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** Writing in Education Issue 95 – Online Now **
In this issue: calls for the return of handwriting and for using poetry across the curriculum, details of the NAWE Online Conference 2025, and more. Plus the return of Writing in Education's fiction section.
Download Issue 95 here (Member access only - please remember to log in)
English: Shared Futures 2025 - Are you planning to attend?
If you plan to attend this year's English: Shared Futures conference celebrating the joys of reading, writing, and language in York on 3-5 July 2025, we'd like to hear from you as we're looking at the possibility of organising an adhoc NAWE session that you might like to take part in. Please email admin@nawe.co.uk with your details.
NAWE Online Conference 2025: Inspiring Writing
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 November 2025, Online
Call for proposals - Six weeks to go!
We're looking forward to receiving your proposals for presentations and workshops for this year's NAWE Online Conference around our theme of 'Inspiring Writing'. It's a great opportunity to showcase, inform and inspire, whatever your setting or level you're at. If you missed last week's guidance session on proposal writing, email admin@nawe.co.uk for the recording. Deadline for submissions: 31 May 2025.
NAWE Creative Writing PhD Network Meet Up (April 2025)
Registration is open via Eventbrite for our next online gathering on Monday 28 April at 4-5.30pm which will be exploring the challenges of wider life that often impact our Creative Writing PhDs. Current PhD students, teachers and the PhD-curious all welcome.
NAWE Publication Deadlines
Writing in Education Issue 96: Please submit by 20 August 2025.
NAWE’s Writing in Practice: The Journal of Creative Writing Research (Special issue exploring innovative and reflective approaches to creative writing pedagogy across all educational contexts): Please submit by midnight (GMT), 26 January 2026.
News around the sector
The Society of Authors has announced the results of its survey into authors’ views on the Government’s consultation on Copyright and AI.
For more NAWE news and updates from around the writing world, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter
Ministry of Stories is Recruiting: 2x Writing Facilitators - Community Writing Labs
Deadline: 09/06/2025 - London
We're looking for two ambitious, creative and inspirational Writing Facilitators to bring writing power to the children and young people in our Community Writing Labs.
Digital Marketing Executive, Booker Prize Foundation
Deadline: 09/06/2025 - London
We are looking for a passionate and committed Digital Marketing Executive to develop and create best-in-class social media content and community management for the Booker Prizes’ social media channels
Chair of the Board, Nottingham City of Literature
Deadline: 04/07/2025 - East Midlands
We are looking for a new Chair of the Board of Trustees. The new Chair will be joining us at an exciting and important time as we celebrate 10 years as a UNESCO City of Literature and develop our next five-year strategy.
Marketing and Communications, Wigtown Festival Company
Deadline: 02/06/2025 - Scotland
Wigtown Festival Company is seeking to commission a Marketing and Communications professional to support our activity and delivery of the annual Wigtown Book Festival.
Public Programmes Manager, Exeter UNESCO City of Literature
Deadline: 31/08/2025 - South West England
Join us to shape bold, inclusive programmes that celebrate Exeter and Devon as a region of stories, culture, and creativity. This role is 4 days per week, primarily based in our Exeter office.
Subject Leader - Creative Writing (0.4 FTE), West Dean
Deadline: 01/06/2025 - South East England
West Dean College is seeking an outstanding Subject Leader in Creative Writing to lead and develop our validated Graduate Diploma, MA, and MFA Creative Writing programmes.
Communications Manager, Spread the Word
Deadline: 10/06/2025 - London
Our mission is to help London’s underrepresented writers get their work into the world, and to connect communities to words and stories. The Communications Manager is responsible for our all communications and channels, including social media, our website and newsletter.
Learning Facilitator - Leeds, The British Library
Deadline: 27/05/2025 - Yorkshire
Could you bring the British Library to life for pupils and teachers at schools in Leeds? We’re looking for someone to deliver collections-based, curriculum-focused workshops.
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University College Cork
Deadline: 27/05/2025 - Republic of Ireland
The School of English and Digital Humanities at UCC wishes to appoint an experienced writer and academic to the role of Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing.
Writing West Midlands: Spark Young Writers are Recruiting Assistant Writers
Deadline: 06/06/2025 - West Midlands
Volunteer with the Spark Young Writers team and be part of delivering 190 children’s writing workshops across the region. With a mix of in-person and online groups, you can support your local community, or join our writers on Zoom from your living room!
Programmes and Partnerships Manager (London), First Story
Deadline: 27/05/2025 - London
This post plays a key role in delivering First Story's Young Writers Programme in London. The successful candidate will ensure that the programme is delivered at a consistently high level, and support First Story to increase its reach and profile as a cultural organisation.
Raising Voices Project Co-ordinator, MK Literary Festival
Deadline: 18/05/2025 - South East England
MKLitFest, Milton Keynes` premier literary festival, is recruiting an experienced project co-ordinator to oversee our Raising Voices Community Programme.
Partnerships Officer, First Story
Deadline: 27/05/2025 - London
We are seeking a proactive and highly organised individual with excellent communication skills and experience of researching, establishing and maintaining corporate and philanthropic relationships for this exciting new post.
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.
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.
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025
Deadline: 31/07/2025 - International
Poems (max 40 lines) on any theme are invited from young poets aged 11-17 living anywhere in the world. This year's judges are Colette Bryce and Will Harris. Free to enter.
Novel Studio 2025: New Format & Final Deadline
Deadline: 30/05/2025 - International
City St George's University's prestigious Novel Studio programme is now accepting applications for 2025, with a final deadline of 30 May.
Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award 2025
Deadline: 31/08/2025 - International
Britain’s biggest flash fiction prize. £2,000 prize for stories on any topic up to 250 words. Open to writers worldwide.
Writing Magazine Grand Prize 2025
Deadline: 30/06/2025 - International
Win up to £1,000 in the Writing Magazine 2025 Grand Prize, our open competition for your short stories (max 2,000 words) in any form, on any topic.
Applications Open for the Fifth Genesis Emerging Writers’ Programme
Deadline: 30/06/2025 - UK
With mentors including Thomas Harding, Adam Kammerling, Kate Worsley and Olivia Sudjic, the celebrated Genesis Emerging Writers’ Programme supports UK writers across fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
The Leicester Writes Short Story Prize 2025
Deadline: 25/07/2025 - International
Leicester Writes Short Story prize is an international short story competition open to published and unpublished writers. Set up in 2017, the prize is managed by small independent publisher Dahlia Books.
The Aurora Prize for Writing 2025
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.
Young Walter Scott Prize 2025
Deadline: 31/10/2025 - UK
Entries are invited for this year's Young Walter Scott Prize, a UK-wide competition for writers aged from 11 to 19 with an interest in historical fiction.
The Saltires: Scotland’s National Book Awards 2025
Deadline: 01/06/2025 - Scotland
The Saltires: Scotland’s National Book Awards 2025 are open for entries for fiction, non-fiction and poetry titles published between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025 by writers born and/or resident in Scotland. Work by debut writers is invited in each category in addition to general submissions.
Stanley Arts & Apples and Snakes: Scratch Lab
Deadline: 30/05/2025 - London
Apply now for Scratch Lab, a free performance development programme for early-career poets, rappers, and lyricists aged 18–35 led by world-class artists.
World of Books Sustainable Story Award
Deadline: 06/07/2025 - UK
World of Books has launched the Sustainable Story Award celebrating authors across fiction, non-fiction and children's literature who engage with urgent environmental and social themes. Free to enter.
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025
Deadline: 30/11/2025 - International
The Bath Children’s Novel Award is a £5,000 international prize for children’s novels, YA, chapter books and picture book texts.
The Astley Prize 2025
Deadline: 30/06/2025 - International
Nairn Book & Arts Festival has launched The Astley Prize, a new short story competition honouring the memory of Veyatie Astley, a talented young writer. A celebration of bold, original storytelling, it is open to writers worldwide aged 16 and over.
Spread the Word Developing Tutors Programme 2025-26
Deadline: 23/06/2025 - London
Spread the Word's Developing Tutors Programme offers London-based writers a paid opportunity to teach their first creative writing workshop. Following a successful run of seven workshops in 2024-25, it will be opening applications in late May to run seven more workshops from September 2025 to February 2026.
National Theatre New Views Playwriting Programme: Apply Now
Deadline: 09/06/2025 - UK
New Views is the National Theatre’s year-long playwriting programme for students aged 14–19. Each participating school is paired with a professional playwright who works directly with students to help them develop and write their own original short plays.
The Novelry launches 'The Next Big Story' Writing Competition
Deadline: 31/07/2025 - International
The Novelry, the online fiction writing school, has launched a new writing contest, ‘The Next Big Story’. Designed to discover fresh literary talent, the competition will award one winner £75,000 along with a year of support from The Novelry team to develop their idea for a novel into a fully realised fiction book.
Presence: Call for submissions
Deadline: 31/05/2025 - UK
Presence, Britain's leading haiku journal, is seeking haiku (including senryu), tanka, haibun, other haiku-related poetry, and relevant essays for its July issue.
The Owl Returns - Applications Now Open for Its 4th Edition
Deadline: 30/06/2025 - International
The 4th International Screenwriting Development Workshop from the Athens Film Office, 'The Owl', returns with a refreshed format, inviting both Greek and international screenwriters to Athens on 4 - 7 October 2025.
The Passionfruit Review: Here and Now 2025: Call for submissions
Deadline: 07/06/2025 - International
The Passionfruit Review is, first and foremost, a place for love poetry. In this contest, it is calling for love poems that engage with the world around us, with the here and now.
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Writing for Wellbeing Workshop (June 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: Water – Going with the Flow.
Read Write Express – Writing for Wellbeing and self-awareness (June 2025)
Region: International
Read Write Express offers writing for wellbeing workshops for adults who wish to explore writing as a means of improving wellbeing, gaining confidence and moving forward with life.
Poems for Family & Loved ones with Jonathan Edwards
Region: International
Celebrating and exploring those we are close to is one of the key reasons people read poetry - and one of the reasons we write it.
Want to come to Ireland and write?
Region: Republic of Ireland
Not only but also enjoy live traditional Irish music and dance performances, visit an intriguing island with a guide, step inside a castle and be part of a writing workshop inside a 19th century thatched cottage on the beautiful ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ coastline.
The Poetry of Grief & Transformation with Romalyn Ante
Region: International
This two-session Zoom workshop invites participants to explore the profound themes of loss, healing, and transformation. Let’s journey from loss to light through the mindful practice of reading and writing poetry.
The Poetry Business: Workshops in June
Region: International
Coming up from The Poetry Business in June are workshops with Shash Trevett, Kathryn Simmonds, Liz Berry, Rachel Long, Robert Hamberger and many more.
2025 Manchester Writing School Summer Festival
Region: North West England
This four-day intensive course is designed to give participants a taste of life in the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University, one of the UK’s most successful literary centres, and home to one of the country’s largest postgraduate English and Creative Writing communities.
Curtis Brown Creative: Join our new one-to-one Mentoring Programme
Region: International
Having provided mentoring for its alumni for some years, Curtis Brown Creative is now rolling out its new one-to-one mentoring programme that is open to all. Get expert, individual guidance as you write and edit your novel, memoir or non-fiction project. 3/6/9 Months | Zoom or In Person | £1,700.
Beyond Form: The Bird That Brings Hope: Building Interspecies Solidarity with Radha Patel
Region: International
The Bird That Brings Hope is a creative writing workshop following the story of the ‘Chitibuck’ - a blue feathered bird that lives on the Planet Luz. In the lore of our galaxy, its duty is to travel to other planets and collect the hopes of different species, and keep them in its stomach. When it dies, these hopes nourish the sacred ground beneath our feet. In 2025, the Chitibuck arrives in the UK.
Reimagining Snow White — An Online Creative Writing Workshop with Deborah Martin
Region: International
Bring your own version of Snow White to life in this supportive creative writing workshop.
Arvon Online Writing Week: The Essay with Amy Key and Eli Goldstone
Region: International
Join Amy Key and Eli Goldstone to explore the many forms a literary essay can take – from memoir and creative non-fiction to literary journalism and the lyric essay. You’ll consider voice, narrative shape, and the ethics of writing about others while writing about yourself.
The Literary Consultancy: Synopsis Surgery with Joe Sedgwick
Region: International
Condensing an entire book into a single side of A4 is no easy task. But it is possible. Join TLC’s Head of Writing Services Joe Sedgwick for this free live webinar and learn how to write a synopsis that will catch the attention of a literary agent.
#SoAatHome: How to build your personal brand with Ronke Lawal
Region: UK
Join Public Relations specialist Ronke Lawal for this interactive and engaging session for authors and creatives to learn how to boost their personal profiles and maintain visibility with their readers and target audience.
European Poetry Festival 2025
Region: East England
The UK’s biggest celebration of continental poetry presents a celebration of words, avant-garde performance and the potentials of collaboration to a bustling audience in the heart of the city.
Writers Online: The Neurodivergent Writer's Toolkit with Amanda Marples
Region: International
Getting to the page and staying there can be tough for any writer, whether you are an academic, novelist, poet or freelancer. If you are neurodivergent (or think you might be), it can be even tougher, and there are good reasons for that.
Write a Podcast Drama in Five Weeks with award-winning writer Helen Cross
Region: International
Join my online classroom and write a complete audio podcast drama over five weekly two-hour long sessions in June 2025. These live, interactive online classes will introduce you to the industry of audio drama and allow you to learn the skills necessary to write drama for radio and podcasts.
Beyond Form: Writing with non-monogamy with Sam Amsler and Ruth Charnock
Region: International
How can writing undo monogamous ways of thinking, being, doing and relating?
Moniack Mhor Online Masterclass: Inhabiting your Fiction with Cynan Jones
Region: International
Use the words you already have on the page to unlock story and bring more authentic detail to your work.
Ty Newydd : Writing YA Fiction: From idea to first draft with Danielle Jawando & Emma Smith-Barton
Region: Wales
From idea to first draft, this course is designed to help you with the entire process of writing compelling and original young adult fiction.
New Writing South: The Playwright’s Toolkit with Testament
Region: UK
Join acclaimed writer Testament to explore the medium of playwriting, focusing on engaging an audience and developing a layered storytelling practice that has something to say about the world.
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