There is still time to enter the W&A short story competition (deadline 15 February), please find the details below, plus information on other courses and coes:
 Calling all short story writers!
Midnight on 15 February
sees the close of our annual short story competition.
To be in with a chance
of winning a cash prize of £500 and a place on an Arvon writing
course of your choice, all you have to do is enter a short story (for
adults) of no more than 2,000 words on the theme of 'the visit'.
For more information,
view our competition page here.
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 Book a residential writing course with
Arvon
Arvon's 2014
programme of residential creative writing courses is now open for booking, with 99 weeks across a range of
genres, such Poetry, Fiction, Playwriting, Non-Fiction and Songwriting, and
Starting to Write for new writers.
Courses take place in
four beautiful countryside locations across the UK, offering a mix of group
workshops, individual tutorials, and time and space to write. They are led
by two published authors; tutors this year include Mark Haddon, Malorie
Blackman, Willy Russell and Sinéad Morrissey.
Visit www.arvon.org for full listings and more information on financial grants
(which helped more than 90% of writers who applied last year).
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 Author interview –
Melissa
Harrison
Read our fantastic interview with Clay author Melissa Harrison, who
discusses the benefits of using social media and the struggle of writing
the second novel.
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 In case you missed it…
How much money do you
think you can make as a ‘proper published author’? How many copies do you
think you’d sell if you were a bestselling poet?
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 And here’s another competition that might be of interest,
too! The Manchester Writing for Children Prize 2014, judged by Mandy
Coe (pictured here), Imtiaz Dharker and Philip Gross,
invites the submission of a portfolio of poetry to be read by children
within the age group of 5 to 12.
For more information on
prizes and entry deadlines click here.
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