Events

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Tue 1 Sep 2026

Brunel University has launched a brand new Master’s in Creative Writing for Marketing. This is the only postgraduate course in the UK offering a fusion of these two disciplines. Graduates will leave with a unique set of skills that sets them apart in the competitive jobs market. Read more...

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Wed 1 Jul 2026

Bookings are now open for the Spark Young Writers 2025-2026 programme offering young people aged 8-17 across West Midlands the opportunity to take part in a fun, creative writing group led by a professional writer either in person or online. Read more...

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Mon 31 Aug 2026

The MA English Literature & Creative Writing recognises creativity as a critical act and criticism as always creative. You will study a varied range of English Literature with the option of an Advanced Creative Writing Workshop for those who wish to publish in professional contexts. There's also a 25% discount for Hope alumni who got a first or 2.1. degree. Read more...

Sat 13 Sep 2025 to Sat 27 Jun 2026

A monthly creative writing workshop - September 2025 to June 2026 - exploring the craft of short fiction through prompts, structure, and supportive critique. Read more...

Mon 22 Sep 2025 to Mon 19 Jan 2026

Through a blend of engaging lessons, interactive exercises, and practical assignments, this 18-week course is ideal for helping you to write and refine your personal memoir. Read more...

Mon 22 Sep 2025 to Thu 12 Feb 2026

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. Read more...

Tue 23 Sep 2025 to Tue 24 Mar 2026

Our first six-month writing memoir course for the serious writer, with access to some of the biggest names in publishing. Read more...

Sat 4 Oct 2025 to Sat 7 Mar 2026

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. Read more...

Wed 8 Oct 2025 to Wed 4 Feb 2026

Find a fresher, more relatable teenage voice, and new ways of coming at the big issues in Young Adult fiction with hands-on support from a world-leading YA writer. Read more...

Fri 24 Oct 2025 to Sat 20 Jun 2026

Oxford Playwriting is recruiting writers for its new Foundation Course for new and aspiring playwrights starting October 2025. Tutors: Renata Allen and Ed Rowett. Read more...

Wed 29 Oct 2025 to Thu 31 Dec 2026

Connect with nature and your work-in-progress on a self-led writer’s retreat at the Writers’ Cabin, situated just three miles outside Machynlleth, mid Wales.  Read more...

Sat 22 Nov 2025 to Sat 7 Feb 2026

Jane Commane will be running two in person workshops in Malvern, Worcestershire in November 2025 and January-February 2026: Wild Winter Writing and Spring Course: Joy in the Detail. Read more...

Thu 11 Dec 2025 to Thu 26 Feb 2026

Apples and Snakes On:line is our brand-new series of wintertime masterclasses from Malika Booker, Kate Ireland, Keisha Thompson, Testament, John Hegley, Kate Fox, Michael Rosen, Bradley Taylor, and Kareem Parkins Brown. Take time out from the busy festive season and cold nights by developing your craft in these online sessions. Read more...

Thu 1 Jan 2026 to Fri 31 Dec 2027

Screen Academy Scotland, part of Edinburgh Napier University, is launching a brand new online version of our long-running and highly-regarded MA Screenwriting programme. Read more...

Thu 1 Jan 2026 to Tue 31 Mar 2026

The Poetry School has launched its Spring Term Programme. Line up of talented tutors includes Jess Traynor, Fran Lock, Anthony Anaxagorou, Rachel Long and many more!  Read more...

Mon 5 Jan 2026 to Sat 10 Jan 2026

A four day/ five night Creative Retreat facilitated by Sarah Hymas & Katherine Zeserson. Read more...

Mon 5 Jan 2026 to Wed 1 Apr 2026

2026 marks 35 years of the Irish Writers Centre, which was founded in 1991. We're delighted to unveil our first batch of new creative writing courses from January onwards, covering a huge range of interests and for writers at every stage of their journey. Read more...

Tue 6 Jan 2026 to Tue 28 Apr 2026

Launching in January 2026, Out-Spoken Press and Out-Spoken Academy will join forces to bring you the Hyperfocus online poetry course. Spanning a four-month period with eight of the UK’s best tutors, the programme will draw on the four themes of grief, parents, resistance and eros. Read more...

Tue 6 Jan 2026 to Tue 10 Feb 2026

Beyond Meaning: The Unconscious Life of a Poem is a six-week online interdisciplinary poetry writing course taught by award-winning poet Anthony Anaxagorou (FRSL).  Read more...

Wed 7 Jan 2026 to Wed 4 Feb 2026

Discover how to write and sell feature articles for newspapers and magazines with freelance journalist Caroline Butterwick. Read more...

Wed 7 Jan 2026 to Wed 7 Jan 2026

This free, online monthly series of creative writing workshops uses collections from Europeana.eu as inspiration for writing prompts. The sessions take place on the first Wednesday of each month at 15:00-16:00 CEST (14:00-15:00 UK time) and each has its own theme so there are always new stories to be created!  Read more...

Wed 7 Jan 2026 to Sat 5 Dec 2026

Do You Have A Story You’re Burning To Tell? Would you love to write a script, and hear it read by professional actors? This will be the sixth year of Scriptease, the highly successful, year-long scriptwriting program, facilitated by two professional writers and lecturers, Sara Clifford and Lisa Fulthorpe. Book by 5th January. Read more...

Mon 12 Jan 2026 to Sat 17 Jan 2026

Start your year with an untutored retreat at Moniack Mhor and give yourself time and space to focus on your project. Read more...

Wed 14 Jan 2026 to Wed 14 Jan 2026

The purpose of the PhD Supervisors' Discussion Café is to create an informal peer to peer environment for supervisors - both academic and non-academic - to be able to (a) share best practice in PhD supervision, (b) crowd-source ideas and solutions to challenges, and (c) network. We're holding an online launch event on the 14th January 2026, 12noon-1pm. Read more...

Wed 14 Jan 2026 to Thu 12 Feb 2026

Join us for 30 days of writing, with online lessons, tasks and tips to help you find focus and get to your desk every day. Read more...

Wed 14 Jan 2026 to Wed 14 Jan 2026

Our first NAWE Members Meet-Up of 2026 takes place on Wednesday 14 January and will be a chance to meet the new chairs, discuss the future of NAWE, and catch up with what fellow Members are doing.  Read more...

Mon 19 Jan 2026 to Tue 28 Jul 2026

Our flagship course is designed to support aspiring fiction writers to develop their craft over six months. Online and in person options. Apply by 30 November and save £100 on January iterations if your application is successful. Read more...

Tue 20 Jan 2026 to Tue 24 Mar 2026

Pathways Through Poetry is a new Poetry School programme, aimed at increasing access to the poetry world and to give students a thorough grounding in the craft of writing poetry. Read more...

Tue 20 Jan 2026 to Tue 23 Jun 2026

A six-month online course for creative makers, writers and thinkers to explore the material and conceptual dynamics of line through making, thinking, writing, feedback & reflection. Early Bird prices end: 15th December 2025. Read more...

Wed 21 Jan 2026 to Fri 26 Jun 2026

Are you an artist, writer, poet or researcher in need of structure, accountability, online feedback & support? This group is for you! Early Bird prices end: 15th December 2025. Read more...