Karen's blog: Writers Online newsletters

Here are the latest Writers Online newsletters for my followers to peruse:

Come along to our new writing workshop weekend

Here’s your chance to attend the ultimate writing weekend away with professional writer James McCreet on 7 and 8 March. Choose to attend a day session, or both, and learn new ways to improve your writing, develop your skills and feel encouraged to fulfil your writing goals!

Taking place at the Park Plaza hotel in Leeds, day 1 will cover the essentials of novel writing, followed by a crime writing masterclass on day 2. We’re also offering you the chance to have your writing critiqued by James, at an additional cost.

Book your early bird tickets now for the best prices!

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From short stories, scriptwriting, writing for children, to crime writing and marketing your book, there is a course for everyone. You’ll study at home, at your own pace with the help and guidance of a professional writing tutor (via email).

Our courses have been helping writers achieve their goals for over 20 years and are adapted to suit your current objectives and projects, so you’ll experience a truly tailored service.

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20% discount is already applied to all prices outlined on our website, and ends on 30 September 2019. So be quick!

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Over 670 writing competitions to enter

Our October issue has just landed, which includes our best competition guide to date! With over 670 writing competitions to enter, and a whopping £1.3 million in prize money!

With competitions to enter around the world, from fiction to short stories, poetry and writing for children, you’ll find lots to whet your appetite over the coming months. Plus, we feature our recent winning competition entries, which could be you next!

And of course the October issue of Writing Magazine offers even more writing advice to help you enter these competitions with a how-to on writing your first chapter, exercises to overcome writer’s block, plus inspiring interviews with writers of all levels.

Order your copy direct from us, while stock lasts!

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Claim our bank holiday deal

Planning a long weekend of writing? Here’s something that might help…

Our library of digital back issues are just 99p each (usually £4.99), for this bank holiday only! Choose between a wealth of fascinating interviews with authors from around the globe, bundles of writing tips and expert advice, markets to sell your work and opportunities to get published.

Happy writing 😊

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Unlock your potential with the new Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2020…

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2020

Packed with practical advice, guidance and inspiration about all aspects of the writing process, this Yearbook is the essential resource on how to get published.

It will guide authors and illustrators across all genres and markets: those looking for a traditional, hybrid or self-publishing route to publication; writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets and playwrights, writers for TV and radio, newspapers and magazines.

Children's Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2020

The indispensable guide to writing for children and young adults, this Yearbook provides inspirational articles from successful writers and illustrators, as well as practical advice on who to contact across the media and how to get published.

Choose your book, and receive 12 issues a year direct to your door (while saving money on the shop price) with all the very best writing advice, inspiration and opportunities to get published and win big!

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Fulfil your writing potential

Your writing companion is FINALLY here…

Daily inspiration, writing exercises, industry news, competitions to win big and opportunities to see your work published. It’s the first app of its kind, giving you the resources you need at your fingertips, every day.

Subscribe to the Writer’s App for just £4.99 a month.

Magazine subscribers can upgrade their current subscription to gain access to the App by calling our team on: 01778 392482 and quoting: WM/APP

Plus all the latest competitions to win CASH prizes

Big opportunities, HUGE Prizes

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First prize of £10,000 for both short stories and poetry in the Manchester Writing Competition

Win €10,000 in the international Moth Poetry Prize, run by the prestigious Irish literary magazine, also home to the €1,000 Caterpillar Story Prize for stories for children.

Also for writing for children, the Joan Aiken Future Classics Prize is for unpublished novels, with a £1,000 prize and chance to meet agent Julia Churchill, and first prize is £2,500 in the Bath Children's Novel Award

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Write a 'poem for Europe', which will be judged without political bias, for chance to win £500, or a Brexit-themed Halloween story to win £300 in the Dreams of Shadows Halloween Contest.

Meanwhile, first prize is £200 in both the Doris Gooderson Short Story Prize from Wrekin Writers and both flash and poetry categories of the Gloucester Writers Network Competition

Don't forget, there are cash prizes and publication for winners every month in Writing Magazine competitions.

Inspiring ideas and advice

Run out of steam? Lost your muse? Check out our collection of more than 100 inspiring writing quotes

Metaphor is a powerful tool for writers and poets but what effect does it have on your readers? Learn how, and why, to use metaphor effectively

Are you considering a creative writing degree or course? Read our top tips on making the most of it

The only subscription box for novelists

Scribbler is the first and only subscription box for novelists, created by bestselling authors. Inside each monthly delivery you'll find curated writerly gifts, a new release novel, inside looks at the publishing process, an invite to chat with a publishing pro, and a collectible 'writing passport' from a bestselling author teaching you how to master a writing topic.

Loved by BuzzFeed and thousands of writers across the world, Scribbler is the investment in your writing career that you totally deserve.

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Sitting on a story and unsure what to do next?

With our expert help, learn how to promote and sell your book with this two-part online course. You’ll learn how to put together the all-important press pack to stand out from the crowd, how to gain media coverage, and how to manage and maximise your wider network.

Start this course from the comfort of your own home to fit around your busy schedule. All for just £50!

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Plus opportunities to WIN BIG 💰

Big opportunities, HUGE Prizes

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• Win $3,000 in an unusual competition for a 50-paragraph short story, with predefined first and twentieth paragraphs

• Win £1,000 for a 2,000-word short story in the London Short Story Prize

• Win $1,000 in the prestigious Zoetrope All-Story Short Fiction Competition

• First prize is £1,000 in two categories (one for 'English as another language') in the Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition

• Self- or unpublished novels could win £1,500 in the Caledonia Novel Award

• First prize is £5,000 in the Poetry Society International Poetry Competition

• Don't forget, there are cash prizes and publication for winners every month in Writing Magazine competitions.

Inspiring ideas and advice

• How do you write a good old-fashioned bonkbuster? Melanie Blake, author of this summer's must-pack beach-read, The Thunder Girls, explains how she did

• On trend – what are the pros and cons of writing fashionably? Celia Brayfield explains

• How to create atmospheric settings for your fiction

Head to an Island for a chance to win £100

Dreaming of escaping to an exotic Island this summer? With our latest Timely Topic Competition, you can!

Submit up to 500 words on the theme ‘Island’ and you could win £100, plus publication in our magazine and online. Happy writing 😊

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Thinking about writing Children and YA fiction?

Our popular Bright Sparks supplement quickly became a sellout earlier in June, but is now available to download!

With children's fiction becoming an increasingly important portion of publisher's revenue, there’s no better time to try your hand at writing for young readers, or deepening your understanding of their needs.

This guide takes you through the basics of getting started, to tackling sensitive topics and more!

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Exclusive guide with July issue

With the July issue of Writing Magazine comes an exclusive Bright Sparks guide filled with industry experts and successful writers on the structure and requirements of publishing for different age ranges, from picture books all the way through to young adult.

Order yours today and you’ll gain valuable knowledge including:

•	How to write for modern audiences

•	How to handle contemporary issues and how far should you go

•	How to set up a series

•	How to organise and run workshops and events for young readers

•	Using the internet and social media for marketing children’s books

...and much more!

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Browse hundreds of how-to articles from past issues of Writing Magazine

Big opportunities, HUGE Prizes

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• SUBSCRIBERS! Feature in Writing Magazine and on Writers Online. Send us details of your publication now

• Win £20,000 and an Amazon marketing campaign in the Kindle Storyteller Award

• Win £3,000 and agency representation in a competition celebrating 120 years of Curtis Brown

• Get your Doctor Who story produced as a Big Finish audiobook in the firm's Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trips Opportunity

• Win £500 and publication in the Historical Writers' Association's Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Award

• First prize is £500 in the Writing East Midlands Aurora Prize

• Short stories and poems with subculture themes are wanted for the annual competition anthology from Creative Mind – Horwich

• Big cash and mentoring prizes are on offer in the annual competitions from Mslexia

• Don't forget, there are cash prizes and publication for winners every month in Writing Magazine competitions.

Inspiring ideas and advice

• Are you considering a creative writing degree or course? Read our top tips on making the most of it

• Start strong and get your story's foundation right with our definitive guide to structuring your novel, complete with free downloadable worksheet.

• Looking for a Father’s Day gift? We've got some great ideas to please writing dads

• Explore the pros and cons of writing in present tense

Your digital archive of writing inspiration

Browse hundreds of how-to articles from past issues of Writing Magazine that are written by writing professionals, with our new digital archive subscription service. Covering a wonderful variety of topics to help improve your knowledge and skills, you can search genres, interviews and tips and discover even more writing advice that you can read on any digital device, as often as you wish!

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Wednesday, 18 September 2019

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