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Deadline approaching
for Northern Writers’ Awards 2015
 There’s
still time to enter the Northern Writers’ Awards 2015. With support from
Northumbria University, this year’s awards are our biggest ever, with
£46,000 worth of awards for emerging and more established writers across
the North. There are new awards for aspiring television writers, short
story writers, and new poets, as well as our flagship Northern Writers’
Awards.
With so many categories to choose from this year, make sure you give
yourself plenty of time to apply. The awards close for submission at 5pm
on Monday 2 February and application is online only at www.northernwritersawards.com.
Join us for a
chat about the awards. Claire Malcolm, chief executive of New Writing
North, will be on Twitter at 12pm-1pm and 8pm-9pm on Thursday 22 January,
using the hashtag #NorthernWritersAwards.
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Matthew Hale Award
Do you work with or know a young writer who shows promise, but lacks
the opportunity to develop their talent? We are seeking nominations from
parents, carers, family members, teachers, youth leaders, social workers,
librarians and other professionals working with young people to nominate
candidates for this award as part of the Northern Writers’ Awards.
The young person must live in the North of England and be 12-18 years
old. They can be interested in writing in any form, including
songwriting, blogging and drama.
You can nominate until Monday 2 February at 5pm at www.northernwritersawards.com/apply-the-matthew-hale-award-details-60.html.
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News from Cuckoo
Young Writers
 Our
Newcastle Cuckoo group has kicked off the New Year at a new venue. The
group is led by Susannah Pickering and Matt Wesolowski and now meets
every Saturday at Northern Stage (Barras Bridge, NE1 7RH) from 11am to
1pm. As always, the sessions are free, drop-in, and open to all between
the ages of 12 and 19. There is no need to sign up, just come along on
the day. For more information, contact Amy Mitchell at amy@newwritingnorth.com.
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Survey of writers
2015
What sort of support do you need as a writer? This is the key question
we are hoping will be answered by our survey of writers, which is open
until 31 January 2015. We want to hear from as many of you as possible,
so that we can understand and plan for the ways to best support you and
your work. If you would like to inform our future work, please complete
the short survey at https://newwritingnorth.wufoo.eu/forms/survey-of-writers-2015/.
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People
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Congratulations
 Hooray for Angela Readman,
who has just taken first prize in the Charles Causley Poetry Competition.
Angela’s poem, The
Museum of Water, was described as ‘delicate and unsettling’ by
judge Kathleen Simmonds.
Congratulations to playwright Sean
Burn, whose play, collector
of tears, was chosen by British Theatre Guide as the best
North East new play of 2014. Peter Lathan of British Theatre Guide called
it ‘a flawless fusion of writing, performance, design and lighting’.
Heathcliff Adrift,
a poetry collection by Benjamin
Myers exploring Heathcliff’s lost years, was commissioned
for an exhibition alongside photography by Nick Small at Durham Book
Festival 2014. If you missed it there, you can now catch it as the Brontë
Parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire, from 1 February until 30
May.
Well done to Olivia
Gwyne, a creative writing MA student at Newcastle
University, who has been shortlisted to the final three in the SASH
Writing Competition, which is judged by Ross Raisin and was mentioned in
our newsletter last August. The winner will be announced on 30 January.
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Opportunities
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BBC Radio 4: Opening
Lines
The BBC Radio Drama Readings Unit is now open for submissions for
writers new to radio for their annual series, Opening Lines. Three writers will have
their work selected for broadcast on BBC Radio 4. They particularly seek
stories which benefit from being read aloud, with a strong emphasis on
narrative and avoiding too much dialogue and digression. A broad range of
subject matter will be considered, but very dark, harrowing tales would
be unsuitable for this slot. Deadline: Friday 13 February. For full details,
see www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3rg0TYwrP43PLwL7S1jqVwC/submission-guidelines-2015.
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The CWA Debut Dagger
The CWA Debut Dagger is open for submissions until 31 January. This is
the 15th year of the competition for unpublished crime writers, and all
shortlisted entrants gain a professional assessment of their entry. For
full details, see http://thecwa.co.uk/debuts/debut-dagger/.
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Poems inspired by
Julia Darling
To tie in with the tenth anniversary of Julia Darling’s death, Ellen
Phethean, Julia’s business partner at Diamond Twig, is looking to publish
poems inspired by Julia on her website. Please send your poem to Ellen at
diamond.twig@virgin.net with
a short piece about a memory of how you were inspired by Julia. Poems
will be published from April.
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The Philip Larkin and
East Riding Poetry Competition 2015
Judged by acclaimed poet Jean Sprackland, this competition offers a
first prize of £1,000, as well as a prize for young poets. Deadline:
Friday 10 April. For full details, see www.bridlington-poetry-festival.com/The-Philip-Larkin-Society--East-Riding-Poetry-Prize-2015-page-45.html.
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Gender, sexuality and
writing
UnstapledPress
is a Newcastle-based publishing house, set up by fine art students at
Newcastle University. They are currently working on a new publication, Venn, which explores
gender identity and sexuality in contemporary society. They are looking
for any writing, (essays, poetry, text), visual material, (illustrations,
photography, prints) or any other related projects. Send any submissions
or queries to info@unstapledpress.com.
Deadline: Monday 1 February.
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Jobs
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New Writing
South is recruiting for two full-time positions: a
creative learning manager (deadline: 19 January) and an operations and
communications manager (deadline: 22 January). Both jobs are based in
Brighton. For full details, see www.newwritingsouth.com.
Museums
Sheffield has a vacancy for a communications manager,
full-time for seven months. Deadline: 26 January. For full details, see www.museums-sheffield.org.uk.
The Poetry
Translation Centre is expanding its work and is seeking a
managing/programme director to work alongside the founding/artistic
director, four days per week. Based in London. Deadline: 26 January. For
full details, see www.poetrytranslation.org.
National Trust
Wallington in Northumberland requires a freelance
audience consultation facilitator, to support the work of its West Wing
project. The consultancy period is expected to run from March to July
2015. Contact Gillian Mason on Gillian.Mason@nationaltrust.org.uk
for an Invitation to Tender document. Deadline for expressions of
interest: 23 January.
Theatre
Hulabaloo, a specialist producer of children’s theatre,
seeks a part-time general manager. Based in Darlington. Deadline: 28
January. For full details, see www.theatrehullabaloo.org.uk.
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The
Listening Post
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Verbose
Fallow Café,
Manchester: Monday 26 January, 7.30pm
Live literature night Verbose is back at the Fallow Café in Fallowfield,
Manchester. Events take place on the fourth Monday of the month, starting
Monday 26 January. This spring season, expect to see Sarah Butler, Jenn
Ashworth, Emma Jane Unsworth and many more. Entry is free. Find Verbose
on Facebook for updates at www.facebook.com/events/1014097588604278/.
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Poetry events at
Teesside University
Teesside University and Smokestack Books will be presenting a regular
series of poetry events this year, starting on Tuesday 20 January with a
reading by the award-winning poet Ian Duhig, whose latest collection is Digressions.
Following, on Tuesday 24 February, North East poet Jo Colley will read
from her latest collection, Bones
of Birds. Both events are free to attend and start at 6pm in
Teesside University’s Athena Building. For further information contact arts@tees.ac.uk.
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Workshops
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The Poetry School
The Poetry School has several interesting courses coming up, both in
London and online, including No
laughs please, we’re poets: can comic poetry be good poetry?,
which looks at the seriously funny poetry of Simon Armitage, Jo Shapcott
et al. That course starts on Friday 6 February. All courses can be booked
online at www.poetryschool.com.
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Deadline
for the next newsletter
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If you have news that you would like to submit
for inclusion in the newsletter please contact laurafaine@newwritingnorth.com.
The deadline for receipt of information for the first newsletter of 2015
is 26 January. The next edition of The Listening Post covering February's
events will
be published in late January so if there are any events that you would
like to submit for inclusion you will need to send information to Laura
by 20 January.
While
every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in
this newsletter is correct at the time of going to press, things do
change, frequently at the last minute and very often without our
knowledge.
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