Yorkshire Writers'
Newsletter
January 2015
Writing
Yorkshire News
A bright new year coming, fresh opportunities and words a plenty for you
all - Happy New Year and good wishes from everyone here at Writing
Yorkshire.
Derbyshire
Writing Retreat
Want to get more writing done in the
coming new year? Why not join our Winter Writers’ Retreat in Buxton?
Led by Writing Yorkshire’s Professional
Development Manager, Beverley Ward, the retreat will include the option
of taking part in workshops and feedback sessions, but the bulk of the
time will be given over to individual writing projects. Guests will come
together for breakfast and dinner (which are included in the cost) and
all guests will have a private room including a desk and chair.
Dates:
Sunday 15th February – Wednesday 18th February
Cost: £140 per person
"Write
Through The Winter"
Our series of free writing sessions at Experience Barnsley in
Barnsley Town Hall are proving very popular, we have a few places
left so make a date in your diary and come along to the next session -
Saturday 17th January.
The sessions will offer you 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? Prize winning poet
Suzannah Evans will guide and support you then deliver you safe and sound
on the edge of spring, 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: 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.
Onwords & Upwords Group - New Year, New Start
The new series of the Onwords & Upwords writing group sessions is
starting in January at the Civic Theatre in Barnsley.
If you have health issues or are feeling stressed then this may be the
group for you - Onwords and Upwords is a friendly and supportive writing
group, which meets up in Barnsley town centre to explore ideas to help
start your writing 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 next free advice session in Barnsley Central
Library is booked in for January 10th.
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 Writing
Courses for the New Year
Writing a Novel - Explore and
develop fiction writing skills in this supportive, practical course.
We will incorporate techniques and exercises to get you
started, consider how great writing works, and share our fiction as
it develops through weekly workshops. A course for starters and
re-starters in fiction.
Fee: £71.50 for the
11 sessions but the fee is waived for people on benefits or are an
' unwaged dependant'.
Start date: Thursday 8th
January 2015.
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 for people on benefits or are an
' unwaged dependant'.
Start date: Tuesday 13
January 2015.
Anglo Saxon Voices
A celebration of Anglo Saxon poetry
featuring riddles, songs, laments, epics, translations and
adaptations, feasting at the Anglo Saxon banquet and quaffing of mead.
The evening will include enactments of 'The Seafarer', 'The Wanderer', 'The Wife's Lament'
and 'The Husband's
Message', translated by Ian Enters, plus a reading
from 'Leasungspell'
by Bob Beagrie,
which is due to be published by Smokestack Books in 2016.
Where:
Eten Café, Sheffield, 2-4 York Street, Sheffield, S1 2ER
When:
Friday 30 January 2015, 19:30
Cost:
£6.00 on the door (including buffet + part donation to the charity
Reading Matters - www.readingmatters.org.uk/ )
More info: Click here
This event is a precursor to a reading by Ian Enters and Bob Beagrie at
The British Museum with the Sutton Hoo relics - 10th April at
British Museum, London 6.00-8.00pm.
Doncaster
Mouthy Poets at the Cast
Mouthy Poets is a collective of 50 young
people, supporting each other to develop and deliver their stories
to you.
Diverse young voices birth a truthful show about how love, relationships,
politics, gender and everything in between make us stronger
beings.
This show will change your perceptions of what poetry is; film, music,
movement and collaboration developed alongside Clare Pollard, John
Berkavitch and BSL Director Emily Howlett. Featuring a regional
headliner hand-picked by Apples & Snakes.
Tickets:
£10.50 / £8.50 concessions
When:
Sat 14 March 7:45pm
more info: Click Here
Leeds
Writing the Screenplay -
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
Time up for
Ted Hughes
Time is almost up to get your
recommendations in for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
If you’ve seen something amazing in poetry this year, whether on
screen, stage, in a soundscape, an exhibition – or anything in
between – then make sure you recommend it.
The winning poet(s) wins £5000 and join a stellar line up of previous
winners including Maggie Sawkins, Kate Tempest, Kaite O’Reilly,
Lavinia Greenlaw and Alice Oswald. So if you have a piece of work
you’d like to be considered by this year’s judges – Julia Copus, Kei
Miller and Grayson Perry – then make sure you get your recommendation in
by the deadline!
If you’re a member of The Poetry Book Society or the Poetry Book Society,
simply go the recommendation page and fill out and return your form
by 7th January 2014. This can be done online by emailing it
to: tedhughesaward@poetrysociety.org.uk
or by post to The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, Covent
Garden, WC2H 9BX. We look forward to your recommendations.
More details can be found on the Poetry Society Website
WRITING
GROUP NEWS
Have you been thinking about joining a local writers group? Not sure
where to look to find out what's happening in your area? There are lots
of groups out there, all waiting to welcome you and to find out the
details just click - here - this will take you straight to
our group listings on the Writing
Yorkshire website where you'll find all of the
information that you'll need.
If you run a group which isn't included then just send the details
to us at: info@writingyorkshire.org and we'll
be happy to add them to our listings.
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.
OPPORTUNITIES AND VACANCIES
TLC Free Reads for Young Writers - Deadline: Sat 31 Jan 2015
The TLC Free Reads bursary scheme for young writers is now open for
entries! Are you aged 16-25? Looking for professional feedback on
your writing? Across the UK, Arts Council England and the NAWE Young
Writers' Hub are working together to offer young writers the
opportunity to have their work read by The Literary Consultancy
(TLC).
Submissions can be made in the following categories and lengths:
Fiction/non-fiction:
Up to 50 pages (opening of book)
Short stories:
Up to 3,000 words per story, maximum 3 stories
Poetry:
Up to 300 lines of poetry
You can download an application form and read the guidelines here
Please send your application form and submission as an MS Word file to
Wes Brown: w.brown@nawe.co.uk with 'TLC Free Reads' as
the subject.
The Submission Process: Literary Agents in Discussion (York)
Sat 28 Mar 2015
(Booking places now)
Join us at the York
Literature Festival where we present a two-hour session
solely dedicated to the process of submitting to a literary
agent. Literary agents receive hundreds of submissions from writers
each week. To help make yours stand out from the crowd and give your
novel the best possible start on its journey to publication, join us
at the York Literature Festival where we present a two-hour session
solely dedicated to the process of submitting to a literary agent.
This exciting event sees Writers & Artists in collaboration with York
Literature Festival for the first time and brings together leading
UK literary agents Julia Churchill, Oliver Munson and Jo Unwin who,
in turn, will cover everything you need to know about how to put
together a well-crafted submission package.
More info & to
book a place: Click here
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
Yorkshire Website
If you'd like to find out more about the full range of services that
Writing Yorkshire offer, including mentoring, writers advice
sessions, and membership then click here.
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 we 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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