Forthwrite Festival: a celebration of women writers over 50 We are delighted to announce Forthwrite Festival will be back in March 2027! It is set to be bigger and better than ever with two packed days in Brighton and a day in Crawley. Expect workshops, panels and more at this celebration of women writers over 50. This […]
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The Fundamentals of Submitting Your Work by Oscar Janson-Smith Like most major life accomplishments, getting a book deal is not an easy thing to do. However, there are a few things you can do to give your book the best possible chance of being picked up by an agent and, in turn, dramatically increase your
A residency programme to challenge under-representation of Black and Asian British writers in the literary world
Supporting Alinah Azadeh, Writer-in-Residence at Seven Sisters Country Park
The Working Class Writers Collective brings together writers from working-class backgrounds based across the south-east region. The collective was established as a call to arms, to create events and activities to bring working class writing out of the margins and on to the centre of the page NWS helped establish the collective and continues its
Writing Around the Kids are free creative writing workshops for mothers of young children. The sessions are for writers of all abilities. Whether you’ve never written creatively before or have an idea of something you’d like to develop, come along and give it a go. It’s a great opportunity for mothers to forge some space
By Clare Christian You’ve written your book. You’ve redrafted it once, twice, probably more. You’ve polished it; maybe you’ve worked with an editor to get it in the best shape it can possibly be in. Now you’re ready to put it out there into the big wide world. But how? If you’re at this stage
By Anna Burtt At some point over the years, ‘self-promotion’ has been given a bad name. We associate it with narcissism and arrogance. You do not need to be narcissistic or arrogant to be a good self promoter, and it is an essential part of being a writer. You are a creative person. You have
By Beth Miller Please note, the following applies to fiction submissions only. Non-fiction submissions have very different requirements. There are excellent guidelines on writing non-fiction proposals in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, or online at www.writersandartists.co.uk. Before you send your work out• Don’t submit your work until the novel is finished and edited. If an
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