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Northern Writers’
Awards on the road
 This Saturday 7 November,
we will be in Bradford and Gateshead talking to writers about writing
opportunities, including the Northern Writers’ Awards, which open for
entry on Tuesday 1
December. You can still sign
up for your place at the Bradford roadshow online at Eventbrite or
turn up on the day (subject to availability).
On Friday 13
November, our roadshow comes to Brewery Arts Centre,
Kendal, with free
tickets available at Eventbrite.
And finally on Saturday
21 November, we will be at Hull University for a full
afternoon of talks about writing opportunities. Sign
up for your free place at Eventbrite.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Manifestos brought to
life
 On Friday
30 October, Cuckoo Young Writers performed Manifestos at Northern Stage,
as part of this year’s Juice Festival. Since the summer, a group of young
writers have been working with poet Paul Summers to explore issues that
they feel strongly about. They discussed their views with academics,
journalists and writers, and then devised their own creative
“manifestos”, which were presented on Friday as short plays, spoken word
performances, film-poems and songs.
The young writers and performers were joined on stage by Reality Boots
(a band formed by Skimsone Arts’ Young Artists Collective) who performed
music about young adults’ rights, and by former-Futurehead Barry Hyde,
who performed the protest songs which he wrote with the Sunderland Cuckoo
Young Writers group earlier in the year.
At the event, we collected feedback from audience members on what
their own manifestos would be. Their words have been collected and are
being crafted into a poem by Paul Summers, which we look forward to
sharing later in the year.
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Kathleen
Kenny’s The
Satellites of Jupiter is published by Red Squirrel Press this
month with two launch events. A night of entertainment and readings at
Tyneside Irish Centre on Thursday
26 November (7.30pm), will be followed by a joint launch
at the Lit and Phil on Tuesday
8 December (7pm), where Kathleen will be joined by Sadhana Naithani,
author of new novella, Elephantine.
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Opportunities
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BFI Film Academy
Residential Programme in Screenwriting
Tyneside Cinema is looking for 25 of the most talented and committed
young writers from across the UK (aged 16–19) to take part in an
intensive and exciting residential training programme that will
kick-start a career in the film industry. The deadline for applications
is Monday 30
November.
To find out more and apply visit www.bfiyoungscreenwriters.co.uk
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Playwrights for
script development
Just Some Theatre Company is looking for new writers to work with on
three new script development projects. The company is looking to
commission writers for three new full length scripts, all based in
England between 1900-1950.
They have two ideas to commission, and are looking for fresh ideas for
the third script, so feel free to send anything you have that fits with
the time period and could be developed. Writers can send up to 3 samples
of their work, each up to ten pages in length. If submitting something
for the third undecided play please include a synopsis of up to a page
and either the whole script, or a section if you prefer.
Successful applicants will be offered a writers fee and a fee for the
development process. Please send your scripts in PDF format to justsometheatre@hotmail.co.uk
by Saturday 5
December 2015.
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Call for submissions:
Developed With The Lowry
The Lowry Studio is looking for a theatre company or solo maker to
create a new piece of work for unconventional spaces and festivals as
part of their Developed With The Lowry scheme. They will receive a
bespoke package of support and funding that covers the 12 months of the
project and beyond.
Interested parties should send a description of the work you would
like to make including some discussion of how you will achieve this (500
words max) and a biog of your work to date to claire.symonds@thelowry.com
by Wednesday 18
November.
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Poetry and prose
pamphlets
The Emma Press has launched their annual call for pamphlet
submissions, which is running until 13 December. The independent
publisher, based in Birmingham, will consider proposals for both poetry
and prose pamphlets and has invited writers to send them ten poems or a
full prose manuscript.
For details see
The Emma Press website.
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Competitions
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BBC World Drama 25th
International Play Writing Competition 2016
The International Playwriting Competition—from the BBC World Service
& British Council—is open until 31 January 2016 to new and
established writers, provided they live outside the UK. £2,200 will be
given for the overall winning playwright of the best play, as well as a
trip to London to see the play being recorded for broadcast on the BBC
World Service.
The application form can be downloaded
via the BBC website.
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InkTears Contest
Short story writers have until 30
November to enter their pieces (1,000 to 3,500 words in
length) into this competition, which offers a top prize of £1,000. Any
theme is acceptable and all six winners will get their story published
and bio published on InkTears’ site.
See
the InkTears website for full entry details.
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The Brunel University
African Poetry Prize
Brunel University is seeking ten poems for publication, with the prize
open to poets who were born in Africa, or who are nationals of an African
country, or whose parents are African. Only poets who have not yet had a
full-length poetry book published are eligible and the closing date is 30 November.
Visit
the Prize’s website for full T&Cs.
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First Story’s
National Writing Competition
Students at state secondary schools have until Friday 4 December
to submit a story or poem of 850 words or less on the theme of ‘Echoes’,
to have a chance of being published in The
Sunday Times online, winning a place on an Arvon creative
writing residential and being professionally published in a collected
anthology. Four acclaimed writers will judge the competition: James
Dawson, Laura Dockrill, Adam Foulds, and Helen Mort.
Find
out more at First Story's website.
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Workshops
and networking
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Telling Tales: A
short course in performance storytelling
Join international storytellers Dominic Kelly and Jo Blake Cave for a
course over two weekends, all about crafting and performing stories.
Taking place 21-22
November and 5-6
December as part of Lancaster Litfest, participation
costs £175 for the full 4-day course and £75 for concessions.
For further details see
the event page on the Litfest website.
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New writing group
launched
Popular Prompts is a new group for writers, meeting the first Friday of the month
at 6pm in central Newcastle. If you’re interested in developing your
ideas in a supportive environment, call Carmel on 07712 130720 to express
your interest.
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The Poetry School:
looking ahead to spring
Booking opens for The Poetry School’s spring term on Monday 9 November.
Courses will be offered across the North East and Yorkshire from Poetry
School favourites as well as welcoming Mona Arshi, Wayne Holloway-Smith,
Melissa Lee-Houghton and Harry Giles to the programme.
See www.poetryschool.com
for the full programme.
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Writing for Wellbeing
Workshops
Laura Napran’s Writing for Wellbeing workshops offer to lead you
through guided writing activities to foster personal growth, increased
mindfulness, and emotional wellbeing.
Sessions take place at the Westoe Practice, South Shields, Sunday 29 November,
from 10am–1pm, £25; York Yoga Studio, Acomb, York, Sunday 6 December,
from 1pm–4pm, £25; and at the Lit & Phil Library, Newcastle, Saturday 20 February,
from 10am–1pm, £25.
For information on more sessions and to
book go to the Writing for Wellbeing website.
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Finding your inner
creator
Chapter One Books based in Manchester will be hosting a free writers’
workshop on Saturday
21 November (11am–1pm) led by first-time published author
Susan Sollazzi. Susan will be sharing her experiences, techniques and
knowledge, having had her novel, Ringing
in my Ears, published this year.
Tickets are available to book
in advance via Eventbrite.
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One-to-one poetry
surgeries
The Poetry Society offers writers surgeries with poets across the
country, providing an opportunity to discuss your poetry on a one-to-one
basis with another poet.
Current surgeries on offer in the North are as follows:
Collette
Bryce in Newcastle on Saturday
5 December and 9
January.
Jo
Bell in Manchester on Saturday
9 January.
Seni
Seneviratne in Sheffield on Wednesdays
18 November and 16
December.
Carole
Bromley in York on Saturdays
28 November and 9
January.
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Jobs
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BAFTA-nominated Bridge
+ Tunnel Productions, based in Central Newcastle, are
seeking a production
& office assistant to support the production team in
delivering a slate of projects and core organisational tasks. To request
the job description, please email admin@bridgeandtunnelproductions.com.
The Wordsworth
Trust in Grasmere is recruiting for its 2016 traineeships.
The trust has been providing training opportunities for people starting
careers in museums, libraries and literature for over 30 years, and has a
high reputation across the sector for the standard of training it
provides. Trainees will receive a unique, all-round experience of both an
historic house and a working museum that receives 50,000 visitors a year.
Applicants should demonstrate an enthusiasm for heritage and learning,
and are expected to develop a knowledge of British Romanticism during the
traineeship. The deadline for application is Sunday 22 November.
To apply, see
The Wordsworth Trust's website.
Settle Stories,
based in the Yorkshire Dales, wishes to commission an impact evaluation of
the Settle Storytelling Festival 2016 and related workshops. The evaluator
will cover the festival events from 1-3 April 2016 and workshops in
schools in the run up to the festival. The deadline for application is 30 November. For
full details, see
the Settle Stories website.
The Laurence
Sterne Trust at Shandy Hall in Coxwold, near York has a
vacancy for an exhibitions
and engagement officer, who will support the curator in
the delivery and promotion of the activities programme and on museum work
as required. Full-time fixed term post ending March 2016 at £18.5k per
annum. The deadline for application is 14 November. For full job
description, see
The Laurence Sterne Trust's website.
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The
Listening Post
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Being Human events on
Tyneside
Eleven free events will be taking place across Newcastle this month,
led by academics from Northumbria University, as part of the nationwide
Being Human festival of the humanities. Highlights taking place at the
Lit & Phil include ‘Shakespeare's
Citizens: Reading & Responses’ on Tuesday 17 November, 6–8pm, and ‘New
Writing at Northumbria’—the annual showcase of creative writing from
the University’s current postgraduate students and staff—on Friday 18 November,
7–9pm.
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Brave New World
This first ever stage adaptation of the classic novel is at Darlington
Civic Theatre from Tuesday
10–Saturday 14 November. Written by award-winning writer
for stage and screen, Dawn King, there will be a free post-show talk on
Wednesday and a tour of the stage and set prior to the Saturday matinee.
For further information please call the audience development and
participation officer on 01325 405510. Tickets are priced £17.40–£27 and
are available
via the Theatre’s website.
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Return of The
Remarkable Mr Rutherford
As part of the Humber
Mouth Literature Festival (6–16
November), The Hull to Scarborough Line, aka Sue Wilsea
and Felix Hodcroft, will be presenting a free show at Kardomah94 all
about Maurice Rutherford, the 92-year-old Hull poet. The live show will
feature readings, film footage of places in Hull that he has written
about as well as an interview with the man himself. The performance takes
place at 6pm on Wednesday
11 November; reserve
your place via Eventbrite.
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Ian McMillan poetry
reading
The Yorkshire poet and raconteur will be reading in the intimate
Beehive Poets back room at the New Beehive Inn, Bradford on Monday 9 November
at 8pm. Space is strictly limited to 40 persons; RSVP
via Beehive Poets’ Facebook group and pay your £5 entry fee on the
door.
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Reading Groups survey
Are you in a reading group? The Reading Agency is currently running a
survey to find out about your experiences, whether you meet at home, in a
bookshop, in a library or in the pub. Every survey completed by 30 November will
be entered into a prize draw to win a luxury hamper full of goodies for
your reading group. Enter
via SurveyMonkey.
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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 laurafraine@newwritingnorth.com.
The deadline for receipt of information for the next newsletter is 16 November.
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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