Yorkshire Writers' Newsletter
November 2013
Welcome to our latest newsletter and a big
"Hello" to our many new subscribers!
We're now covering the whole of Yorkshire - we hope to encourage,
support, advise and promote writers and creative writing throughout the
whole region and we can only do this with your help - we need and welcome
your details of events, writing groups, courses, workshops, open mics, in
fact anything to do with creative writing. If you have anything that you
would like us to publicise then please send the details to us at this
address: info@writingyorkshire.org - we'll be
happy to pass the details on via the newsletter or our website. If you
know of anyone that you think may be interested in the newsletter then
please do forward a copy on to them.
NEWS
Northern Writers’ Awards now open for submissions
£40,000 of prizes and support available to talented writers in the north
of England
Deadline for
submissions: Friday 17 January 2014, 5pm
New Writing North is delighted to announce that the Northern Writers’ Awards
are now open for submissions. The Northern Writers’ Awards were
established in 2000 as a pioneering programme that aimed to support both
new and established writers in the pursuit of their creative ambitions.
Since then the awards have supported over 150 writers, many of whom have
gone on to achieve publication of their work in the UK and
internationally.
Originally open only to writers in the North East, the awards, thanks to
the support of Northumbria University, are now open to writers in the North
East, North West and Yorkshire. The awards support writers of prose,
poetry, creative non-fiction and children’s fiction. From this year there
will also be a new programme of awards for young writers: the Cuckoo
Young Writers Award and the Matthew Hale Award.
For new writers, winning a Northern Writers’ Award helps to get them
noticed by agents and publishers and lifts them onto the first rung of
the ladder towards publication. For more established writers, awards can
buy precious time to undertake a new project or to support work in
progress that has not yet been commissioned. The support that winning
writers receive includes cash awards alongside mentoring, editorial
feedback and support and help with professional development within the
writing industry.
For more information and to enter, go to www.northernwritersawards.com
Wanted - Young Writers!
Barnsley’s very own group for young writers, has been meeting up since
January 2009 and is part of a support network for the development of
writing across South Yorkshire.
Do you know any young people aged 13-19
years who might be interested in joining? They will be made very welcome
at our start up session on Monday
November 18th (5-7pm, Barnsley Central
Library, Shambles Street, Barnsley) or, to join at a later date then just
email Sue for details of the next session: sueshaw@btinternet.com
Barnsley Young
Writers (BYW)
take part in creative workshops and projects aimed at inspiring new
writing by exploring ideas, themes, prompts and ways of working. Stories,
poems, diary entries, letters, characters, descriptions, prose,
dialogues, monologues and soap operas have emerged from diverse starting
points; including recycled text, ‘celebrity’ points of view, the 5
senses, objects, images, headlines, horoscopes, real or imagined
locations and borrowed plots.
BYW have taken part
in several major creative projects, including an exhibition of writing
and art work at The POD in Barnsley town centre and the production of a
booklet,‘Reflections’. In 2011 the group explored the themes of ‘Precious
Cargo’, by working on location at Canon Hall and Wentworth Castle to
discover plants and the stories behind them. This culminated in a poetry
tour reading around the gardens and woods at Wentworth Castle.
Residentials, open mic sessions and the ‘Pick Up Your Pens’ young
writers' festivals have also provided opportunities for Barnsley’s young
writers to link up with others across South Yorkshire.
Poetry Business Weekly Book Sale
The Poetry Business book sale continues throughout November. Come to our
offices in Bank Street Arts any time between midday and 6pm to get big
discounts on selected Smith|Doorstop books and pamphlets and back issues
of The North.
Sale items are half price and three-for-two — e.g. a pamphlet (usually
£5) is £2.50, or three for £5.
You are also more than welcome to stop by just to browse or to read the
copies of the other poetry magazines we keep in our writing room.
Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS
Tel: 0114 346 3037 / www.poetrybusiness.co.uk
The Free Read Scheme Returns
Do you want some professional feedback on your writing? If you do then
Writing Yorkshire, in partnership with The Literary Consultancy, may be
able to help through our Free Reads scheme.
Writing Yorkshire is delighted to announce that we will again be offering
free feedback on manuscripts this autumn, through our participation in
The Literary Consultancy's Free Reads scheme. The scheme allows writers
from our region to receive expert feedback from a team of freelance
readers who are selected by The Literary Consultancy for their experience
as writers and/or readers for publishers and literary agents.
To be eligible to apply for a Free Read, you need to be over 16, living
in Yorkshire and on a low income. Unfortunately, writers who are
currently on creative writing programmes (e.g. the MA in Creative Writing
at SHU) are not eligible to apply. The process is simple. Initially, we
will ask for a sample of your writing and a paragraph which gives us more
information about you as a writer, what you hope to get out of the scheme
and why you think you qualify to take part. The sample of writing should
be no more than 5 pages long and can include either poems, scripts or
fiction, in the case of novels, there should also be a synopsis attached.
If you are interested in applying or would like to know more about
the scheme, please contact Beverley on beverley@writingyorkshire.org
Writing Yorkshire Website Goes
Live!
The new Writing Yorkshire website is now up and running so, if you'd like
to find out more about the full range of new services that we'll be
offering as Writing Yorkshire, including mentoring, writers advice
sessions, and membership details then the best thing to do is to have a
look at the site: www.writingyorkshire.org
If you need any further details on aspects of our work or how we can help
you as a writer then just email us at: info@writingyorkshire.org or use the
contact form on the site.
BFI Film Academy Residential
Programme in Screenwriting
Are you aged 16-19? Are you passionate and committed about writing for
film? Then the BFI Film Academy residential programme in screenwriting is
for you!
We’re looking for 25 of the most talented and committed young writers
from across the UK to take part in an intensive and exciting residential
raining programme that could kick-start a career in the film industry for
you.
Delivered at the historic Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne, the BFI
Film Academy Residential Programme in Screenwriting offers:
An exclusive insider’s view of how to break into the film business
The opportunity to work with a mentor to produce your own short film
script
Teaches the craft skills necessary to succeed as a screenwriter
The chance to network with leading industry professionals
The programme takes place between January and February 2014 and the cost
of taking part is £50, with a limited number of bursaries available.
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for then
visit https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/young-tyneside/bfi
to find out more about how you can apply.
The deadline for applications is Monday 25 November 2013.
Bursaries for Writers via
Sky Arts & Ideas Tap
Sky Arts and IdeasTap are giving away five bursaries of £30,000 each to
emerging artists aged 18-30.
The bursaries are designed to help talented individuals from a range of
creative disciplines focus on their creative practice for a whole year.
In addition to the funding, winners are paired with creative and business
mentors to support their development.
The Futures Fund is open to UK and Irish applicants working in the
following fields:
· Performing arts theatre-makers
including directors, producers, puppeteers
· Dance including dancers and
choreographers
· Music including composers, conductors,
musicians and songwriters
· Visual art including painters,
photographers, animators, digital artists
· Creative producing - for people who bring
together different artists
·
Creative writing including playwrights, novelists and poets
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 6 December. Find out more
and apply at www.ideastap.com/sky
Roger McGough to appear at York
Literature Festival 2014
One of the UK's most famous and respected poets, Roger McGough, has been
confirmed as one of the headline acts at York Literature Festival 2014.
McGough will perform at Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York on Friday 28th
March at 7.30p.m.
McGough is well known as a champion of poetry, and is the current
presenter of BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please. He was one of the Mersey Poets,
alongside Brian Patten and Adrian Henri. As a member of pop group The
Scaffold, he penned the lyrics for number one hit Lily the Pink in 1968.
He also contributed to the script for the Beatles' film Yellow Submarine.
His work has appeared in over 50 books, and has included writing for
children and autobiography. McGough is an honourable fellow of the Royal
Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society. He was made an
OBE in 1997 and a CBE in 2004.
Miles Salter, Director of York Literature Festival, said: 'We are
delighted to welcome Roger McGough to the 2014 festival. He has been a
figurehead for the spoken word for many years, and is a nationally known
presenter of poetry.'
The 2014 festival will run from 20th - 31st March and will feature well
known names as well as writers from the York area. The festival is
sponsored by York St John University. The festival has recently secured
funding from several sources: £6,000 from Community York (City of
York Council money for developing community in York), £7,500 from the
Arts Council and £7745 from the Clore Duffield Foundation for a special
project with young people.
'We have raised over £20,000 towards the 2014 festival,' said Miles
Salter, 'and have some nationally recognised names from the worlds of
literature, broadcasting and politics coming to York. We're looking
forward to an ambitious festival that will attract visitors to York from
around the UK. It's great to see the festival developing incrementally
each year. I'm grateful to York St John University, the Arts Council,
Community York and Clore Duffield for their support.'
In 2013, the festival had its most successful year to date, with gross
ticket sales topping £10,000 for the first time. The festival was started
in 2007 by City of York Council's libraries, and became a voluntary group
in August 2009. The festival works with local partners including
York St John University, York Theatre Royal, York Museums Trust, City
Screen Cinema, St Peter's School and more.
Tickets for the Roger McGough show are priced £13.00 each and are on sale
now via York Theatre Royal website: www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
SPOKEN
WORD & PERFORMANCE
We can't mention all of the sessions that take place in Yorkshire but
what we want to do is build up our listings of as many sessions as
possible and then, when anyone asks for details of what's happening in
their area, we'll have some of the answers. Again we can only do this
with your help so, if you run a session, or know of anything in your
area, please send us the details, we'll give them a mention and add them
to our listings for future reference.
The Shipping
Forecast Poetry Night
The Shipping Forecast is one of Sheffield's longest running poetry nights
and certainly the most bizarre.
Sticking to a maritime, nautical theme, the room is decked out like a
ship, with waves, dancing fish, celebrity port holes, and completed with
Captain Birdseye's protégée Stan Skinny who takes the helm and leads the
audience through a mixture of the finest performers in spoken word
locally and nationwide. Mixing this with games such as 'celebrity poetry
corner' and the naffle raffle, and regular features such as George the
shark and 'Message in a bottle' with Sting, it all adds to the surreal
and fun nature of the show that aims to shake the dust off ordinary beard
strokey poetry nights and give them a right good kick up the bum.
If you like Shooting Stars meets Tis-Was meets The Verb, in a sea based
show set in landlocked Sheffield then come along to the Shipping forecast
at the Riverside pub (1 Mowbray St, Sheffield, S3 8EN) check the website
for dates, line ups and open mic spots: http://theshippingforecast.weebly.com
Poems, Prose &
Pints - Harrogate
Venue: The Tap & Spile, Tower Street, Harrogate, HG1 1HS.
Open mic then a featured artist.
Entry £2.50 reduced to £2 if you read. 3rd Wednesday of each month from
7.30pm,
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=137267822541&ref=ts
Scribble
Storytelling Night @ The Red Deer, Sheffield
Writers, Poets, Singers, Gossips, we need your stories! Scribble is
a spoken word night for people with a story to tell. Come to share your
stories, or just to listen. Everyone is welcome! We meet in the
function room of The Red Deer pub in Sheffield and entry is free.
The next Scribble session will be on October 17th, 2013 (7-9pm).
Future dates: December 19th.
More details of meeting dates and times can be found at http://sheffieldwriter.weebly.com/scribble.html
Leeds Combined
Arts - Leeds
A host for the first half and the second half is open floor.
Headingley Community Centre, North Lane, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3HG
3rd Wednesday of each month, commencing at 7.30 p.m.
WRITING GROUP
UPDATES
The same again, if you would like us to promote your writing group and
add your details to our listings then please send us the details.
Manningham Mills Creative Writing
Group - Bradford
The Manningham Mills Creative Writing Group meets at Manningham Mills
Community Centre, (MMCA), The Silk Warehouse, Lilycroft Rd,
Bradford BD9 5BD on Mondays from 1.30-3.00p.m. This friendly
group is for anyone who likes writing or wants to improve their writing
skills. Each week the Group write together using exercises devised
by an experienced tutor. The sessions are free for the over
50s and people can drop in or come on a weekly basis. Sessions are funded
by the Wellbeing Activity Fund
The Community Centre also serves inexpensive meals at their over 50’s
lunch club, from 12 noon onwards, or all day at the Chaat Café.
For more info: Tel: 01274 483861 / email: mmca@hotmail.co.uk
or bruce.poetbradford@blueyonder.co.uk
Beehive Poets - Bradford
Beehive Poets meet in the back room of the New Beehive
Inn Westgate Bradford BD1 3AA, ten minutes walk from either Foster Square
station or Interchange The pub is reputed to be the last gas lit
pub in England but there is electricity back-up. In the wintertime
there’s an open fire blazing in the room, and readings the evening may be
accompanied by distant singing from the front bar.
Read arounds are on Ist and 3rd Monday 8.30 start and there is
brief feedback; if you want something more intensive in the way of
critical feedback then the workshop nights, 4th Monday, are for you.
Visiting readers from West Yorkshire and further afield are on the bill
on the 2nd Monday in the month. Check the website for more details and
information: www.beehivepoets.org.uk
The Group regularly publishes pamphlet style anthologies of its work .
Finding the New Beehive Inn: nearest stations Bradford Foster Square and
Bradford Interchange: then a short walk. Llook for Morrisons
Supermarket on Westgate and walk out of town, keeping to the left hand
side of the road and you’ll see the New Beehive after 250 yards. There’s
also car parking at Beehive to the rear of the pub.
The Lamproom Theatre Writers Group -
Barnsley
The new Lamproom Theatre Writers Group' is now up and running and meets
on selected Saturdays from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at The Lamproom
Theatre in Barnsley. Anyone wishing to join is encouraged to do so and
please feel free to bring along any kind of writing you would like to
share. the group will be looking at any kind of creative writing,
including scripts and poetry, short stories and life writing. If you
intend to bring a script, please bring multiple copies so that the group
can help to read it aloud. If you wish to attend please contact Laura at thevampireflood@hotmail.co.uk and she
will be pleased to give you more information as well as the date of the
next session. Alternatively, please contact Ruth Pearson at The Lamproom
on 01226 249611.
Unicorn Creative Arts Writing Group -
Barnsley
Do you suffer from Anxiety, depression or other mental illness or know
someone who does? Do you feel there are times when you are socially
excluded or experience being disadvantaged on account of your illness? If
you do then would you be interested in joining a small friendly group of
creative writers who meet weekly in the Barnsley Central Library? The
Mental Health Social Inclusion and Involvement Fund is a working
initiative to help create support and awareness of sufferers in the
Barnsley area. If you are interested and would like more information then
please email unicornthirteen@gmail.com for further
details.
South Yorkshire - Young Writers
Aged 14 to 19? Want to write creatively outside of school or college?
Our Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley Young Writers Groups are
now recruiting for new members.
You don’t have to think you’re a great writer to join, you just need an
interest in writing and a willingness try something new!
Our groups provide opportunities to:
• Write, share and talk with other young writers
[refreshments provided]
• Explore a range of creative writing including:
stories, poems, scripts, spoken word, lyrics, blogging and journalism
• Meet fortnightly during term time in a central
meeting place [usually 5pm to 7pm on Mon, Wed and Thurs evenings
[depending on the group]
• Access further writing opportunities such as:
meeting professional writers, attending writing events and Open Mics, and
information on competitions and publishing
To look into joining a groups, contact us via: vicky@writingyorkshire.org
Access and forward our flyer here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151822830109831&l=fb8db5fad8
You can find out about general opportunities for young writers in the
Yorkshire region at: www.facebook.com/groups/southyorkshireyoungwriters
West Yorkshire - Young Writers
Ilkley Lit Fest
Young Writers Group
Do you enjoy writing poems, stories, songs – anything? Are you even
secretly writing a novel? Would you like to be able to meet other
teenagers who enjoy writing or take part in special workshops with
writers away from school? If so we’d like to hear from you.
Ilkley Literature Festival runs the weekly group for young writers aged
13 to 17, on Mondays during term-time. The group is based in Ilkley and
any young writers from the Bradford, Skipton, Ilkley, Wharfe Valley and
Leeds areas are welcome to come along.
The sessions run from 6.30pm to 8pm and cost £1 per session. You’ll be
expected to come to all sessions in a term (unless of course you are ill
or on a school visit) and there will be a mixture of short story writing,
script writing, writing poetry and learning how to read your work
effectively.
Ilkley Young Writers is run by Ilkley Literature Festival and led by
Michelle Scalley Clarke, author, playwright, performer, creative writing
and performance facilitator and Becky Cherriman writer, performer and
creative writing facilitator.
More info - info@ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
EVENTS,
WORKSHOPS & COURSES
Discover
the Stories of the Romans in Barnsley
What stories lurk under that armour? Is there a poem behind that piece of
recovered pottery - You may have the answer!
Come along and let the Roman treasures, discovered in and around
Barnsley, speak to you. Hidden for centuries, waiting for you to come
along and rediscover the concealed stories and poems that lay within.
Saturday morning writing workshop run by writer and poet Charlotte
Ansell
When: Saturday, November 23rd, 11.00 am - 1.00 pm.
Where: Experience Barnsley, Museum & Discovery Centre, Barnsley,
South Yorkshire,
Cost: Free and open to all ages and abilities. - no need to book, just
turn up.
More info: Tel: 07903 24 1947
Inscribe Masterclass Series with
Jacob Ross
Inscribe are bringing Jacob Ross [Peepal Tree Press' new Associate
Fiction Editor] to Leeds with this Inscribe Masterclass series of three
sessions on the third Saturdays of the month.
The series of three sessions offers a compact survey of Jacob Ross'
immensely popular and highly regarded technical creative approach to
crafting fiction. His very successful course has been running for more
than fifteen years. Many beginning writers developed and fine-tuned their
writing skills in his course, to the point where their work has been
shortlisted in major competitions, or won prizes.
Narrative Drive is for writers who want to maximise the quality and
impact of their work. At the end of the series you will have a better
awareness of your own strengths and weakness as a writer and the steps
you need to take to address them. We will examine the building blocks of
stories and how they work together to produce strong memorable
narratives.
The series will expose you to the very best examples of modern fiction
from which you can learn and refine your skills. Your knowledge of
contemporary themes and styles will be enhanced. This course is for
advanced writers already working on their novel-in-progress or their collection
of short stories. You will be required to submit work in advance of the
course.
To make the most of this Inscribe Masterclass series, you need to commit
to:
All three monthly sessions - Sat' 18th JAN, Sat' 15th FEB, & Sat'
15th MAR 2014.
Completing, in advance, the required reading for each session.
Completing any other tasks set for each session.
Jacob Ross is the author of acclaimed short story collections, Song for
Simone (1986) and A Way to Catch the Dust (1999). His first novel, Pynter
Bender was shortlisted for the Authors Club Best First Novel Award 2009
and the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2009. He is a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Literature and has judged the V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize,
the Tom-Gallon Award and Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize. As well as
being, the Associate Fiction Editor for Peepal Tree Press and a tutor of
Narrative Craft, Jacob is also Fiction Editor for SABLE LitMag.
To register visit: http://inscribe-narrativedrive-series2014a.eventbrite.co.uk/
More details: info.inscribe@peepaltreepress.com
INTERESTING
CORNERS
Ground Sense
New Labour, prostitution and unreliable narrators: the story behind Matt
Clegg's poem 'Sirens' is now on the West North East microsite:
http://westnortheast.wordpress.com
The speaker in ‘Sirens’ has a real life counterpart. He was a
friend to someone close to me. I’ll call her ‘Rosie’ and him
‘Tim’. Rosie had survived bankruptcy, divorce and eviction and had
moved into a tiny bedsit above Remo’s café on Fulwood Road in
Sheffield. Cockroaches scuttled under the cooker and Rosie’s
insomnia played out to a soundtrack of students pouring in and out of
Broomhill pubs. It was the time of Blairite New Labour; of Brit Art
and Cool Britannia. It was a boom time for some, but it’s never a
boom for everyone.
Follow this link to read the rest: http://westnortheast.wordpress.com/essays/ground-sense/
Arts Derbyshire Newsletter
www.artsderbyshire.org.uk
is a quick and easy way to find out about Derbyshire’s vibrant arts
scene. You can subscribe to the What’s On and Artists’ newsletters; enter
details of events and workshops in the events diary or register details
about your group or events or other news. To sign up to the newsletter
just send a request email: alison.betteridge@derbyshire.gov.uk
Support for would-be self
published authors
Self publishing no longer necessarily means ''vanity' publishing and to
help budding authors, the Writers & Artists Yearbook has launched a
new section on its website aimed at helping writers become self published
and achieving their literary dreams.
Aspiring authors can find all the information they need, there's a range
of articles covering a wide range of topics:
More info: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/self-publishing
Pennine Platform
Poetry - Leeds
Pennine Platform publishes new poetry and reviews twice a year. The
magazine is independent, though currently supported by the Leeds
Philosophical and Literary Society. It is one of the longest surviving
little magazines in the UK, having started in 1973.
further information...
Subscriptions are £8.50 for two issues including p&p within the UK,
£10 within Europe and £12 for the rest of the world; payable only in
Sterling to Pennine Platform. Subscription and submissions are accepted
by snail-mail only, with hard-copy to accompany any disks sent.
This web-site provides a taster for the magazine, with three poems each
from issues Nos. 53 and 54. Space is provided for readers to comment on
and discuss each poem, since we learn from and refine our thinking in
discussion with each other.
More info: www.pennineplatform.co.uk/
Yak Tale – A site for authors to
publish short stories
YakTale is an "open access" site on which authors will be able
to publish their short stories . Readers are be able to access the
stories for free.
Writers can submit work through the website: http://yaktale.com/#/
or by emailing: hello@yaktale.com
BOOK
LAUNCHES
The Company of Ghosts - Berlie
Doherty
in association with Rhyme & Reason and Andersen Press
Join us for the launch of Berlie’s latest novel for young adults, The
Company of Ghosts. A ghost story that uses all the mystery and
beauty of an isolated island to bring enchantment and fear to a young
girl’s life.
When: Wednesday 27th November 2013 at 6.30pm
Where: Carpenter Room · Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street,
Sheffield, S1 1XZ
Cost: Free, but to book a place please telephone: 0114 2734727 or email centrallending.library@sheffield.gov.uk
COMPETITIONS
The Poetry
Business Book & Pamphlet Competition - Closing date:
2nd December 2013
Judge: Carol Ann Duffy - Entry fee: £25
The annual, international Book & Pamphlet Competition invites
entrants to submit a collection of 20-24 pages of poems for the chance to
win a cash prize and publication by Smith|Doorstop Books.
Four first stage winners are selected and given the opportunity to submit
a full-length manuscript to the second round of the competition, in which
one of them can win book publication. The three first-stage winners
receive pamphlet publication.
All four winners will receive an equal share of £2,000 and publication in
The North magazine, and have a launch reading hosted by the Poetry
Business.
Full details: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/competition
The Ronald Duncan Playwriting
Competition - Closing date: 30 November
2013
The Ronald Duncan Playwriting Competition is an annual event that gives
new writers a chance to have their work produced. This year, the theme of
the contest is “Protest” and the prize will go to the best small cast
script that the panel feel addresses this topic.
For details on how to enter please visit www.certaintyofchance.com/the-ronald-duncan-playwriting-competition
Completed entries should be emailed to Certaintyofchance@live.co.uk.
What’s your Place - Closing Date: 31 December 2013
Entry fee: none Prize: £100 plus publication in our online
magazine. Organised by: Holland Park Press
We invite you to write a poem about a neighbourhood that’s important to
you. It could be the place you grew up in, the area you live in now, or a
neighbourhood which influenced your life in a particular way. It could
well be a place you visited on holiday, or city that made a big
impression on you, or equally well a place that has blighted your life
ever since. It could be a house, a café, school or a park, a
neighbourhood, a motorway, railway station, any place that defines the
neighbourhood.
It’s about your take on the place but at the same time we’re looking for
an individual vision that has a universal resonance; in other words, a
poem which uses the literary form to say something more, and which is not
just about yourself.
More information is available from http://www.hollandparkpress.co.uk/magazine_detail.php?magazine_id=255&language=English
Competition Shorts
Opportunity for
first time authors
Richard and Judy have launched a national competition to find a new
bestselling author alongside their Autumn Book Club.
The 'Search for a Bestseller' competition is looking for first time
authors to submit the first 10,000 to 12,000 words of a novel, of any
genre, aimed at adults. Richard and Judy want something brand new and are
asking entrants to submit their novel via their Book Club website: www.richardandjudy.co.uk/beabestseller
by 1st January 2014.
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inclusion please email it to: info@writingyorkshire.org
with "Newsletter" in the subject line.
Writing Yorkshire provide information about writing events in the region,
and run a variety of writing activities throughout the Yorkshire area. If
you would like more information please email or ring Geoff on 0114
3830456 (answerphone, but Geoff will ring you back).
Thanks to all who provided information posted here. We will always
endeavour to make sure that the information included is accurate but
apologies in advance for any errors which may occur, any corrections or
suggestions will be welcomed.
We hope that you enjoy the newsletter.
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