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Last call for
Northern Writers’ Awards 2016
This year’s Northern Writers’ Awards close for entry
at 11pm, Wednesday
3 February.
There are £40,000
worth of awards to support work-in-progress by writers in
the North of England, including bursaries for a 12-month development
period with Lime
Pictures, a residential writing course with Arvon and
manuscript assessment from The
Literary Consultancy, as well as cash awards. Don’t miss out!
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Northern Crime One
Newcastle launch
Northern Crime One is
a crime short
story anthology from Moth Publishing, which brings
together the work of 20 winners of the Northern Crime Short Story
Competition held last year.
"From rural noir to urban horror, high concept drama
to blunt force trauma, Moth Publishing presents its first collection of
prize-winning short stories. From the inner city to the shires, Santander
to Stratford, these northern writers know where the bodies are
buried."
The collection has its North
East launch at Newcastle City Library on Thursday 24 March,
6.30pm. For details of the collection, see Moth Publishing's website. To book
FREE tickets, see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-crime-tickets-20813545876
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SI Leeds Literary
Prize
New Writing North is pleased to support the SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished Black and Asian
women. The winning entry will receive £2,000, a free
place at an Arvon creative writing course, free manuscript assessment of
their work from The Literary Consultancy; invitation to New Writing
North’s London summer salon event for publishers and agents; workshops
and support; speaking engagements, including at Ilkley Literature
Festival 2016 and serious consideration for publication by Peepal Tree
Press.
SI Leeds will be accepting manuscripts until Saturday 30 April.
Further information about the prize can be found at www.sileedsliteraryprize.com.
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New Writing North's
call to tender
Are you a graphic
designer, web
designer or film-maker?
New Writing North is looking to work with you.
We have put out a call
to tender for our website and visual identity, as well as
the brand development and a website for the Gordon Burn Prize and the
design for Durham Book Festival.
We would also like to commission a filmmaker or company to work with
us over a nine-month period to produce a series of short films about
areas of our work.
If you are interested, please have a look at the briefs on our website.
Applications for all briefs must be made by 19 February 2016.
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People
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Chanje Kunda,
one of our Verb New Voices 3 artists, has made a short film of her
commission, Physics,
which is now live on the BBC website.
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Opportunities
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Recruitment for The
Writing Squad
The Writing Squad is looking for 30 talented writers in the north of
England aged
between 16 and 21 to join their new two-year line-up.
Being part of the Squad is free and successful applicants will receive
one-to-one tutoring and feedback, as well as four Squad days a year with
guest professional writers. The closing date is midnight on Wednesday 30 March;
see the Writing Squad's website.
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Calling for plays!
Kendal Yarns Festival of New Plays (which takes place in July) is
calling for
fifteen-minute plays referencing Kendal. Every play will
receive a public airing at the hands of local and national professional
and semi-professional directors. The deadline for applications is Friday 1 April.
For more information, see www.kendalcomunitytheatre.org.
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About Love short play
competition
International entries are open for the About Love festival of short plays,
which takes place in Vancouver, Canada over June/July. The play should be
approximately eight to twenty-minutes in length and should have no more
than four on-stage characters. There will be a $150 dollar prize for the
winning playwright; see the competition’s website for full T&Cs.
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Places for London
editing skills workshop
A limited number of bursaried
places including travel costs for low-income writers are
available for a book
editing skills workshop at Free Word Centre, London,
5-7pm on Tuesday
15 March. The practical skills class, led by professional
editor Richard Sheehan, is particularly keen to attract those from
marginalised communities including BAME, disabled and LGBQT. Further information is available at the Literary
Consultancy website.
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Competitions
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Wicked Young Writers Awards
There is just over a month left to enter the sixth annual Wicked Young
Writers Awards, which is spearheaded by Michael Morpurgo
and features author-illustrator Cressida Cowell as Head Judge. Entries are open
until Friday 11
March for thought-provoking pieces of writing by young
people aged between 5 and 25. This year sees the introduction of the new
‘FOR GOOD’ award for non-fiction essays; see www.WickedYoungWriters.com for full details.
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University of South
Wales Prize for Travel Writing
The New Welsh Writing Awards 2016 is seeking the best short form travel writing
(5,000-30,000 words) from emerging and established writers based in the
UK and Ireland. The many prizes include £1,000 cash and e-publication by
New Welsh Review. The competition closes at midnight on Sunday 3 April;
see www.newwelshwritingawards.com for
details on how to enter.
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The BBC National
Short Story Award 2016
Cash prizes of up to £15,000,
and a slot for your
story to be read on BBC Radio 4, are available as part of
the BBC National Short Story Award 2016 with BookTrust. Now open for its
eleventh year, alumni have included Hilary Mantel, Mark Haddon and Lionel
Shriver (please note: entrants must have a history of publication in
creative writing). The deadline is 5pm, Friday 11 March. Enter via the BookTrust website.
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Writers' &
Artists' Yearbook 2016 Short Story Competition
Published and aspiring writers alike are encouraged to enter the
Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2016 short story competition by midnight
on Monday 15
February for the chance of winning a place on an Arvon
residential writing course of your choice; a cash prize of £500, and
publication of your story on www.writersandartists.co.uk. See www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions
for more information.
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The First National
Octagon Prize
The Octagon Theatre has launched its first national writing prize: a
competition celebrating new and original writing for the stage. Entrants
over 16 with any
level of experience are invited to submit 40-minute dramatic monologues
of any theme or genre, with the successful entry being performed on the
Octagon stage by professional actors. Deadline is Friday 26 February.
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Workshops
and networking
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The Poetry School
Saturday Sessions
smith|doorstop and The North editors Ann and Peter Sansom will be
running all-day
poetry workshops in February, March and April at the
Friends' Meeting House in Manchester.
Commencing Saturday
6 February, they will combine writing exercises,
suggested reading tasks and insightful feedback (session costs start from
£50). Book via the Poetry School website.
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How NOT To Submit
Your Manuscript
Written a book but not sure how to get it published? A two-hour
session solely dedicated to the process of submitting to a literary agent
is taking place at Friargate Theatre, York on Saturday 12 March
as part of York Literature Festival, in collaboration with Writers &
Artists. Tickets cost £25; see the event page for details on how to book.
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Writing for Wellbeing
Workshops
Laura Napran’s Writing for Wellbeing workshops, with a focus on
fostering personal
growth and emotional
wellbeing, continue through March, with sessions taking
place at The Granary Yoga Studio, Nawton,
North Yorkshire, Sunday
6 March, from 1pm – 4pm, £25; and Ecclesfield Library, Sheffield, Saturday 12 March,
from 1pm–4pm, £25. For information on more sessions and to book go to www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk.
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Jobs
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First Story
are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive regional programme officer
to act as a champion for First Story and creative writing in Hull and its
surrounds. This is a key role that will give the incumbent the
opportunity to help shape First Story’s regional operations and will
allow First Story to change the lives of young people in the region. For
further details including a full job description and how to apply, please
visit the First Story website.
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The
Listening Post
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Hull poetry
collection launch
David Kennedy, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University
of Hull launches his latest collection The Apple and the Mountain, a
poetic exploration of Cezanne’s
paintings, at Brynmor Jones Library, The University of
Hull on Monday 11
February at 1pm. He’ll be joined by Faber New Poet
Rachael Allen and by Lesley Harrison (Mariscat Press), both postgraduate
students of the University. For more information about literary readings
organised by the Department of English, contact john.clarke@hull.ac.uk.
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Mslexia Spotlight: An
evening of poetry
Mslexia, the magazine for women who write, presents the second in a
new series of Spotlight events, at the Jazz Café, Newcastle on Thursday 3 March.
There will be an open
mic slot, and readings from guest speakers Cathy Galvin—Guest
Editor of their December issue—Malika
Booker and Lisa
Matthews. Doors open at 7.30pm, and a bar will be open
for refreshments. To pre-book tickets (£5), head to the Mslexia website.
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Words by the Water
Festival of Words and Ideas
This year’s Keswick-based festival programme (4–13 March)
boasts an impressive array of speakers including A.C Grayling, Meg Rosoff, Richard Dawkins
and Kirsty Gunn,
as well as a variety of Cumbrian authors. The prestigious Mirehouse poetry competition,
which runs as part of the Festival, is now open for entries,
with a closing date of Thursday 11 February. A bursary offer of free tickets for young people
is also available, with a closing date of Friday 12 February. For all
information, contact the Words by the Water office on 01803 867373 or
email philip.john@wayswithwords.co.uk.
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