We are looking for new and aspiring writers from working-class and lower income backgrounds who are resident in the UK to take part in A Writing Chance. Deadline approaching - apply by 26th March.
We’re looking for fresh perspectives and great stories from people whose voices have historically not been heard in publishing and the media.
This UK-wide project is co-funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and supported by media partners New Statesman and Daily Mirror. The project is delivered by New Writing North and literature organisations nationally, with research from Northumbria University.
We especially welcome submissions from people who face intersecting challenges from historic under-representation in the media, including but not limited to those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic, disabled and/or any other historically marginalised backgrounds. You must be over the age of 18 on 31st March 2021 to enter.
The work submitted for this programme may be journalism, non-fiction or fiction. We do not accept poetry or work in translation.
Writers who have published a full-length work with a publisher such as a poetry collection, novel or memoir are not eligible to apply for this programme.
Each successful applicant (ten spaces) will receive:
A bursary of £1,500 to participate in the project
One-to-one mentoring with an experienced writer or journalist
An invitation to Insight Days with the media partners, either in person or online
Publication with byline (in print or online) by one of the media partners, including the Daily Mirror or New Statesman, or broadcast as a podcast.
Find out more here
Deadline: Friday 26 March 2021 at 6pm