Creative Future workshops for writers

 Detailing all the upcoming workshops and festival:

Flash Fiction: Last Chance to book!   Don’t miss out on this online workshop in short fiction, led by award-winning writer Anita Goveas. Flash fiction is usually described as a story that’s complete in under 1,000 words, but can be even shorter. But successful flash isn’t just about word count, it’s also about using word choice and structure to create a satisfying piece of prose in which every word counts.   Mondays, 12 / 19 / 26 Feb & 4 March, 6:30-8:30pm Book now Spaces are also still available on our face-to-face workshops: · Poetry of the Body (Wolverhampton) starting 17 February · Life of Change (Sheffield) starting 20 February · Poetry of Everyday Rhythms (Stoke) – starting 11 April · Poetry of Exhibits (Stoke) – starting 27 April See all workshops Tell us your thoughts!  We want to hear your feedback on our services to help us to shape future support. Your views will help inform our future direction, measure how we're doing and confirm the importance of our work.  As a thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback you can enter into our prize draw for a £20 Waterstones gift card. The survey is open until 1 April. We appreciate your help!   Take our survey Online Children’s Writers & Illustrators Festival   Are you writing and/or illustrating for children? Writers & Artists presents an online, craft-based festival for children/YA writers and illustrators at all stages of their careers.   On Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 March, take part in a full weekend line up of authors, illustrators, agents and industry professionals, who will talk tips, offer advice, share experiences and pass on knowledge. It will cover the current publishing marketplace, host invaluable sessions on the creative process with leading authors and illustrators, and provide essential advice on pitching your work when it comes to seeking literary agent representation.   Tickets are £45-80, and Writers & Artists are offering an exclusive 10% Creative Future discount to on all festival tickets, at checkout, use the code FEST24CF. More info & book here Our Writers’ Award Competition is Open!   Don’t forget to enter our 2024 Writers’ Award competition! Open until 19 May.   The theme for this year’s award’s is ‘Reveal’. The theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement. We’re looking for quality writing first and foremost. Send us your best work! The best way to get a sense of what we’re looking for is by looking at previous winners’ work. You can do this by purchasing our previous anthologies here.   Before you apply, it’s really important that you check our rules and that you’re eligible. We aim to make it as easy as possible to submit work, you can enter online, by email, or by post. Enter here     Copyright © 2024 Creative Future, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Creative Future Creative Future, Community Base, 113 Queens Road Brighton, Eng BN1 3XG United Kingdom