Writing the Past as if it was Now
Free writing workshop in Brighton September 2023. The setting: a glorious 200 year old house. The subject: the past (and that need not be as far away as you might think.)
Mslexia International Short Story and Flash Fiction Competitions
International writing Competitions for women – short story and flash fiction – from prestigious UK magazine. You have to be in it to win it….
Historical Costumes for Writers – a Rare Chance to Get Up Close and Personal
A chance for writers, dressmakers and fashion history fans to really get to grips with what people wore in the past, very, very gently. It’s not just the look of a dress, but also how it felt when you put it on and how much help you needed to get into it…
Writers of Erotic Fiction – Your Chance to Shine
An international short story competition for writers of erotic fiction
Writing Award for the Over 50s
Working on a novel? Over 50 and never been published? This free to enter writing competition has your name all over it.
Love Books Competition 2023
Share your love for a favourite book, poem, or play and win the 2023 Marlborough LitFest competition
A Prize Better than Money for Short Story Writers
An extraordinary writing apprenticeship is available for short story writers who write with a political ethos
Opportunities for Aspiring Authors from Around the World with London Literary Agency
Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency is running a six-month Mentorship Programme for writers from underrepresented backgrounds. This includes – but is not limited to – writers from an ethnic minority background, … Continue reading
International Flash Fiction Competition – big cash prize
The Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award is open to writers over the age of 16 worldwide, published and unpublished. Word Count: 250 not including the titleDeadline is midnight 31 August 2022Entry … Continue reading
Family History: research it, write it, share it.
“Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living” Anon TWO WORKSHOPS in June are going to deal with both those issues…and much more. Clive Reedman became a professional … Continue reading
Writing Opportunity — Residency for Non-fiction Writers
FIVE very fortunate non-fiction writers will be awarded a week-long residency in Scotland – to be precise they will live in off-grid Bothys on the Isle of Eigg or in … Continue reading
A Quick Note to Regular Readers Who MAY have Noticed…
…that I have broken the habit of a decade (yes! that long) and published THREE insightful quotes about writing and being a writer this Sunday instead of the usual mean-minded, … Continue reading
The Extraordinary Lesson of a Satire about Power
Fifty years ago a young Brazilian playwright wanted to say something important about the nature of power: not how it was won, but how it operates and makes ordinary people … Continue reading
Something you may not have thought about before – what happens when a self-published writer dies
This is an interesting article by Derek Haines, a Cambridge CELTA English teacher and author who has been blogging for years about writing and related issues. Here he digs into … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 