Open to emerging writers over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer.
Applicants should be working, or planning to work, on a specific project, with the aim of publication, and should be committed to participating fully in all sessions offered by the programme.
The theme for the 2021 programme is ‘Beginnings’. The project that you intend to work on during the time of the programme must refer to this theme.
Ten awards are available, providing each successful applicant with up to eight hours of one-to-one mentoring over the course of nine months, as well as ten 90-minute masterclasses, peer support sessions and a bursary of up to £1,500.
The programme runs from 1 July 2021 to 1 March 2022.
Find out more here
Deadline: 11.59pm on 31 May 2021