Applications are now open for this funded development opportunity for six working class writers based in Teesside. Award-winning author Carmen Marcus and Jenna Warren of Book Corner in Saltburn have teamed up to offer aspiring working class writers a free place on this unique course on developing a strategy to write professionally, plus travel bursary.
As a working class writer and creative facilitator, Marcus has encountered many barriers, both personal and practical, to breaking into the industry.
Based on personal experience and needs identified from other under-represented writers, Marcus has created the Writer’s Plan: a five-step route-map to build confidence and provide practical insights on how to balance writing and life, access development opportunities and break into the industry.
We are looking for writers of fiction, narrative non-fiction and poetry who are committed to starting a writing career but need support to boost their creative confidence and their industry knowledge.
We will consider all genres, themes and topics including young adult, memoir, novels, short story, poetry, nature writing and literary essays. You need to be over 18 to take part.
If you are a student, either undergraduate or postgraduate, you can still enter if you can show that you are permanently resident in Teesside.
Find out more here
Deadline: 12 midnight, 26th August 2019.