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Call out: A New Working Class Writers’ Collective
Do you want to join a working class writers’s collective in the South-East to share, showcase, celebrate and support writing by people from working class backgrounds? If so, please get in touch to express your interest. In the first instance, we will organise a meeting in the autumn so we can come together and discuss […]View post
LGBTQ+ writers wanted for Celebrating our Stories!
We have now reached the stage of the project where we are looking for LGBTQ+ writers to respond to the stories we have collected in a series of writing workshops taking place in Brighton and Hastings.View post
The Coast is Queer finds its first financial supporter for 2020
We’ve been very moved by the level of support for the Coast is Queer in 2019, and we’re already making plans for next year. Establishing financial support is a vital part of reproducing this year’s success, so we’re utterly delighted to have gained a generous donation from BN3 Renovations to help make next year’s festival a reality. BN3 […]View post
Creative Writing Programme
We offer some of the best quality training you’ll find to take your writing to the next level. We are the home of the Creative Writing Programme, one of the leading writing courses in southeast England. Enrolment is now open for courses starting in Autumn 2019.
Creative Writing Programme (Year 1)
30 September 2019 - 24 May 2020
Brighton
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Creative Writing Programme (Year 2)
30 September 2019 - 24 May 2020
Brighton and Hastings
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Autobiography and Life Writing Programme (Year 1)
1 October 2019 - 22 May 2020
The Writers' Place, Brighton
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Events
Check out our programme of events at The Writers’ Place in Brighton and around the region. See all events
Celebrating Our Stories
1 October 2018 - 31 October 2020
Celebrating Our Stories is a multi-artform project will gather personal testimonies from LGBTQ+ older people from across southeast England to create a festival of verbatim theatre for 2020.View event
Theatre Royal Brighton Young Playwrights
12 January 2019 - 30 April 2019
Theatre Royal Brighton Young Playwrights is an annual course for 16 - 25 year old aspiring playwrightsView event
New Writing South Best New Play Award
1 April 2019 - 2 June 2019
New Writing South, in partnership with Brighton Fringe, runs the Best New Play Award. This award is presented to a playwright in recognition of an outstanding, original theatre script produced at Brighton Fringe.View event
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Services for Writers
We offer awards and bursaries; a script reading service; coaching and mentoring; meet-ups; and other ways to create the space you need to write.
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TLC Free Reads
Writers on low incomes can get access to a professional critique from the UK’s leading literary agency, The Literary Consultancy – an invaluable opportunity in your creative journey
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Become a NWS Friend
You’ll not only become part of our vibrant community of writers, but you’ll be supporting us to develop writers’ careers and enable fresh, diverse talent to flourish
More infoLatest opportunities
We regularly post news of awards, competitions, workshops and retreats offered by organisations from around the region. See all opportunities
Writing Out Our Stories: A Free Workshop for Aspiring LGBTQ+ Writers
19 October 2019
Hastings Library, Claremont, Hastings, UK
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The Brighton & Hove Arts Council 2019 Poetry Competition is open for entries
31 July 2019 - 20 October 2019
The Open Competition is open to anyone over the age of 16 years by the closing date, and who is resident, working, studying or was born in Sussex. Deadline for entries: 20 October 2019.View opportunity
Penned in the Margins – open to proposals of poetry, fiction and non-fiction
4 October 2019
Publisher of exciting, risk-taking books, Penned in the Margins are open to new proposals of poetry, fiction and non-fiction books.View opportunity
