Deadline: 27/06/2025 - North East England
Mslexia are looking to appoint a freelance research assistant to work with us on a short-term freelance basis to support with research and listings for the 5th edition Indie Press Guide.

Deadline: 07/07/2025 - London
The role of Learning Manager is to lead on Arvon’s under-18’s programme, recruiting new schools and groups to attend residentials as well as coordinate in-school and one-day visits to Arvon’s three writing houses.

Deadline: 04/07/2025 - Scotland
StAnza International Poetry Festival is looking for a skilled and creative communicator with a passion for literature and experience in traditional and digital marketing & communications.

Deadline: 03/07/2025 - Wales
The Ty Newydd Writing Centre Manager is responsible for managing the centre on a day-to-day basis. This is a 10-month fixed-term contract (adoption leave).

Deadline: 16/06/2025 - South East England
The University of Surrey is delighted to announce a renewal of the Surrey Poetry Fellowship, as part of the institution’s longstanding commitment to establishing Guildford as a centre for the creation, performance, publication and study of poetry.

Deadline: 14/06/2025 - Republic of Ireland
Founded in 2016, the Republic of Consciousness supports small presses across the UK and Republic of Ireland. We're now rebranding as The Small Press Fiction Prize, with exciting plans to collaborate with Queen Mary University of London, and are looking for a proactive and organised Prize Administrator to support this next phase.

Deadline: 19/06/2025 - East England
An opportunity has arisen for a Lecturer to join the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing on a fixed-term basis to contribute towards teaching on our world-renowned Creative Writing degree programmes.

Deadline: 30/06/2025 - East England
National Centre for Writing are looking for a Senior Finance Officer to support us in the smooth, timely and efficient running of our finance function.

Deadline: 30/06/2025 - London
Ministry of Stories are on the hunt for four early career Writing Facilitators in London to join a 12-month paid trainee programme, offering a structured year of training and mentoring to help you inspire the next generation of young writers.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Deadline: 31/07/2025 - Republic of Ireland
Calling MFL, EAL and English teachers! Bring creative translation into the classroom this summer with the Stephen Spender Prize 2025. Free entry for all young people and teachers in the UK and Ireland.

Deadline: 21/09/2025 - International
This scholarship will award one talented speculative writer with limited financial means a place on our new nine-week online Writing Fantasy course.

Deadline: 31/08/2025 - UK
The HW Fisher Novel-Writing Scholarship will award one talented writer of colour a free place on our three-month Writing Your Novel course with teaching in London.

Deadline: 25/07/2025 - Scotland
Literature Alliance Scotland is Scotland's largest network of literature organisations. We are excited to offer direct support to five established writers currently resident in Scotland. We have funds to award 5 x £3,000 bursaries for work-in-progress.

Deadline: 05/09/2025 - International
To mark HiVis Fortnight 2025, Calibre Audio has relaunched the Inclusive Voices Short Story Competition – a celebration of creativity, accessibility, and diverse storytelling. Craft a story of up to 550 words that includes at least one of our themes: Audio, Braille, and Community. Open to all.

Deadline: 29/06/2025 - International
The Masters Review is once again asking for your previously published work! Returning for the third year, the 2025 Reprint Prize is open for submissions of previously published prose (under 6,000 words). Any fiction or creative nonfiction published prior to June 1, 2024, is eligible.

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.

Deadline: 23/07/2025 - South West England
Are you a writer aged 11-16 years? We are looking for young writers in any genre or form to be part of our mentoring programme and take your writing to the next level!

Deadline: 31/08/2025 - International
The Kindle Storyteller Award is a £20,000 literary prize recognising outstanding writing. It is open to writers aged 18 or over publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing.

Deadline: 31/10/2025 - International
The competition, run by The Poetry Society since 1978, is one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for a single unpublished poem. This year's judging panel includes Denise Saul, Ian Duhig and Susannah Dickey. Open to all poets worldwide aged 18+.

Deadline: 01/07/2025 - UK
There is only one week left to apply for an Arvon Low Income Grant. If financial barriers prevent you from attending an Arvon residential or online course, you can apply for a grant up to the full course fee.

Deadline: 01/07/2025 - International
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.

Deadline: 14/07/2025 - West Midlands
Applications are open for the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence bursary at award-winning theatre company, Pentabus.

Deadline: 11/08/2025 - International
'Leaf Journal On Writing for Young People' is an online conference, this year on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st November 2025, that brings together scholar-practitioners in the field. Our Call for Papers is now open.

Deadline: 08/07/2025 - Scotland
The Popcorn Writing Award is the only award celebrating new writing at the Edinburgh Fringe. The award offers a £6,000 prize fund pot that goes directly to writers recognised for their notable, ground-breaking scripts.

Deadline: 15/10/2025 - International
Now in our 12th year of competition, we are an Edinburgh-based, international award for unpublished and self-published novelists in all genres for adults and YA.

Deadline: 31/07/2025 - International
Bending the Arc publishes, stories, poems and features that bend the arc of the possible towards a thriving future on Earth. Thrutopian writing imagines ways through to a world we could live in and be glad to leave to future generations. It tells stories about tangible change and walks us along the challenging path from here and now to a hopeful, liveable tomorrow.

Deadline: 20/06/2025 - International
Creative writers: have you used letters to inform your writing? Have you written epistolary fiction, memoir, or poetry? Has your work been informed by the epistolary writing of another author? We welcome individual paper presentations, round table discussions, or creative responses on letters and literature for Letters and Literature 1500-2025, a free online only conference organised by The Open University taking place on 5-7 November 2025.

Deadline: 17/11/2025 - International
To mark the 50th anniversary of P G Wodehouse’s death in 2025, the P G Wodehouse Society (UK) has launched its second essay prize competition open to everyone, everywhere. A prize of £750 will be awarded to the winner of the competition.

Deadline: 31/07/2025 - UK
The P D James Memorial Fund offers regular payments to a small number of Society of Authors members who find themselves in financial hardship. It is currently accepting applications.

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.

Region: London
Are you an aspiring editor? Do you want to learn how to shape a writer’s manuscript? Edit Academy, an intimate full day in person event held by TLC in partnership with Writers & Artists (W&A), presents an unmissable chance to learn from industry professionals and focus on the core skills required to take a book from first to final draft.

Region: Yorkshire
In person event at The Conservatory, Scampston Walled Garden, Malton, Yorkshire, hosted by The Bothies – a registered charity. This month's theme: Time – The Course of Life.

Region: London
as your novel or story stalled? Join Keith Ridgway for this new intensive course to reinvigorate, enthuse, unblock and get you writing again. Starts 11 August.

Region: International
In this two-session workshop, Mandy shows you how to create depth and layers to your poems as well as looking at current trends in poetry.

Region: West Midlands
Presented by the Big Brum in partnership with the National Association for Environmental Education – UK and the Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust.

Region: International
This is a course for those wanting to progress longer writing projects aiming to offer momentum, goal-setting, trouble-shooting, feedback on writing, actual writing time plus a sense of community for writers.

Region: Yorkshire
Suitable for writers interested in writing for children, whether you are just starting out or have a story ready to submit, we're excited to welcome Caryl Hart, who has written countless books for children, for a special Children's Writers Masterclass.

Region: South East England
A creative writing journey into deeper nature connection.

Region: International
Plan your autumn and enjoy your summer! Created by the National Centre for Writing and the University of East Anglia, these courses offer regular assignment feedback from your expert tutor. Whether you're drawn to fiction or non-fiction, genre or general, you'll have the flexibility to write and study at your own pace — from anywhere in the world, starting this September. NAWE member discount - get £50 off.

Region: Scotland
Join us for a glorious week of serious play and playful seriousness on the page. We invite new writers, and perhaps those who have taken some time away from their writing, for a generative week with us, a chance to produce lots of exciting new material.

Region: International
Play, emotion and instinct: narrative non-fiction’s secret weapons. Join award-winning author and science communicator Sophie Pavelle for an inspiring, interactive Masterclass that dives into the art of storytelling to deliver facts, information and thought with power and style.

Region: International
In this creative writing workshop you will learn what psychic distance is, how it can bring your writing to the next level, and – most importantly – how to put it into practice.

Region: London
In this one-day workshop to mark the half-century of one of the most influential films ever made, we will analyse scenes, discuss technique, tease out themes, look at Jaws poems, explore personal reactions, and write new work in response to this enduring leviathan of modern cinema.

Region: International
Join award-winning poet Liz Berry for a playful generative 5-week poetry course about seeking inspiration from the worlds of music, visual art, movement, architecture, mapping and history.

Region: International
This course is aimed at writers with a body of non-fiction (small or large) that they are hoping to polish for publication.

Region: South East England
Five full-day creative writing workshops for adults on Saturdays in Oxford in August. These one-day writing workshops are filled with creative, practical exercises to discover new ideas and use them immediately. All the workshops are multi-level (suitable for both beginners and experienced writers) and for most workshops you can choose to create new ideas or to develop a work in progress.

Region: International
One writer, one story. The final in-depth masterclass in our four-month series on the short story form. Join award-winning author Sophie Haydock for a unique masterclass, diving deep into A.S. Byatt’s Medusa’s Ankles from her collection, The Matisse Stories (Vintage).

Region: London
New introductory and advanced courses on bibliotherapy and the art of reading for wellbeing starting this autumn plus a guided literary walk around Spitalfields and Brick Lane this July.

Region: International
Use illustrations and imagery from the cultural heritage collections available on Europeana.eu to explore fairy tales and food, from hunger and longing, to challenge and transformation. Write in any language. No experience necessary.