Yorkshire Writers'
Newsletter
2014
WRITING YORKSHIRE NEWS
Masterclasses at
Writing Yorkshire
Writing Yorkshire are continuing with our series of masterclasses through
the summer and into the autumn, we've outlined the series below, for
more information click on the links or visit our website here
Newspaper & Magazine Journalism
Masterclass with Colin Drury
•A look at non-writing skills required to
be a journalist •How to write news stories (and crucially how not to
write them)
•how to write reviews and opinion pieces.
•how to get your work published and paid for, and what to do next.
This masterclass is a great ‘taster’ or
starting point for anyone looking at a career in journalism.
When: Saturday 5th
July - 10:00am and 1:30pm
Where: Bank Street
Arts, 32 - 40 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS
Cost: £18.00 / £13.50
(Writing Yorkshire Members)
Creative
Approaches to Dramatic Writing Masterclass with Emma Adams
The Masterclass will be held at Bank Street Arts on Saturday 9th August
between 10:00am and 1:30pm.
In this session you will explore:
• How to get ideas and how to develop them for drama once you have
them.
• The ‘how’ ‘what’ and in particular the ‘why’ of your
writing… and why all of that matters!
• The differences between writing prose and drama.
• And there will be surprises…
When:
Saturday 9th August - 10:00am and 1:30pm
Where:
Bank Street Arts, 32 - 40 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS
Cost:
£18.00 / £13.50 (Writing Yorkshire Members)
More info & booking here
"Bike"
- Yorkshire Writers' Competition -
Closing date: 6th June 2014
Writing Yorkshire, Reading Matters, and
NAWE have joined up to mount a major creative writing competition for all
ages under the title of ‘bike’ both to celebrate the 2014 Tour De
France passing through Yorkshire, and to encourage both young people and
adults to engage with creative writing.
We have a multitude of prizes to give
away including workshops, book vouchers and prize money. The competition
is completely free to enter and is open to all.
For more details or to download an entry
form visit the website here
PhotoFiction 2014 Young Writers Competition - closing date: 1st August 2014
For all young writers aged 13 to 24. Writing Yorkshire presents
PhotoFictions 2014 – a creative writing competition open to young
people [13 to 24s] from anywhere in Yorkshire. Be you into poetry or
prose, any form of creative writing goes!
You are asked to write a short piece sparked by one of twenty
thought-provoking photos. Find out everything you need to know on
the PhotoFictions 2014 website including ideas and tips to help you make
your writing the best it can be.
Great prizes include a Kindle Fire HD and first to third place winners
with be published in a Writing Yorkshire Young Writers’ anthology in
the near future.
For more details visit the website here .
Free one-to-one
Writers Advice Sessions
Writing Yorkshire we are now offering
free, bookable, one to one advice sessions to all writers from our base
in Sheffield. You may be a full-time writer, part-time, occasional or
just interested in the idea of trying some writing for fun, we're here
and looking forward to helping you. We have information on all aspects of
creative writing, be it writing groups, courses, events, publications,
getting started or just keeping going, we have plenty of advice and
support to help you on your writing journey.
We are offering thirty minutes sessions
from our offices at Bank Street Arts and though based in Sheffield, the
sessions are open to anyone from anywhere in Yorkshire, in addition, if
you have a long journey to reach us then we'll be happy to book you a
longer session to make it worth your while.
Each session is booked in advance for a
particular time slot at 30 minute intervals from 5.30 pm through to 7.30
pm on Wednesday evenings.
If you would like to book a session then
all you need to do is contact us via email (preferred method for the
fastest response) or phone (answer machine) and we'll get back to you to
arrange a booking. Just to confirm again the sessions are free and open
to all, if you need any further details then just get in touch, we look
forward to hearing from you.
Phone: 0114 3830 456
We 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.
OTHER NEWS
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Stop the closure
of the TILL Certificate in Creative Writing!
Student reps have created an online
petition against the changes in The Institute for Lifelong Learning
programme. The University Senate has approved the closure of the
Certificate in Creative Writing and this has been formally withdrawn
(this will only affect new applicants) This petition is on the City
council website and is open to anyone who lives, works or studies in
Sheffield. It is quite separate to the paper petition for university
members. You can sign both!
Apologies to those not in the Sheffield
area, but this action is part of a wide-ranging programme of cuts from
the ‘civic’ University of Sheffield. Many have benefited greatly from the
adult learning provision it has offered over the years and this marks yet
another attack on lifelong learning in the UK.
If the e-petition gets enough
signatures, then the issue can be raised at council meetings, and then
the council can protest to the university. So, we would urge you all to
sign, and get your friends and neighbours in Sheffield to sign too.
You will find the e-petition here
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The Midsummer
Poetry Festival - Call for Young Writers
The Midsummer Poetry Festival, in
association with Sheffield Poetry Festival, is a month-long celebration
of poetry, offering a varied and inclusive poetry platform at Bank Street
Arts.
The festival runs from 6-28 June and
will include workshops, symposium, exhibitions and performances by poets
including Helen Mort, Katharine Towers, Stan Skinny, and students from
Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield.
We would like to invite other young
writers (approximately 16-24) to share the stage. We are looking for a
mixture of readers, including those that would benefit from an
opportunity to read in front of a supportive audience alongside other
young voices, as well as other more established performers. If that’s
you, get in touch by clicking here
Or visit the website here
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Script Yorkshire
- New Sheffield Branch
If you’re a scriptwriter (or you want to
become one), then this is your chance to be a part of an exciting new
collective right here in Sheffield.
Sessions will be held on a monthly basis
and our aim is simple: to increase the number of opportunities available
to scriptwriters in Sheffield – whether that’s in terms of learning,
mentoring, making connections with both local artists and key players in
the industry, producing work, collaborating on projects, or simply
celebrating each others’ successes.
To sign up for updates or for more
information, just email Chloe Timperley at: info@theplaypenblog.com include your
name and whether or not you are currently a Script Yorkshire member. We
invite writers of all ages and experience levels to come along, so you
needn’t be shy – whether you come alone or with friends, expect a warm
welcome from a host of like-minded individuals.
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Poems from the
Road
The Poems from the Road podcast will be
a poetic journey down Britain's traffic arteries, including work by poets
from around the country, along with an audio collage of poetic tweets
from Britain's A-roads.
The road is many things to many people:
a place of alienation, danger, abstraction, release, solitude, speed. It
takes up vast chunks of much of our lives, yet is often neglected as one
of the spaces we inhabit in the rush from A to B. What of the inner
world, the landscapes, the journeys, the people that populate them?
As part of the Poems from the Road podcast,
Robin Vaughan-Williams will be putting together an audio collage of
poetic tweets from Britain's A-roads and he's inviting you to join in by
submitting your poetic tweet from the road. All tweets submitted this way
will be retweeted, and then in June 2014, Robin will be be using selected
tweets to produce a multi-voice poetry soundscape for the podcast, with
the tweets woven together into a collage of our collective experience of
the road.
For more information on how to get
involved click here
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Dead poets slam seeks poets - Sheffield
Broomhill Festival
6-22 June 2014
A competition where you impersonate a favourite dead poet and recite or
read up to three of their shortish poems of 1-4 minutes each.
Costumes and or props will make it even more fun but are not essential.
First come first served, no duplicate poets allowed and there will
be prizes for the best performances.
When & Where:
Saturday 21 June 7.30pm Raynor Lounge, Sheffield University Student's
Union
Please Email:
foxmike@talktalk.net with one or more
poets of your choice, your email should be marked Dead Poets Slam.
We'll get back to you with a slot if available or ask you to have
another go. All entries to be in by 7th June.
Admission:
Suggested donation £2.00
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Cows, Challenger
Tanks and Trains: A Mongrel Landscape
This is the third podcast of poems from
the ‘Fugue’ section of Matthew's volume, West North East.
Here are the links to the other two:
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A New Opportunity for Theatre Makers, Theatre Delicatessen
Theatre Delicatessen are launching a new development and performance
space in Sheffield city centre and We're looking for artists to help
us create, build and find a home for all those working at the cutting
edge of artistic practice. We’ve taken over a 12,000 sq ft shop, with
a derelict warren of hidden rooms above and around it until January 2015.
It’s an inspiring space and we want to open it up to the local
artistic community.
The opportunity
- Between now and January 2015 we aim to open up a
huge range of creative opportunities for emerging artists,
including: Resource
sharing - We have space, time and sometimes money to
share with emerging artists to give them the space and time they
need to develop their practice. In return we ask that you help us create
and build an artistic hub.
Café & Bar
- We aim to make a space that’s not just accessible at all times to
artists but also audiences. We want to create informal shared spaces
where small scale performance & experience collaborations, cabaret,
food and music events can happen any time.
To find out more
- Theatre Delicatessen are holding an Open Day in the new Sheffield space
on Thursday 29th May 2014, between 2 – 9 pm, companies and artists are
invited to explore the building, find out more about us and more about
the opportunities coming up. This is a fantastic platform for
emerging companies and theatre makers to develop their practice in a
highly creative space, with a view to showcasing their work in a
professional, collaborative forum.
To register your attendance at the Open Day - please fill out the short
application form here.
Or contact us via email: sheffield@theatredelicatessen.co.uk
More info: www.theatredelicatessen.co.uk
SPOKEN WORD & PERFORMANCE
Signs of Life
What:
Readings by Sheffield poets Michael Glover and John Birtwhistle
When:
Saturday 21st June, 12.45pm - 1.45pm
Where:
The Beacon Methodist Church, Fulwood Road, Broomhill, Sheffield
.
Wordsmack Cabaret
The Wordsmack cabaret is a new night of variety entertainment inside a
big mouth and features poets, comedians, dancers and musicians and is
hosted by Stan Skinny. All are welcome to either watch or take part.
Where: It's
at the Bridge inn, Rotherham (just opposite the train station).
When: The
last friday of the month.
Cost: Tickets
are £3.
More details: stanskinny@googlemail.com
.
Couch Potato to
Iron Man - Andy Holgate
Can't Sleep,
Can't Train, Can't Stop: More Misadventures in Triathlon
Listen to author Andy Holgate talk about
his inspirational journey from an unfit and overweight couch potato to
triathlete and iron man. Andy talks about his own way of approaching
races, giving tips about what works for him and general advice about how
to become a triathlete. Both of Andy's books will be available to
purchase on the evening.
Where:
Huddersfield Town Hall, Corporation Street, Huddersfield.
When:
Monday, 2 June 2014, 7:30PM - 9:00PM
Cost:
Tickets £2.50, available from Kirklees Box Office and online.
Further details:
01484 223200
LOCAL
PUBLICATIONS & BOOK LAUNCHES
Book launch: The
Last Room by Danuta Reah
Tuesday June 17th, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Broomhill Library, Taptonville Road, Broomhill, Sheffield
Danuta Reah talks about her latest book, 'The Last Room' with questions
and discussion.
.
Book Launch - An
evening with Sarah Rayner - Another Night, Another Day
Waterstones, Leeds. Thursday, 12 June 2014, 7:00PM
Tickets £3, available from the shop or by phone. £1 from each will be
donated to the charity MIND
Join us for an exclusive opportunity to meet best-selling author Sarah
Rayner for the launch of her new book Another Night, Another Day.
Sarah will discussing and signing her new novel, followed by a Q&A
and signing session. A complementary glass of wine will also be on
offer. The launch is part of a special promotion to mark Mental Health
Awareness Week. £1 of the ticket price will be donated to mental
health charity MIND. Tickets available from the shop or by phone.
Further details:
0113 244 4588
WRITING GROUP UPDATES
Sheffield
New - Children’s
Writers North
Join us! We are a new group for practising writers of children’s content
(prose and script), or those wishing to write children’s
content.
We will be meeting between 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm, at Bank Street Arts, 32 -
40 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS, on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each
month. If you are interested in writing for children then come along
to one of our meetings.
The aim of the group is to discuss and explore all aspects of children’s
writing, as well as workshopping and fostering collaborations.
For more information, visit our website here. or
email:
sue@childrenswritersnorth.co.uk
South
Yorkshire - Young Writers - New members welcome
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 email:
vicky@writingyorkshire.org (Sheffield
& Rotherham)
s.shaw123shaw@btinternet.com (Barnsley
& Doncaster)
Access and forward our flyer here.
You can find out about opportunities for young writers in the Yorkshire
region here.
EVENTS,
WORKSHOPS & COURSES
Voices
of Conflict - A Poetry Day Workshop
From the shooting dead of post-election rioters outside the Tontine Inn
and the forced dispersal of a Chartist protest in Paradise Square in
the 19th century, to the catastrophic bombing of the city in 1940, Sheffield
has always been witness to struggle and conflict. This is an
opportunity to respond to these events in poetry.
Working with poets Fay Musselwhite, Liz Cashdan and Rob Hindle, you will
visit one of three sites and begin to draft original poems during the
morning, before working them up as finished pieces in afternoon
workshops. The day will conclude with a reading of the new work.
Organised as part of the WEA’s Voices of Conflict programme.
When:
Saturday 7 June 2014, 10am to 5pm
Where:
Bank Street Arts, Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS
Cost:
£8.00 / £5.00
More info: click
here
.
The Big Bookend Launch Party with
author Martyn Bedford
Waterstones, Leeds. Friday, 6 June 2014,
6:30PM - 8:30PM
With live music from singer-songwriter
duo Lucy & Jo, the prize giving ceremony for the Leeds Big Bookend
'Review Writing Competition' and headliner Costa nominated Martyn
Bedford, author of the two YA novels 'Flip' and 'Never Ending.' This
launch event is set to kick start Big Bookend's Young People's programme
with a bang! Tickets £3, available on the Big Bookend website: www.bigbookend.co.uk
or in store at Waterstones Leeds bookshop.
Further details: 0113 244 4588
TOO GOOD TO BE
FORGOTTEN
Inkposts
– A Space for Enjoying Writing
A site dedicated to short, digestible pieces of writing ranging from
poetry, fiction, reviews, music and discussions about the craft. You can
find us here. -
we also accept submissions here.
Arts Derbyshire
Newsletter
www.artsderbyshire.org.uk - a
quick way to find out about Derbyshire’s arts scene. To sign up to the
newsletter just send an email to: alison.betteridge@derbyshire.gov.uk
Support for
would-be self published authors
The Writers & Artists Yearbook has a section on its website aimed at
helping writers become self published. More info here.
Public Library
News
Get access to the complete story - What's happening to our libraries,
what "stories" are we been told and what the truth
really is: www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Writing
Yorkshire Website
If you'd like to find out more about the full range of services that we
offer, including mentoring, writers advice sessions, and membership then
click here.
FESTIVALS
Doncaster Literary
Festival
Following on from a successful first year we are pleased to bring you
another exciting two weeks packed with local author talks, poetry,
songs, plays and workshops.
When:
Tuesday 27 May – Friday 6 June
More info
here.
Midsummer Poetry
Festival - Sheffield
When:
6th June - 28th June 2014
The Midsummer Poetry Festival, in association with Sheffield Poetry
Festival, is a month-long celebration of poetry, offering a varied
and inclusive poetry platform at Bank Street Arts, Bank Street,
Sheffield.
Full details and programme - click here.
The Leeds Big
Bookend Festival
The Leeds Big Bookend Festival, Leeds’ very own Rock Festival for Words
is back for a third year of festival fun with three programmes each
of which has something for everybody over the weekend of 7th-8th
June.
In our main programme we have authors, poets, musicians and performers.
Jazz, food and drink, art, dementia, protests and radical Chapeltown
all sit side by side.
There will be a big focus on our local communities in the Leeds Story
Cycle which will express the voice of Leeds, captured at the
historic moment of the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. In addition
there will be sessions for children and young people.
For Big Bookend festival information, please visit the festival website.
Bridlington Poetry
Festival
This popular festival returns on 12th - 15th June and tickets are on sale
now for a great programme including Andrew Motion, Don Paterson,
Wendy Cope, Ian Duhig and many more.
More info: www.bridlington-poetry-festival.com
Poetry in the City
- Bradford
Poetry in the City is a new poetry festival in Bradford City Centre
between 20-22 June 2014, the festival will offer a feast of exciting
poetry alongside delicious food from around the world.
There will be readings and workshops by leading poets as well as free
outdoor performances, fun family activities, a poetry treasure hunt
and a multi-lingual mushaira all taking place alongside delicious food
from around the world.
Follow us on twitter: @Ilkleylitfest
For further details click here.
COMPETITIONS
The National
Poetry Competition - Closing date: 31st October 2014
Established in 1978, the Poetry
Society’s National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest and
most prestigious poetry contests. Winners include both established and
emerging poets, and for many the prize has proved an important career
milestone. Win, and add your name to a roll-call that includes the
current UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Tony Harrison, Ruth Padel,
Philip Gross and Jo Shapcott.
Prizes
1st: £5000, 2nd: £2000, 3rd: £1000, Plus
Seven Commendations: £100
The top-three winning poems are
published in the Spring issue of The Poetry Review. The winners will be
invited to appear at various events and festivals around the country,
including Ledbury Poetry Festival. Up to 150 longlisted entrants are also
offered a discount on selected activities from the Poetry School. Winning
and commended poems will are published on the Poetry Society website.
Entry
Fees: £6 for your first poem and £3.50 for each subsequent entry
in the same submission. FREE 2nd entry for Poetry Society members.
SASH Charity
Writing Competition -
Closing Date: 10th October 2014
SASH prevents young people from becoming
homeless by offering them a room in the home of a volunteer. Our
Nightstop service provide emergency accommodation for young people at a
time of crisis.
The theme of the competition is
‘Homeless’ and the aim is to help raise awareness of youth homelessness
within Yorkshire and throughout the UK.
We would like to encourage those who
have or are experiencing homelessness to enter but you don’t have to have
experienced homelessness personally to submit an entry.
We have a very special judge in Ross
Raisin, Yorkshire born, award winning author of ‘Gods Own Country’ and
‘Waterline’. The first prize is a week-long residential writing course
kindly donated by Arvon.
Submission can be in any genre (including poetry) up to a maximum of 3000
words and the closing date is on World Homeless Day, 10 October 2014.
If you want to send us an item for
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 or omissions which may occur, any
corrections or suggestions will be welcomed.
We hope that you enjoy the newsletter.
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