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New
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Northern Writers’
Award winners announced
 The results
of the Northern Writers’ Awards 2014 were announced on Tuesday 17 June at
the official ceremony in Newcastle upon Tyne. This year’s 19 winners
highlight the breadth of talent coming from the North of England, from
established poets to first-time novelists, from full-time writers to
Cuckoo Young Writers who are still in school. One of the poetry winners,
Andrew McMillan, has been snapped up by Jonathan Cape publishers since he
applied for an award, and fellow winner Kim Moore has had a lot of
interest from publishers in recent weeks. Another winner, Phoebe Power,
is just 21, and is currently sitting her finals at university.
New
Writing North is also delighted to reveal that our partnership with
Northumbria University will continue into 2015. “The Northern Writers’ Awards
are at the heart of our partnership with New Writing North, demonstrating
our shared commitment to celebrating and nurturing creative talent in the
region,” said Lucy Winskell, Pro Vice Chancellor Business and Engagement
at Northumbria University.
For a full list of winners and to find out more about the awards see www.northernwritersawards.com.
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Cuckoo Young Writers
pick up prizes
This year also saw the first ever Cuckoo Young Writers Prize awarded
for writers aged 15-18 from the North. This year’s award, which is
entirely funded by public donations, went to Jasmine Simms, from Halifax.
She is just 18 years old and sitting her A levels. The judge, journalist
and novelist Elizabeth Day, said of her work: “Jasmine is a writer of
extraordinary power. Her poems are lyrically precise, clear-sighted and
truthful. I’m amazed at how much talent she has for someone so young.”
You can see Jasmine accepting her award and reading from her work here.
Four writers were also Highly Commended: Ila Colley from Kendal,
Bronwen Fraser from Hexham, Jake Raffle from Stanley, and Daniella Watson
from Gateshead.
The first Matthew Hale Award was won by young Newcastle writer Justine
Mewton, 14, who was nominated by Rachel Gaffney, her teacher from Heaton
Manor School, Newcastle.
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Four writers wanted for
Greyscale Play Development Programme
Greyscale Play Development Programme is a play development programme
for theatre writers run by Selma Dimitrijevic, freelance writer and
director and artistic director of Greyscale, in association with New
Writing North. It aims to support four writers to develop a full-length
play through a series of activities and opportunities to write, observe
and learn.
Each participant will develop a new play through a structured series
of workshops, meetings and one-on-one tuition over the next 12 months.
Participants will also be invited to observe four different Greyscale
rehearsal processes to develop understanding of how the writer and the
text develop in tandem with the rehearsal process and to observe
different script development approaches.
The programme is free to participants. Greyscale will contribute to
costs of travel and accommodation for participants traveling to
Newcastle.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 8 July, 10am.
To download the full brief and for details of how to apply, see http://greyscale.org.uk/article/greyscale_artist_in_residence/.
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Pick up your Summer
Read
 Whitley Bay
writer Steve Chambers’ novel, Gladio:
We Can Neither Confirm nor Deny, has been announced as the
North Tyne Summer Read for 2014. From June until September, residents and
visitors to the borough can pick up a copy of Gladio for the special price of just £4
from the Customer First Centres at North Shields, Whitley Bay, Wallsend
and White Swan Centre in Killingworth; as well as from the North Tyneside
Council headquarters on Cobalt Business Park. The Summer Read campaign
culminates in an author event on 2 October at Whitley Bay Customer First
Centre at 7pm, when Steve will be interviewed about his book and be
available to sign copies.
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Cuckoo Summer Schools
for young writers aged 14-18
Sunderland:
Songwriting with The Lake Poets and Split Festival
Cuckoo Young Writers and The Bunker have joined forces to offer a unique
songwriting summer school this August. From 4-8 August young writers and
musicians will be writing and recording their own songs, supported by
Martin Longstaff of the Lake Poets and staff from The Bunker.
Participants will then perform their new material live at Split
Festival’s Community Stage that weekend! Places on the workshop are £10
per person and numbers are limited so contact us to book your place now.
Newcastle:
Journeys Down the Tyne poetry film
As part of this year’s Juice Festival, Cuckoo Young Writers are offering
young people the chance to produce their very own poetry film inspired by
the River Tyne, with help from poet John Challis and filmmaker Alan
Fentiman. The project takes place from Monday 11 August to Thursday 14
August and involves exploring the riverside, writing poetry and working
collaboratively with others. Places are free but limited so early booking
is essential.
To book your place on either of these summer schools email cuckoo@newwritingnorth.com
or call 0191 204 8852. Sunderland’s Cuckoo Young Writers activity is
kindly supported by The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust.
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Cold Vision added to
NWN shop
 A limited
edition (only 300 copies) collector’s item, illustrated anthology Cold Vision contains
new work by Paul Farley, Kathleen Jamie and Esther Woolfson inspired by
writing residencies at Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland,
undertaken in 2012 & 2013.
Cold Vision
was commissioned by Hexham Book Festival and published by New Writing
North. Copies are £7.50 and can be bought from the New Writing North
website at www.shop.newwritingnorth.com.
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Jane Smiley: Lost in
the North
In March this year Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley paid her
first visit to the North East of England, appearing at events in Durham
and Newcastle. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to host an event
with Jane at the Tyneside Cinema, and we’re delighted that she enjoyed
the visit as well. Read about her experience of the North East in this
article in the New
York Times.
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People
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In the news
Interested in the sort of work that wins a Northern Writers’ Award? Ben Wilkinson,
who won a poetry award on 17 June, has just released his second pamphlet
of poems, For Real.
It was published by Smith/Doorstop and winner in the prestigious Poetry
Business Competition 2013-14, judged by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
The first limited edition print run sold out, so don’t miss your chance
to get
a copy now. It is being launched in London this Friday 20 June, at
7pm, at The Three Stags, Lambeth.
In other Northern Writers’ Awards related news, 2013 winner Andrew Hankinson
has just signed with Scribe UK. You
Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life (You Are Raoul Moat), a
non-fiction novel based on letters left by the Newcastle murderer that
won Andrew the 2012 award, will be published in spring 2015.
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In the
North
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Grants for graphics
Do you have an idea that you think might make a great graphic novel?
Or a script in development that would benefit from expert feedback? Arvon
has grants available to attend a five-day graphic novel writing
residential course in Shropshire, from 28 July-2 August. Led by two of
the world’s leading comic writers, Bryan Talbot (The Adventures of Luther Arkwright,
Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes) and Leah Moore, (Doctor Who: The Whispering
Gallery, The Thrill Electric), participants will learn how to
translate concepts, of whatever genre, into fully realised scripts for
sequential art. For more information go to www.arvon.org/course/graphic-novel/.
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Collaborate with
Danza!
To celebrate Hull achieving City of Culture status in 2017, annual
Hull-based performance event Danza! is opening up the event to all
artforms in 2014. They are focusing on work new made in Hull with the aim
of bringing together the different creative practices happening across
the city. Up to five collaborations will be set up – one dance company
and one other artist/company per group – and given approximately 10 days
studio space between 14 July-13 August to create the work.
For further information and how to apply see http://joashbridgedance.wordpress.com/danza/
or contact Jo Ashbridge at danzahull@gmail.com
or on 0773 6287666.
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Opportunities
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WoMentoring Project
The WoMentoring Project exists to offer free mentoring by professional
literary women to talented up and coming female writers who would
otherwise find it difficult to access similar opportunities. The
project’s mission is simple: to introduce successful literary women to
other women writers at the beginning of their careers who would benefit
from some insight, knowledge and support. To find out more and apply go
to the WoMentoring Project website at http://womentoringproject.co.uk/apply/.
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Column Idol 2014
Media Trust and The
Sun have joined forces for the fifth year to launch Column
Idol 2014, an initiative to find undiscovered writing talent and get
young voices heard. Fronted by Nick Grimshaw, the competition is back to
offer even more 16-25 year-olds the chance to be mentored by top
journalists, have their opinions read by millions, and for the first time
attend a week’s intensive training course. Enter the competition at www.mediatrust.org/columnidol.
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New Children’s Author
Prize
The National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury Books have launched a new
competition, The New Children’s Author Prize, to unearth new talent in
writing for children (8-12 year-olds). Unpublished authors who enter the
competition will be in with the chance of winning a publishing contract
with Bloomsbury, publisher of the Harry Potter series. The first prize
will also include an advance of £5,000 and an exclusive print run of the
new author’s work. Deadline for entries: 30 September. Entry fee is £30,
or £15 if you enter before 30 June. To find out more and enter the
competition go to www.literacytrust.org.uk/authorprize.
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Jobs
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ARC: Marketing
officer
The marketing officer will play a key role in the growth of ARC’s
audience, through supporting all aspects of marketing, PR and
communications activity. They will assist with developing and
implementing campaigns to achieve ARC’s key aims and objectives, to grow
audiences, participants, activities, reputation and profile. The
marketing officer will take particular responsibility for press, media
and copywriting. Deadline for applications: 30 June. To find out more see
http://arconline.co.uk/get-involved/working-at-arc.
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ARC: Creative
programmes manager (maternity cover)
The creative programmes manager is responsible for developing and
managing vibrant, stimulating and high quality creative programmes for
children, young people, adults and older people to experience. The role
will involve working with partners and artists, adopting a user-led
approach and using creative consultation to develop creative programmes;
dealing with all aspects of delivery, both at ARC and in formal education
and community settings. Deadline for applications: 30 June. To find out
more see http://arconline.co.uk/get-involved/working-at-arc.
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University of
Reading: Professor of creative writing
The Department of English Literature at the University of Reading is
looking to appoint a professor of creative writing with a specialism in
literary fiction (0.5 FTE) to join an expanding team of writers and
scholars building a distinctive creative writing pathway within a set of
English literature single honours and joint programmes. Deadline for
applications: 10 July. To find out more and apply go to www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIZ038/professor-of-creative-writing/.
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The Reading Agency:
Head of publisher relationships
Over the last 10 years, The Reading Agency has been creating
imaginative and powerful partnerships between publishers and libraries.
They are now looking for a new head of publisher relationships to lead a
range of reading activities, the successes of which are fundamentally
dependent on great working relationships with publishers, libraries and
other key stakeholders. The successfully candidate will need to have
experience of leading a high performing team and a talent for balancing
the interests of diverse constituencies. Deadline for applications: 4
July. To find out more and to apply see http://readingagency.org.uk/about/people/work-for-us/.
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The
Listening Post
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Michael Chaplin, Lee
Hall and Tom Pickard: North East Mining, Literature and Poetry
The Mining
Institute, Newcastle: Saturday 21 June, 10.30am-12.30pm
Chaired by Bill Lancaster, project director of the Festival of Mining
Literature and Poetry in North East England, which this event launches,
the panel will explore enduring topics in regional literary culture
including the role of dialect and the difficulty of presenting it in
written form; the long shadow of social class and gender in North East
literature, and the sense of ‘otherness’ that often accompanies Northern
writing when placed on the national stage. The oral dimension of recent
Northern writing has been used to great advantage and has reversed the
long tradition of perceiving regional culture as impenetrable to
outsiders and unsuitable for a national audience. To book tickets for the
morning event go to www.wegottickets.com/event/278147.
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3 for £30 offer on
comedy events at Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival
St George Hotel, Harrogate: 12 July
The 2014 Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival is set to be a
fantastic year, with a fabulous literary line-up, including comedians Viv
Groskop, Arthur Smith and Mark Watson. Tickets to all three events can be
booked for just £30. To book tickets go to http://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com.
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Workshops
and classes
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Cultural
Commissioning Learning Programme
This programme aims to deliver high quality training to middle and
senior managers. Through intensive learning, with input from
commissioners, it will strengthen participants’ ability to engage with
commissioning and generate new income. The Cultural Commissioning
Programme are offering money off the cost of attending. Participants get
four days of bespoke training, subsidised by Arts Council England, for
£180. For organisations trading at less than £25,000 PA, the cost is
£120. This includes lunches, access to a peer learning network, and
course materials. To find out more see www.ncvo.org.uk.
Or to book your place, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/learning-programme-6469690019.
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