Yorkshire Writers'
Newsletter
December 2014
Writing
Yorkshire News
Writing Yorkshire are really pleased to welcome and introduce you all to
poet Joe Kriss who has taken on the role as new Director for Writing
Yorkshire. Many will know Joe from Wordlife, Opus and Now Then. He comes
armed with a pen and a mic and has this to say: "I'm really excited
to take this post having worked freelance for the organisation for six
years. It's a great team and I'm looking forward to us working together
to develop projects that have a real impact for writers of all ages
across Yorkshire. We're in a difficult funding climate right now but I'm
confident we can innovate as well as maintain what has been our core
activity in recent years."
Keep a close eye on our newsletter, facebook and twitter feeds for
details of the new paths that Joe will be helping us to open up for
Yorkshire Writers.
Writing
Yorkshire presents:
"Write Through The Winter"
Our series of free writing sessions at Experience Barnsley,
Barnsley Town Hall, continues and we still have a few places left.
Do you fancy an opportunity to write that poem or story, start that book
that you've been meaning to, or finish the one that's been waiting
forever for the final full stop?
If that's a yes then this is your opportunity - come along and join prize
winning poet Suzannah Evans at our series of monthly writing sessions -
they go through the winter, delivering you safe and sound on the edge of
spring and feeling all the better for it.
The sessions are for new writers, old writers and all of those in-between
(including those who haven't picked up a pen since their
schooldays). Everyone is welcome and all of the sessions are FREE.
When:
Saturday mornings 11.00am to 1.00pm
Dates: December
6th, January 17th, February 21st, March 21st
More
info: Phone: 07903 241947 / Email: evans.suzie@googlemail.com
Not sure, then just come along and give it a try.
Song Writing Masterclass
This coming Saturday our very own Ray
Hearne will be running a song-writing masterclass. For
beginners and experienced writers alike, this will be a masterclass set
to music. Please spread the word to any would-be songwriters and
musicians out there:
Date:
Saturday 6 December 2014 (10.30am-1.30pm)
Tutor:
Ray Hearne
Venue:
Bank Street Arts
Price:
£18 for non-members, £13.50 for members
More info:
Click Here
Onwords & Upwords Group - New Year, New Start
A new series of the Onwords & Upwords writing group sessions is
starting in January at the Civic Theatre in Barnsley.
Do you have health issues? Are you feeling stressed? Onwords and Upwords
is a friendly and supportive writing group, which meets up in Barnsley
town centre to explore both ideas for getting started and ways of
developing creativity and imagination.
New members are welcome to join the group and take part in 6 creative
writing workshops free of charge. Drinks and biscuits provided.
Venue:
The Civic Theatre, Barnsley, Mondays 1.00 - 3.00pm
Dates:
January 12th & 26th; February 9th & 23rd; March 9th & 23rd.
Interested? Want to know more? Please contact Sue Shaw, Writing
Yorkshire, at s.shaw123shaw@btinternet.com
or just come along to the first meeting of 2015 on January 12th.
Barnsley Writers Resource Centre
A reminder that the free advice sessions are up and running again in
Barnsley following the relocation of the Central Library.
The Resource Centres are friendly advice sessions where you can obtain
information on all aspects of creative writing. We have information on
writing groups, courses, events, publications, or anything to do with
writing. You may be a full-time writer, part-time, occasional or just
interested in the idea of trying some writing for fun.
The next session is booked in for Saturday, January 10th, 11.00 am -
1.00 pm, there's no need to book, just drop in at any point.
Where:
Central Library, Wellington House, Wellington Street, Barnsley.
Please contact us for further details:
Email:
info@writingyorkshire.org
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.
EVENTS,
WORKSHOPS & COURSES
SHEFFIELD
New WEA Poetry Writing Course
Beginning to Write Poetry - A practical
and supportive course to encourage and support you in writing poetry.
Using a range of subjects you will have the opportunity to join in some
fun writing exercises, reading activities and group discussion.
Fee: £71.50 for the 11 sessions but the fee is waived if people are on
benefits
or are an ' unwaged dependant'. It begins on Tuesday 13 January.
More info: Click here
BARNSLEY
Tutored Writing Retreats - Fri 12 Dec
2014 to Sun 14 Dec 2014
Join novelist Alison Taft and poet and writer James Nash for a two night
tutored writing retreat
Join published writers Alison Taft and James Nash at the magnificent House
of Wentworth Castle, set within 40 acres of beautiful parkland on the
outskirts of Barnsley, for a two night tutored writing retreat run by the
Workers’ Educational Association.
This WEA course consists of workshops, structured writing time and focus
groups. Each student also has the opportunity of a one to one session
with either of the tutors to discuss any aspect of their writing.
For more
information and to book your place: Phone: 0113 245 3304
(WEA office)
LEEDS
Writing the Screenplay -
Sat 17 Jan 2015 to Sat 17 Jan 2015
Eight Days
Tuition, School of Film, Music and Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett
University
Ideal for those who already have some experience in creative writing. You
might wish to develop an existing idea into a short film script ready for
production, to work on a new feature film screenplay or to re-write and
polish an existing feature length screenplay.
Taking place over four weekends throughout the year, each weekend is a
totally immersive bootcamp, filled with lectures, writing exercises,
screenings and seminars during which you will learn to:
• develop your idea
• find the form to tell your story
• build your characters
• tell a powerful, visual story
For more information and to apply: Click here
Northern Writers’ Awards Roadshows: December and
January
To launch this year’s application season for the Northern Writers’
Awards, we'll be touring to four northern cities to meet writers who are
thinking of entering the awards, or who just want more information about
them.
You may have written a script, novel, or collection of poems, or have a
story idea that you just don't know what to do with – this is the event
for you.
You will hear from and meet script editors and TV producers who are
interested in diverse new stories from the North of England, previous
winners of the Northern Writers’ Awards who’ve gone on to great success,
and the team at New Writing North who manage the awards.
Places are limited and are first come, first served. Although the
roadshow events are free, booking is mandatory and the nearest session to
us is in Wakefield. This session has unfortunatly sold out but there is a
waiting list for cancelations
Wakefield: Monday 8 December, 4pm-6pm
The Orangery, Wakefield. In association with Beam
Speakers: New Writing North chief executive Claire Malcolm, Caroline
Hollick (head of development, RED Production Company) and Northern
Writers’ Awards winners Mari Hannah and Zaffar Kunial.
Click HERE to be added
to the waiting list.
Other session are in Manchester (10th December + waiting list) and
Liverpool (8th January places still available)
More info:
Here
WRITING
GROUP NEWS
Sheffield
New Writing Group
The Rewrite Group
are looking for writers to join their new group. They are Interested
in young adult fiction, tales on the Peter Pan years, the mid-life,
quarter life crisis, growing up in special or interesting scenes.
The group will meet twice a month at 7:30pm, submitting anything they
want to share at least a week ahead. the group is hosted by a local
writer in Meersbrook.
The meetings will also cover other aspects of the writing world such as
how to get an agent, how to get published, run a successful blog, etc.
More info:
ejalla@outlook.com / Tel:
07581099920
Writers in The Bath
Writers in The Bath, a large sumptuous feast of live
literature held in the city centre every month.
Meetings are held in the Bath Hotel, 66 Victoria Street, Sheffield S3
7QL on the second Tuesday of the month, at 7.30pm. There will be a
charge of £4.
December 9th
visiting poets will be Kim Moore, Noel Williams, and Linda Goulden.
More info: Henry Cornford - henrycornford@outlook.com
MAGAZINE
NEWS
Popshot Magazine
Popshot Magazine is inviting submissions for their next issue, closing
date 23rd January, 2015
Submit poems/short stories within the body of the email to submit@popshotpopshot.com and for more
details on the sort of thing they are looking for visit
their website: Click here
YOUNG
WRITERS
Sheffield,
Rotherham and Doncaster Young Writers Groups are looking for new
members (13s to 19s) to start in January!
New writing
workshops for young people aged 13-18 in Doncaster.
Interested in creativity, imagination, words, images and objects? Want to
explore new starting points, develop ideas, tell stories, create
characters and meet other young writers? Then come to The Point Community
Arts Centre (16 South Parade, Doncaster), on Thursdays:
We Meet up in the café area at 4.45. and share our writing between
5.00 - 7.00 pm. Workshops are free and refreshments are provided.
For more info contact SueShaw: s.shaw123shaw@btinternet.com
And if you're in
Sheffield or Rotherham ............
Are you aged 14 to 19? Then we have groups also starting in January for
you as well! You don't have to think you're an amazing writer to join,
you just need an interest in creative writing and having a go. The groups
are very supportive, relaxed and informal and everyone is welcome.
Workshops are generally once a fortnight, 5 to 7 or 5.30 to 7.30 with a
munchies break in between As well as writing workshops, we let
groups know about other writing happenings like competitions, events and
festivals. If you're interested or you know someone who is, say hello to
Vicky: vicky@writingyorkshire.org
If you're too old
for a group but want to know what's happening in Yorkshire for under 25s,
drop Vicky a line too.
Competitions
Whacky Competition
Entries Required
Carillon Magazine is looking for whacky or weird stories for their latest
competition, some of which could be included in the latest anthology due
out in the new year.
The deadline is Christmas 2014 and all profits go to charity.
More info here.
Opportunities
& Jobs
Channel 4/Northumbria University
Writing for Television Awards
Bursary Awards
Two bursaries,
each worth £3,000, will be awarded to two writers. One bursary winner
will be based at RED Production Company. They will receive mentoring and
support from key members of staff to develop their own original idea and
to gain an understanding of the development process. The writer will work
with RED Production Company to produce a treatment for an original drama
that may then be pitched to a broadcaster. The second bursary winner will
be based at Lime Pictures in Liverpool. The bursary recipient will work
with the writing team at Hollyoaks to undertake an attachment from story
conference to final shoot. The recipient will be supported to produce a
shadow script for the show and this could lead to a commission for an
actual broadcast episode if the writer demonstrates promise.
No previous writing experience is required. Both production companies are
looking for a writer with an ear for dialogue, able to write
character-driven script with imagination. The judges are looking for
authentic and believable dialogue from a diverse range of writers whose
work offers a fresh perspective on life in 21st century Britain.
More info
here
Writing the Screenplay -
Sat 17 Jan 2015 to Sat 17 Jan 2015
Eight Days
Tuition, School of Film, Music and Performing Arts at Leeds Beckett
University
Ideal for those who already have some experience in creative writing. You
might wish to develop an existing idea into a short film script ready for
production, to work on a new feature film screenplay or to re-write and
polish an existing feature length screenplay.
Taking place over four weekends throughout the year, each weekend is a
totally immersive bootcamp, filled with lectures, writing exercises,
screenings and seminars during which you will learn to:
• develop your idea
• find the form to tell your story
• build your characters
• tell a powerful, visual story
For more information and to apply click here
Senior Lecturers in Creative Writing - Deadline:
Wed 17 Dec 2014
Leeds Beckett University is seeking to appoint two senior lecturers in
Creative and/or Professional Writing to contribute to the development and
delivery of its undergraduate and postgraduate courses and the
supervision of research students in this disciplinary field.
The applicant should also be able to demonstrate either a proven track
record in research and publication activity or the capacity to develop
such a track record.
For more information and to apply click here
Programme Officer - West
Yorkshire & Lancashire - Deadline: Tue 16 Dec 2014
First Story
are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Programme Officer to act as
a champion for First Story and creative writing in West Yorkshire and
Lancashire
First Story has been operating with success in the area since September
2013. We now have writers-in-residence in ten schools in Bradford and
Rochdale.
We are looking for someone dynamic and enterprising to co-ordinate our
current residencies in West Yorkshire and Lancashire and to cultivate
local support and explore opportunities for extending our impact within
the region.
For more information and to apply click here
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Yorkshire Website
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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,
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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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