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02 April 2025
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NAWE EVENTS
NAWE Conference Proposal Writing Guidance Session
We’re running an online session on proposal writing next Tuesday, 8 April, at 18:30-19:30 aimed particularly at members who haven’t previously presented at a NAWE conference and would like some support in putting their proposal together for this November's event. Free but booking essential. Details here.
NAWE Creative Writing PhD Network Meet Up
Join us for our next online gathering on Monday 28 April at 4-5.30pm to explore the challenges of wider life that often impact our Creative Writing PhDs. Current PhD students, teachers and the PhD-curious all welcome. Register in advance via Eventbrite.
NAWE SUBMISSION CALLS
NAWE Online Conference 2025: Inspiring Writing
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 November 2025, Online
Our theme for for this year's NAWE Online Conference is 'Inspiring Writing' and we welcome proposals for presentations, including academic papers, and practical workshops that inform, showcase, and inspire. Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2025.
Special issue of NAWE’s Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research
NAWE invites creative writing educators to contribute academic articles and creative presentations that explore innovative and reflective approaches to creative writing pedagogy across all educational contexts. Submissions may include original research, theoretical explorations, comprehensive literature reviews, and reflective practice essays. Deadline for submissions: midnight (GMT), 26 January 2026.
For more NAWE news and updates from around the writing world, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Education), King's College London
Deadline: 08/05/2025 - London
The Department of English wishes to appoint a part-time Lecturer in Creative Writing (Academic Education Pathway), 0.6 FTE, for a fixed-term period of 12 months, from 1 September 2025.
Writer in Residence, The University of Edinburgh
Deadline: 23/05/2025 - Scotland
Applications are invited for a part-time (0.4 FTE) post of Writer in Residence based in the department of English & Scottish Literature.
Creative Writing Co-Curricular Tutor, Inkhead
Deadline: 06/05/2025 - London
Inkhead is expanding! We are a group of writers who run creative writing workshops in schools and libraries across London. We are looking for more writers to join us. Your role will be encouraging children to express their creativity in after-school clubs in south London.
Author Hospitality Jobs at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Deadline: 19/05/2025 - Scotland
Edinburgh International Book Festival are seeking an Author Hospitality Manager and Author Hospitality Assistants.
Marketing and Development Coordinator, Forward Arts Foundation
Deadline: 12/05/2025 - UK
We are looking for a creative and highly organised individual to join Forward Arts Foundation's ambitious and dynamic team. You will coordinate marketing and comms for our organisation's fundraising and development work. Available as a permanent part-time contract or freelance contract.
Chief Executive Officer, Wigtown Festival Company
Deadline: 26/05/2025 - Scotland
Wigtown Festival Company is seeking a creative leader to guide one of Scotland’s most valued cultural organisations into its next chapter. Our new Chief Executive Officer will champion our mission, strengthen our impact and build on our hard-earned reputation.
Trustees, The Writers’ Block
Deadline: 01/05/2025 - South West England
As we embark on the next step of our exciting journey, we are looking for new trustees to support our development and who want to offer their skills, expertise and experience so that more people across Cornwall can discover their voice, share their stories & unlock their inner writer.
Poetic Frequencies - Exploring the Resonance of Videopoetry Residency
Deadline: 18/05/2025 - Europe
The Hertzlab at ZKM in Karlsruhe (UNESCO City of Media Arts) in collaboration with Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature invites poets from UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide to apply for its new residency program.
Lecturer in Creative Writing, York St John University
Deadline: 24/04/2025 - Yorkshire
We are seeking an enthusiastic Lecturer to contribute to our vibrant undergraduate and developing postgraduate offers in Creative Writing.
Jobs at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Deadline: 27/04/2025 - Scotland
Edinburgh International Book Festival are recruiting for the temporary roles of Box Office Assistant, Front of House Assistant, and Front of House Supervisor. Deadlines from 27 April.
Poet/Spoken Word Artist, Bucks Council
Deadline: 29/04/2025 - South East England
Buckinghamshire Council are seeking a Poet/Spoken Word Artist to collaborate and engage with community groups, including those with social needs, to capture their voices and reflections around the Follow The Donkey rail /foot trail, incorporating local heritage and community.
Jobs at Lumb Bank, Arvon
Deadline: 29/04/2025 - Yorkshire
Arvon is hiring! Join the team at Lumb Bank, our beautiful writing house in West Yorkshire. We’re recruiting for a House Operations Manager, House Manager and Relief House Manager.
Ronald Duncan Stipends, University of Exeter Special Collections
Deadline: 15/06/2025 - South West England
Are you passionate about archives, storytelling, and bringing history to life through writing? University of Exeter Special Collections has launched the annual Ronald Duncan Stipends for Southwest Writing.
Writer in residence for Creative Bridges 2025, Lapidus International
Deadline: 01/05/2025 - International
Lapidus International, the writing for wellbeing community, are looking for a Writer in Residence to respond to the Creative Bridges conference.
Programme and Communications Assistant, Spread the Word
Deadline: 06/05/2025 - London
We’re looking for an enthusiastic person who is keen to develop their career in the arts and deepen their passion for literature, cultural democracy and supporting London’s writers.
Call for Caribbean Short Story Writers – Windrush Oral History Event, Spread the Word
Deadline: 25/04/2025 - London
We're looking for two Caribbean short story writers currently living in London for a new project to mark Windrush Day. Priority will be given to writers living in or from Lewisham.
Creative Support, Llenyddiaeth Cymru | Literature Wales
Deadline: 05/05/2025 - Wales
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and creative team to support the administration and delivery of Llenyddiaeth Cymru | Literature Wales’ projects and wider programme, which aims to create a Wales where literature empowers, improves, and brightens lives.
Chair and Trustees, Llenyddiaeth Cymru | Literature Wales
Deadline: 09/04/2025 - Wales
Are you passionate about the arts and the transformative possibilities of literature? Are you committed to values of inclusion and fairness, and do you believe that culture in all its forms can bring about positive change to society? Do you have the knowledge and leadership skills to support good governance, develop strategy and inspire positive change?
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Theatre Script), Newcastle University
Deadline: 24/04/2025 - North East England
The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Theatre Script) 60% FTE, 22.2 hour per week (Teaching and Scholarship).
Development Manager, Ledbury Poetry
Deadline: 11/04/2025 - West Midlands
Are you passionate about supporting the arts, developing strategic partnerships, and driving organisational growth through diverse funding streams? We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Development Manager to join our team at Ledbury Poetry.
Dithering Chaps' Poetry Chapbook Submissions Window
Deadline: 30/09/2025 - International
Dithering Chaps is a Dorset-based, not-for-profit publisher of poetry chapbooks (30-60 pages). Our submissions window is open for ten-page samples of your work. Open to writers worldwide.
Ignitionpress: Open for submissions
Deadline: 21/05/2025 - International
Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre's award-winning poetry pamphlet press ignitionpress is open for submissions from emerging poets until 21 May 2025.
Clydebuilt 18: poetry mentoring programme
Deadline: 26/06/2025 - Scotland
Applications are now open for Clydebuilt 18, a free year-long programme that offers emerging poets the chance to work with an experienced mentor and develop a portfolio of new work.
2025 Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize
Deadline: 14/07/2025 - International
The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize seeks to discover talented writers on contemporary art. The winner of the Prize receives £1,000, their review is published on Burlington Contemporary and they have the opportunity to publish a review of a future contemporary art exhibition in The Burlington Magazine.
Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award
Deadline: 01/07/2025 - International
Each year, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. The competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting.
Film Hub North: Script Lab 2025
Deadline: 20/05/2025 - North East England
Script Lab is back, offering 10 new writers based in the North of England expert guidance and support to turn a short film idea into a ready-to-shoot script.
The Plaza Poetry Prize (40 lines)
Deadline: 31/05/2025 - International
Poems can be in any style or form, but must be in English, and written for adults. Max 40 lines. No theme. Judge: T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize-winner, Georges Szirtes.
Hastings Book Festival Writing Competitions 2025
Deadline: 30/06/2025 - International
Entries are invited for this year's Hastings Book Festival Writing Competitions. The main competition is for writers of short story and poetry and can be on any theme. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world. There are also two prizes for Sussex writers.
The Masters Review: Best Emerging Writers 2025
Deadline: 08/06/2025 - International
The Masters Review’s long-running anthology series returns for the fourteenth year. If you’re a writer of fiction or creative nonfiction who has not yet published a novel or memoir with a major press, this is the contest for you.
Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards – Bonafide Films
Deadline: 09/06/2025 - North East England
Writers across the North of England are invited to submit their work for the Channel 4 Writing for TV Awards. Part of The Northern Writers’ Awards.
The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2026
Deadline: 28/08/2025 - Republic of Ireland
The RSL V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize, supported by ALCS, seeks to find the best unpublished short story of the year. £1,000 Prize. The winning story will also be published in our annual Review magazine alongside works from our Fellowship of celebrated writers.
Call for proposals for The Art of Storytelling Conference (Oxford and Online, May 2025): Deadline extended
Deadline: 20/04/2025 - UK
Proposals are invited by The London Arts-Based Research Centre (LABRC) for its transdisciplinary conference, The Art of Storytelling: Archetypes in Focus, taking place in Oxford and online in May 2025. Deadline extended to April 20.
The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation
Deadline: 11/08/2025 - Republic of Ireland
This translation prize is aimed at new and emerging translators based in the UK and Ireland, whose literary translation work has not yet been published in print.
AIR Literature Västra Götaland Residency Scholarships
Deadline: 23/04/2025 - Europe
Are you a professional writer or translator? Do you need a dedicated space to work? Are you looking for a peaceful environment and inspiration? AIR Literature Västra Götaland is offering 15 residency scholarships in November 2025.
Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025
Deadline: 31/07/2025 - International
Entries can be any theme or genre. A maximum of 3000 words. Open to writers worldwide aged 16 and over. Final Judge: Tyler Paterson.
Creative Bridges 2025: Call for papers
Deadline: 01/05/2025 - International
Lapidus International, the writing for wellbeing community, are welcoming proposals for the Creative Bridges conference.
Walela Books: Call for submissions
Deadline: 30/09/2025 - International
We are excited to announce Walela Books – Bridge House Publishing’s brand new imprint. Home to cutting-edge and genre-bending literary fiction that doesn’t quite fit in the box. Our first publication is out and we are now open to further submissions.
The Hugo Burge Foundation: Grants 2025 (May)
Deadline: 31/05/2025 - Scotland
The Hugo Burge Foundation has launched a new UK-wide grants programme supporting individual artists, apprenticeships, festivals, and creative education. The first round of grant funding opens in May 2025.
BFS Journal #27 Winter 2025 - Call for Submissions: War in Fantasy
Deadline: 31/08/2025 - International
In this special issue we take a hard look at War in Fantasy. Conflict, from skirmishes to mass battles, tavern brawls to planet-wide apocalypses, is a staple of Fantasy.
Raise the Bar - 2025 Writing Retreats
Deadline: 20/04/2025 - South West England
Nurturing, welcoming, affordable writing retreats at beautiful countryside locations. Aimed specifically at writers in South West England. Led by Joelle Taylor, Nikita Gill, Rachel Long, Anthony Anaxagorou and many more world class facilitators.
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A Sense of Place at The Biscuit Factory with Amanda Quinn
Region: North East England
Discover the importance of place in your writing with experienced writer and tutor, Amanda Quinn. Whether you’re writing about real or fantasy worlds, you’ll learn how to create and describe settings in vivid detail. You’ll explore how settings interact with characters and how they can set the mood of a piece of writing.
Hermit Crabs as Queer Forms
Region: International
How do we relate to the containers and structures we live with(in)? How do they change us, and how do we change them? What contradictions come to light when we examine the ways we seek to make home? This four-week course offers space and provocation to write into these questions through a focus on hermit crab essays and their limits & possibilities as queer forms.
Manchester Experimental Poetry and Arts Festival 2025
Region: North West England
Join us for the inaugural Manchester Experimental Poetry and Arts Festival on 17 May 2025 from 1–6 pm at Centenary Gardens, Manchester (M16 9QE). Free entry.
Write What You Know: Characterisation
Region: International
A one-hour online Zoom workshop exploring how to craft authentic, nuanced fictional human beings using a little (ethical) identity theft...
New Writing North: Stories from Life with Richard Benson
Region: International
Do you want to share your experiences and memories, and write powerful stories that people love reading? Would you like to express yourself in a way that means people get to read about the events, places and communities that mean something to you?
Poetry Technique Masterclass Webinars - 3 session series
Region: International
Nine Arches Press poets will lead 3 x 1 hour webinars exploring poetry techniques from traditional form, line breaks and rhythm and using punctuation (or not) in poetry. Monday evenings in June: 9th, 16th and 23rd, 7pm-8pm BST. All 3 sessions for just £45.
Poetry School: Fourteen Lines, Myriad Methods: Experimental Sonnet Studio with James Davies
Region: International
‘Doesn’t sound like no sonnet, my lord’. Sonneteering has proved to be the most popular form of poetry over the last 500 years or so. The twentieth and twenty-first century has seen its reinvention time and time again in staggering ways, suggesting there are no end to the possibilities it has to offer.
Summer term of verse: 7 weekly writing workshops & open mic trip
Region: London
verse is a queer-led creative writing group designed to improve your craft, overcome writer’s block and nourish your creative wellbeing with award-winning poet and playwright, Toby Campion. For complete beginners & experienced writers looking to re-invigorate their practice.
Rebecca Swift Foundation: Women Poets' Webinar - Fusion Poets
Region: UK
Part of the Rebecca Swift Foundation’s two-year By Poets, For Poets programme, these webinars are designed to support women poets at all stages of their journey toward building a fulfilling career. Our next webinar is all about crafting a fulfilling poetry career while pushing artistic boundaries.
Word Factory presents: Small Like a Bullet (2) with Tom Fowler
Region: International
One writer, one story. An in-depth series of exclusive masterclasses on the short story form running until July 2025. The second story in our series is Tom Vowler's V.S Pritchett Prize-winning story, Voyagers.
The 2025 PEN Lecture with Kamila Shamsie
Region: North East England
New Writing North is hosting this year's annual PEN Lecture in Newcastle on 19 June 2025. Home Fire author Kamila Shamsie will be reflecting on the state of free expression in our current era of upheaval and conflict and exploring the hope that the principles of the PEN Charter – from one of the world's oldest human rights organisations – offer for the future. Chaired by Preti Taneja, NCLA.
Arvon Saturday Writing Club (Online)
Region: International
Writing doesn’t have to be a solitary experience. The Saturday Writing Club is your monthly creative check-in - an hour of low-pressure, high-impact writing time with a welcoming community.
Out-Spoken: The Poetry Room, May 2025 - Register Now
Region: International
The Poetry Room is a four-week online mini course facilitated by Anthony Anaxagorou. The purpose of The Poetry Room is to find innovative ways of getting poems up on their feet by leading with a series of distinct prompts focused on certain themes and subjects.
Revisiting ‘A Serious Man’: creative writing workshops with Anna Morvern
Region: International
Summer 2025 series of three workshops on the Coen brothers’ 2009 film, 'A Serious Man'. Participants need to have watched the film before attending the workshops but certainly do not need to be film studies graduates, creative writing experts or similar (open to all). There will be encouragement, but no requirement, to share creative writing produced during the workshops.
Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre: Stratifying Dialects
Region: South East England
Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre is excited to announce 'Stratifying Dialects': a critical-creative symposium about the relationship between environmental memory and poetry that will be taking place at Oxford Brookes University on Wednesday 7 May 2025 from 10am-4.30pm.
Launceston Poetry Festival 2025
Region: South West England
The Charles Causley Trust presents the first-ever Launceston Poetry Festival, taking place from Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June 2025 in the beautiful Cornish town of Launceston, the beloved home of poet Charles Causley.
The Story in a Song
Region: International
Find the music in your writing with this four-part weekly workshop series throughout June at The Joy of Fixion. Immerse yourself in a varied playlist and use writing exercises to inspire stories, characters, settings and ideas.
Neurodivergent Creatives: This Is for You
Region: International
Divergent Creatives is now open for registration. This three-month programme is designed to help you, as a neurodivergent writer, build a sustainable and joyful creative practice that truly works for your unique needs. Follow your writing dreams without burnout, stress, or guilt, and create from a place of freedom and authenticity.
Meet Me in the Estuary: Writing as Ecotone
Region: International
The workshop will draw on specific bodies of water that have shaped its development, while extending invitations to engage with the liminal bodies of water that speak most to you.
Creative Writing Kickstart at The Biscuit Factory with Amanda Quinn
Region: North East England
Whether you’re new to creative writing or a writer wanting fresh inspiration, this workshop will encourage and support you to get writing and stay motivated.
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