Award for New Theatre
Deadline: March 28th
We take our responsibility for nurturing artists very seriously, especially in these uncertain times
New Wave
Deadline: March 18th
New Wave is an exciting new scheme which will support young people in making their own arts and cultural projects happen in Plymouth and Torbay
Wellcome Trust Scholarship at The New Statesman
Deadline: February 15th
The New Statesman wants to help create a more diverse media, so we're hosting an eight-week paid placement for aspiring science writers from an ethnic minority background
AHRC PhD Studentships: Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Deadline: February 17th
UEA is pleased to announce Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding as partners of the Consortium for Humanities and the Arts South-East (CHASE)
Full-funded AHRC and Roehampton PhD Studentships
Deadline: February 19th
AHRC Studentships (PhD and masters) available at the University of Roehampton through the TECHNE Doctoral Training Partnership
The RSL Brookleaze Grants
Deadline: April 30th
The purpose of these grants is to buy time for novelists, short story writers, poets or playwrights with pieces of work in hand
Writers’ Village Foundation £500 Bursary
Deadline: March 31st
Are you a new author who has yet to see your novel published? Do you have a completed draft, almost ready to submit to an agent or publisher or to be formatted for self-publication?
The Blank Sheet Commission
Deadline: February 10th
Manchester Literature Festival are now inviting proposals for this major piece of new work and would like to hear from composers, musicians, bands, poets, authors, spoken word artists
The Edwin Morgan Poetry Award
Deadline: March 3rd
The new award will be in the region of £20,000 and will be presented at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Affective Digital Histories: Creative Writing Commissions
Deadline: January 27th
The University of Leicester's Centre for New Writing will be awarding nine commissions to projects that explore The East Midlands' post-industrial history
Public Engagement
Deadline: January 13th
Public Engagement funding is for projects that seek to remove barriers to engagement with high quality artistic work, encourage participation and enable communities and individuals to explore and develop their creative and cultural lives
Sky Academy Arts Scholarships
Deadline: December 6th
Sky, in association with IdeasTap, is giving away five £30,000 bursaries and mentoring support to talented artists aged 18-30 from the UK and Ireland
Grassroots Literature Fund
Deadline: Rolling
Literature Works are delighted to announce that the Grassroots Literature Fund is now open for applications
Ideas Fund: Brighton Fringe Award
Deadline: December 6th
For the second year running, IdeasTap are offering four funds of £1,000 for artists taking work to next year’s Brighton Fringe arts festival
On Our Turf Commissions Tender
Deadline: November 24th
On Our Turf is a big, two year long project by York Theatre Royal, working with four market towns: Pocklington, Easingwold, Selby and Helmsley
IdeasTap Underbelly Award 2014
Deadline: January 14th
IdeasTap are working with Underbelly, and some of our performing arts partners, to take a season of young theatre-makers' work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next August
Arts Council England Strategic Touring Programme (England)
Deadline: November 29th
The Arts Council, England has announced that its Strategic Touring Programme has re-opened for applications
Creative People & Places Fund
Deadline: January 10th
Arts Council England has announced that it will invest a total of £37 million in a small number of locations of greatest need to establish action research partnerships called Creative people and places
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Jonathan Coe delivers the 3rd Annual Creative Writing Lecture
Region: East Midlands
The School of English and the Centre for New Writing are proud to host a series of Annual Lectures by some of the world's finest writers
How to… Write Fiction with Wendy Ann Greenhalgh
Region: South East England
If you’ve always wanted to write a novel or short story, these four workshops will introduce you to the key techniques for writing fiction
Sight and Sound in Poetry with Kendel Hippolyte
Region: South East England
A technical look at the principles of how imagery and sound (rhythm, flow) function in a poem, regardless of the form it's written in
Publishing Industry Day
Region: South East England
This all-day event is designed to offer writers the opportunity to meet key members of the publishing industry, develop essential skills and discuss issues that matter to writers, with literary agents, publishers, authors and e-publishing experts
The University of Winchester Writers’ Festival
Region: South East England
Now in its 34th year, the Festival is a leading international festival for emerging and experienced writers with 18 workshops, 32 talks, and over 800 one-to-one appointments available with key agents, editors and authors who want to support your writing goals
All Day Workshop for Theatre / Radio
Region: West Midlands
Writing for Theatre Workshop with Simon Vinnicome or Writing for Radio with Karen Brown
Word Factory’s Masterclass with Joe Dunthorne
Region: London
Enjoy an exercise-based three hours with Joe as he explores ways to break habits and introduce strangeness and surprise in to your work
Healing Words: Embodied writing, exploring how creative writing can encourage working more holistically
Region: Yorkshire
This experiential one-day workshop explores creative writing within the therapeutic context
ArtWorks Cymru Conference
Region: Wales
The aim of the conference is to disseminate the research that ArtWorks has created, and begin to make it tangible by opening out the issues to the wider arts participation sector in Wales
Writers’ Mutual: Retreat
Region: Europe
Following the success of several retreats in Bordeaux, dates have been announced for a further Writers’ Retreat in amongst the vineyards on May 2014
How to Book a Tour
Region: South East England
A one-day session exploring the essentials of tour booking, presented by Mark Makin of makin projects
Bath Spa Summer School
Region: London
Join Bath Spa University - a pioneer in the advanced study of creative writing - for a summer school: The Writer and Place. Set in the landscape that inspired Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, John Fowles and VS Naipaul among others
Lapidus Scotland presents "Writing Place"
Region: Scotland
Are you interested in using words creatively in your work to promote health and wellbeing? Are you based in the Highlands and Islands?
The Reading for Pleasure Effect in Education
Region: North West England
This special event is a showcase of The Reader Organisation’s work with young people in secondary education
Arvon Fiction: Feel the force of your creative energy
Region: Yorkshire
Come and enjoy exercises designed to stimulate your literary appetite
Words on Tap Survival Kit
Region: Yorkshire
In keeping with Headingley LitFest's theme of surviving, Matthew Hedley Stoppard will lead a workshop focusing on some essentials to perpetuate your poetry
Edge-Lit 3
Region: East Midlands
Derby's annual genre fiction extravaganza returns for a third installment in 2014, once again featuring some of the finest in UK writing talent
New to teaching In Creative Writing – Assessment and Feedback
Region: South West England
The Higher Education Academy invites new/early career lecturers to this free intensive one-day workshop on learning and teaching in Creative Writing
Dementia and the Power of Words
Region: London
Join writer and BBC broadcaster Harriett Gilbert for an in-depth look at how writers and artists are working with people with dementia, with a focus on work involving the written word
Cape Farewell Challenges - Online Workshops
Region: International
Take Helen Mort’s wonderful Cape Farewell poetry challenges! Helen has chosen fabulous artwork and poetry to inspire writers aged 25 and under, and winners will see their work put to music by a famous composer
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