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21 October 2020
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NAWE Open Space asks: what is the state of play and where next for writing in education?
Tuesday 17 November 2020, 10.00am – 1:30pm, Online
Bring your question with you and invite your fellow writers in education from around the UK to explore it with you. Or just join the debate. It's open space so you set the agenda and how you want to contribute. Themes that emerge from this free event will help shape next year's conference so do join us! Details here
WHAT NEXT? Writing in Education and Communities in 2021 and Beyond
NAWE Virtual Conference 12 & 13 March 2021
You've still got ten days to submit your proposal for NAWE 2021 - we're looking forward to receiving your ideas! It's a great chance to share and connect with your peers around the UK and beyond. Deadline for proposals is 31 October 2020. And remember, you don't have to be a member of NAWE to submit a proposal.
Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research Volume 8: Submissions exploring the nature of the art of writing and highlighting current academic thinking and practice, with an international outlook, are invited by 27th June 2021.
The Organised Writer Prize Draw
Thanks to the generosity of Bloomsbury, we have a copy of The Organised Writer, the straight-talking guide by award-winning author Antony Johnston which will help you become more productive, cope with multiple projects, and make time within your life to write, to give away. Email pjohnston@nawe.co.uk with The Organised Writer in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by 5pm, Tuesday 27 October for a chance to win.
Sector News
Arts Council England has re-opened its Developing Your Creative Practice Fund with new expanded eligibility criteria so more people can apply plus updated guidance and new resources. Next deadline is 5th November.
Creative Scotland publishes eligibility criteria for its new Hardship Funds for Creative Freelancers on 22nd October.
The University of East Anglia (UEA) celebrates 50 years of its pioneering Creative Writing programme with an ambitious programme of international events, projects and initiatives. Hear from some of the UEA's Illustrious alumna here
For more NAWE news and updates from around the writing world you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter
The Belgrade Theatre Coventry Seed Commission: Call for Writers
Deadline: 04/09/2025 - West Midlands
At the Belgrade, we believe some of the most powerful stories begin as sparks, unfinished thoughts, feelings, questions, fragments, or provocations. Our Seed Commissions are an invitation for writers to bring us that moment of Spark.
Heidelberg Writer in Residence Programme 2026
Deadline: 17/09/2025 - Europe
Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature invites applications from published writers living in a UNESCO City of literature for their 2026 writer in residence programme taking place in the spring and summer of 2026.
Treasurer, The Writers' Block
Deadline: 15/09/2025 - South West England
The Writers’ Block is seeking a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees and further our mission to support writers in Cornwall at every stage of their journey.
Customer Services Assistant, Mslexia Publications Ltd
Deadline: 18/08/2025 - North East England
The Customer Services Assistant will support all aspects of Mslexia’s day-to-day administration.
Finance and Operations Manager, First Story
Deadline: 08/09/2025 - UK
We are looking for an experienced finance manager to lead on all aspects of financial planning, management and reporting.
Programme Officer, Literature Works
Deadline: 25/08/2025 - South West England
Interested in joining a small, friendly team? Literature Works are looking to recruit a new Programme Officer (0.8 FTE).
Finance Officer, Spread the Word
Deadline: 18/08/2025 - London
London's literature development agency is looking for a part-time, freelance Finance Officer to join our team.
School Communities Regional Outreach Co-ordinator, Scottish Book Trust
Deadline: 04/08/2025 - Scotland
Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. We have a regional position available to support schools engage with our programmes.
Box Office Manager, Wimbledon BookFest
Deadline: 04/08/2025 - South East England
We are seeking an experienced Box Office Manager to oversee the day-to-day running of our Spektrix ticketing system for Wimbledon BookFest 2025. This is a hands-on, fast-paced temporary role suited to someone with excellent technical skills in Spektrix, strong sales and customer focus.
Reading Schools Early Years Project Manager, Scottish Book Trust
Deadline: 28/07/2025 - Scotland
Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes books, reading and writing have the power to change lives. Reading Schools is an accreditation programme, designed to celebrate schools who are building and sustaining a reading for pleasure culture for their learners, staff and families.
Granada Writing Residency 2025
Deadline: 31/08/2025 - Europe
The Granada International Writers in Residence Programme is open to writers and literary translators residing in any country and writing in any language and offers a 30-night stay in Granada for two writers, from November 3 to December 2, 2025.
Writer’s Residency in Brussels with Passa Porta
Deadline: 01/09/2025 - Europe
The National Centre for Writing is collaborating with the International House of Literature Passa Porta and Flanders Literature to offer a month-long writing residency in Brussels in 2026.
Open Call: Poet-in-Residence at the Laurel Prize Weekend 2025
Deadline: 05/08/2025 - Yorkshire
Poetry School invites applications for an early or mid-career poet to be our Poet-in-Residence at the Laurel Prize weekend in Bradford on 19 and 20 September 2025.
Call for applications for the Prague – UNESCO City of Literature 2026 creative residency program
Deadline: 18/08/2025 - International
Do you have a breathtaking project you would like to work on during your residency in Prague? Prague City of Literature offers an opportunity to writers and translators to live and work in the beautiful city centre for two months.
Writing Our Legacy's Species Stories commission, in partnership with South Downs National Park Authority
Deadline: 11/07/2025 - South East England
Writing Our Legacy and the South Downs National Park Authority are seeking to commission six BPOC writers to produce a creative response inspired by a priority species for the South Downs landscape, with the key species drawn from bees, bats, birds and butterflies.
Board Director, Lapidus International
Deadline: 31/07/2025 - UK
Lapidus International is seeking dedicated and skilled individuals to join our Board of Directors. As a Board Director, you will play a vital role in guiding our strategic direction, ensuring good governance, and overseeing the effective operation of our organisation.
Chair and Trustees, Forward Arts Foundation
Deadline: 21/07/2025 - UK
Forward Arts Foundation – the charity behind National Poetry Day and the Forward Prizes for Poetry – is looking for a new Chair and Trustees to join its board.
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose), Newcastle University
Deadline: 17/07/2025 - North East England
The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose) 0.5 FTE (Teaching and Scholarship). This is a fixed-term appointment from 8 September 2025 to 30 June 2026.
RSL: Call for First Readers – V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
Deadline: 01/08/2025 - UK
We are seeking First Readers to help review entries for the 2026 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize. This is a paid opportunity (£1.50 per story).
The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction
Deadline: 01/09/2025 - Republic of Ireland
The RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction are three annual awards — of £10,000, £5,000 and £2,500 — available for authors engaged on their first commissioned works of non-fiction.
Exeter Novel Prize 2025
Deadline: 01/01/2026 - International
Exeter Novel Prize has a new home with Word Kitchen. The competition is open to everyone, living anywhere in the world, published, self-published or yet to be published, who is not represented by a literary agent.
Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest (November 2025)
Deadline: 30/11/2025 - International
100 words or less per entry. Any genre. Theme: Truth-telling. All writers welcome. All ages. All genders. All nationalities. Prizes: 1st place: $1,000 USD. Total value of all prizes: over $15,000 USD.
The Nero New Writers Prize in association with Brunel University of London
Deadline: 29/08/2025 - Republic of Ireland
Launched to run alongside the Nero Book Awards, this new prize is searching for the best original short stories from unpublished and aspiring writers. Open to entrants in the UK and Ireland.
#CBCSummerStory25 Writing Competition: Open for entries
Deadline: 08/09/2025 - International
Enter our #CBCSummerStory25 writing competition on Instagram for a chance to win a course. Write a flash fiction story inspired by our prompts to be in with a chance of winning a course place and editorial report.
New Writing North: Submissions open for The Bee
Deadline: 11/08/2025 - UK
Are you a writer – or aspiring writer – with a story to tell about being working-class in Britain in 2025? Our new working-class literary magazine The Bee is now open for submissions.
Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition 2025
Deadline: 21/12/2025 - International
InterAct Stroke Support seeks short stories (no more than 1000 words) in any genre that are positive stories that can be read in the sensitive environment of a hospital setting. Open to anyone, including non-UK applicants, over 16 years.
Digital Anthology of Writing on Love in Later Life
Deadline: 30/08/2025 - Scotland
Autumn Voices is working with the University of Strathclyde on Getting On, an exploration of Love in Later Life. This includes compiling a digital anthology of new writing – prose and poetry – on the subject. Anyone resident in Scotland and aged 60+ is welcome to submit work.
Mslexia Women's Fiction Competition 2025 - Adult Novel
Deadline: 22/09/2025 - International
The Mslexia Women's Fiction Competition 2025 - Adult Novel is now open! 1st prize £5,000. Finalists receive manuscript feedback from The Literary Consultancy and personal introductions to literary agents arranged in partnership with New Writing North.
Green Stories Flash Fiction Competition: Epiphanies
Deadline: 27/08/2025 - International
Submit an original unpublished short story (max 500 words) written in English on the theme of 'epiphanies' plus a paragraph explaining how the story inspires greener behaviour.
Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition 2025
Deadline: 31/08/2025 - International
Open to new, emerging and established poets from any country. The winning chapbooks (16-24 pages) will be published by Southword Editions and launched at the Cork International Poetry Festival.
Southword Editor’s Poetry Award 2025
Deadline: 30/09/2025 - International
€1000 for best three poem entry. All entries receive complementary subscription to the journal Southword.
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition 2025
Deadline: 30/11/2025 - International
Prize €2000 for best single poem. Publication in Southword. Reading spot with accommodation at the Cork International Poetry Festival.
PRIMERS - Guide Your Poems Into Print
Deadline: 09/09/2025 - UK
PRIMERS is open. The established mentoring and publication scheme from Nine Arches Press is back, providing a unique opportunity for talented poets to find publication and receive a programme of supportive feedback, mentoring and promotion.
New Writing Scotland 44: Call for submissions
Deadline: 31/10/2025 - Scotland
Submissions are invited for New Writing Scotland 44, publishing in summer 2026. New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination, written in any of the languages of Scotland.
Irish Writers Centre: International Debut Novel Competition 2025
Deadline: 14/09/2025 - International
Are you the next big voice in fiction? Submissions open on 1 August 2025 for the Irish Writers Centre International Debut Novel Competition (IDNC). A revamped version of the Novel Fair, the competition offers aspiring novelists the chance to pitch their debut novels to leading agents and publishers.
The Aurora Prize for Writing 2025 - Deadline approaching
Deadline: 06/08/2025 - UK
Writing East Midlands invites short stories of up to 2,000 words per entry and poetry of up to 60 lines in any genre, on any subject for this year's Aurora Prize. Open to UK writers aged 18 and above. Deadline for entries is 6 August.
Stephen Spender Prize 2025 - Just over a week left to submit!
Deadline: 31/07/2025 - Republic of Ireland
Calling teachers and pupils across the UK and Ireland. Get creative with translation this July with the Stephen Spender Prize 2025. Just over a week left to submit! Free entry for all young people and teachers in the UK and Ireland.
Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award 2025
Deadline: 31/08/2025 - International
With a £2,000 first prize, the Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award has grown to become one of the UK's leading flash fiction competitions. Also announcing the Edinburgh True Flash Award which celebrates memoirs, creative non-fiction, and auto-fiction with a £500 first prize.
2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Deadline: 13/10/2025 - International
Celebrating twenty-two years of world poetry, Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected poetry awards.
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Write Stories for children! A one-day course in Hastings with Alan Durant
Region: South East England
Join The Guardian Masterclass and Penguin Random House tutor Alan Durant, award-winning author of over one hundred children’s books, including Burger Boy, Always and Forever, Dear Father Christmas, Game Boy and Clownfish, on a one-day course on writing stories for children at his house in Hastings from 10am – 4.30pm on Tuesday 12 August 2025.
Embro
Region: Scotland
Embro is a walk through the literary sights of Edinburgh's Royal Mile for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, with local poet Ken Cockburn.
EMBLAZE Creative Non-fiction Masterclass: The Art of Writing True Stories by EMBLAZE, Paper Nations
Region: UK
In September 2025, EMBLAZE will be running a series of online masterclasses for ambitious writers of colour in the South West.
School Days: Writing Poems about School
Region: International
School days are not just the best, but also often the most rich and varied days of a life, and in this workshop we will explore the wide range of ways in which poems can bottle the energy and variety of school. With Jonathan Edwards and Jeanette Burton.
Liverpool Hope University has launched a new MA English Literature & Creative Writing
Region: North West England
The MA English Literature & Creative Writing recognises creativity as a critical act and criticism as always creative. You will study a varied range of English Literature with the option of an Advanced Creative Writing Workshop for those who wish to publish in professional contexts. There's also a 25% discount for Hope alumni who got a first or 2.1. degree.
National Centre for Writing: How to Write Romantic Fiction
Region: International
Develop a compelling romance novel by exploring characterisation, relationships, and worldbuilding. Gain confidence and writing skills and receive personalised feedback to craft and refine your romantic fiction.
Curtis Brown Creative: Autumn Novel-Writing Intensive 2025
Region: London
Study in the Curtis Brown offices in Central London from Monday 14 to Thursday 17 October 2025 for four days of teaching with popular tutor and award-winning author Laura Barnett.
Programme announced for Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
Region: West Midlands
The line up for this year's Birmingham Literature Festival includes Jonathan Coe (The Proof of My Innocence), Kit de Waal (The Best of Everything), Mike Gayle (Hope Street), Laura Bates (The New Age of Sexism), Jo Bell (Boater), Corinne Fowler (Colonial Countryside), plus Liz Berry, Casey Bailey, Bradley Taylor, together with workshops for writers, and more. Takes place from 9 to 18 October 2025.
Irish Writers Centre: Finding and Developing Imagery that Resonates: The Object Correlative with David McLoghlin
Region: International
The “Objective Correlative” (T.S. Eliot) is, quite simply, the ability to find in the “outside world” a signifier, or equivalent, for our inner human experience. For poets, typically, we see the Objective Correlative in the form of an image.
New Writing North: TV Pilot Scratch Night
Region: North East England
Hear script-in-hand readings of the opening pages of four new TV pilots from North East screenwriters, alongside live constructive feedback from an experienced industry panel of producers and script executives.
The Coast Is Queer is back for 2025!
Region: South East England
The UK’s biggest and brightest LGBTQ+ literary festival returns to Brighton from 9 - 12 October. Early bird tickets now on sale.
Ty Newydd: Writing a Killer Crime Novel with Alis Hawkins & Vaseem Khan Guest Reader / Erin Kelly (Digital)
Region: Wales
What does it take to write a crime novel that agents, publishers and readers won’t be able to put down? Combining several decades of experience, successful crime fiction authors Vaseem Khan and Alis Hawkins have fashioned a course that will help you hone the craft of crime and thriller writing.
Moniack Mhor: Poetry for Resistance and Survival with Hannah Lavery and Harry Josephine Giles, Guest Reader Roger Robinson
Region: Wales
How can writing make change for our lives and our world? How can poetry be turned to protest, and how can words offer comfort to those who need it?
Writing Culturally
Region: International
This is a specialised online course for those who want to write stories for children (and adults) aligned to their culture. In this course, you will learn how to tap into your upbringing, culture and language to create rich stories.
The Laurel Prize 2025 - Workshops and Prize Ceremony
Region: Yorkshire
The Laurel Prize, funded by Simon Armitage’s Laureate’s honorarium and run by the Poetry School, is awarded to the best collection of environmental or nature poetry published that year. This year's Prize Ceremony takes place in Bradford in September as part of the BBC Contains Strong Language festival along with workshops led by judges Kathleen Jamie and Daljit Nagra.
Write & Shine's Summer Festival of Creative Writing
Region: International
This August, Write & Shine turns ten! We're celebrating our tenth year with a joyful Summer Festival, which takes place from 14 to 28 August. Each event reflects a core value of Write & Shine, including paying attention to the seasons and our love of quiet mornings.
NAWE Member Meet-Up / September 2025
Region: International
Our NAWE Members Meet-Up on Wednesday 10 September 2025 will be a chance to share updates on our practice and to find out what other NAWE Members are up to. We'll be focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) in the second half of the session.
Writing for Wellbeing Workshop (September 2025)
Region: Yorkshire
In person event at The Conservatory, Scampston Walled Garden, Malton, Yorkshire, hosted by The Bothies – a registered charity. This month's theme: Sound – The Art of Listening.
One Day Writing Retreat in Whitstable with Hope & Anchor Writing
Region: South East England
Set sail on your writing odyssey in sunny Whitstable with Hope & Anchor! Join Sarah Leipciger, Joanna Quinn, and Peggy Riley for a day-long immersive retreat to progress your writing and recharge your creative batteries.
Durham Book Festival 2025 highlights now on sale
Region: North East England
It’s almost time for another year of Durham Book Festival, and to tide you over until the full programme is released in August, we’ve got five events open for booking right now.
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