The
Breakthrough YA & Children's Fiction Scholarship for Writers of
Colour. This
scholarship will award a talented writer of colour with limited
financial means a place on our Writing YA & Children's Fiction
course. Apply by 12 December. Find out more here
Breakthrough
Novel-Writing Course for Writers of Colour. Eight
talented writers of colour with low incomes will join this two-week
Zoom/online novel-writing course with teaching, workshops and
tutorials led by award-winning author Jacob Ross. Apply by 12
December. Find out more here
Breakthrough
Mentoring Programme for Writers with Low Income. Five
talented writers with low incomes will receive nine months of
mentoring from a published author. Apply by 16 January. Find out more here
The
Breakthrough Novel-Writing Scholarship for Writers of Colour. This
scholarship will award a talented writer of colour with limited
financial means a place on our six-month online Writing Your Novel
course. Apply by 30 January. Find out more here
Writers & Artists have bursary places available for their online course Finding Your Voice. Explore the craft of creative writing by paying attention to voice.
The
Ginkgo Prize is open for submissions. It's the world's biggest
ecopoetry prize in association with our friends Poetry
School. First prize £5,000,
second prize £2,000
and third prize £1,000, plus an additional
£500 prize
in partnership with AONB
for ‘Best Poem of Landscape’, as well as a writing
residency for the first prize winner.
The prize is entering its fourth year with three new judges at the
helm: Camille
T. Dungy, Anna
Selby, and Sara
Hudston. Submissions are open 21 September 2021 until
31
January 2021 at 6pm (GMT).
Our friends at The Literary Consultancy have unveiled the programme for WRITE CLUB PLUS, a new digital platform to help you finish your writing project in 2022, with workshops, Masterclasses, weekly prompts and more!
Waterloo Press is holding a 'Happy
Holidays' BOGOF sale. From now until midnight on 19 Dec all
book orders on their website will be eligible for one of
the following sales:
BUY ONE
GET ONE FREE
With every order of a
single title £10 and over, choose a free title* from their
acclaimed backlist.
With every order of a
Waterloo Slim or Winstanley by
Simon Jenner (£7- £8), choose a free title* from
their pamphlet backlist.
BUY
TWO GET ONE FREE
With every order of
two titles (minimum total of £20) choose *any* free book worth
up to £12 from their shop.
