CultureWord Competition
As the 200th anniversary of the parliamentary abolition of the slave trade passes, we invite North West based poets to submit original poems of up to sixty lines that engage with the theme of: Manchester, cotton and the slave trade.
Closing date: Monday 18th February 2008.
Very Brief Background
Manchester’s wealth was built on its cotton mills. These mills sourced cotton from sl...
31st January 2008
Spiralling upwards
A FREE intensive Creative Writing Course
and Literacy Workshop
Have you been a UK/EC/EEA resident for the last 3 years
Are you aged 16 or over?
Do you live/employee/volunteer in Greater Manchester?
If so you are eligible for this free two-session course at Bury College (OC...29th January 2008
Bank Street Writer's Poetry Competition 2008
Poems: up to 40 lines, any subject and style.
Judge: Linda Chase
Linda Chase is an American poet, living in Manchester, who teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University and runs ...
28th January 2008
Return of Re:Verberate!
Yes, all you live lit lovers it's back, Manchester's foremost live literature night but it's a new time and new place though it's still absolutely FREE!
Show starts 6pm
FREE ENTR...
28th January 2008
Arran 2008 Workshop
The Poetry Party invites you to be one of the first writers to take part in our latest Isle of Arran, Scotland workshop adventure on 28th June to 5th July 2008 only , £400 accommodation & expert poet...
27th January 2008
WORD MARKET FESTIVAL 2008
Word Market celebrates the written word through a programme of exciting, live events and projects throughout the year.
As well as an annual festival, we hold regular workshops, master-classe...
21st January 2008
Poets Wanted for Embryo, Salford
Embryo (Studio Salford) are currently booking acts for their next event on Feb 1st and are particularly looking for some spoken word/poetry acts to perform a 10 minute slot. So if you are interested e...
18th January 2008
WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION
Judge: Carol Ann Duffy
1st Prize £1000, 2nd prize £500, 3rd prize £250
22 other fi...
18th January 2008
Creative Writing Courses
Lancaster University Department of Continuing Eduation offers a range of Creative Writing courses for those interested in writing for pleasure or profit. Courses run throughout the year with fees r...
17th January 2008
Is Your Poetry Worth £5k?
2008 Cardiff International Poetry Competition Closing Date:
Friday 1 February 2008
The closing date for the 2008 Cardiff International Poetry Competition is looming ever closer. But don’t pani...
15th January 2008
8 Week Creative Writing Course
15th January 2008
Multicultural Storytelling Season starts this Thursday
Here’s a brilliant idea: FREE informal storytelling circle sessions to tie in with national ‘day ofs’ and ‘week ofs’, like Chinese New year and National Book Day.
The first and perhaps most important ...
12th January 2008
Surreal Art, Magical Poetry
Starting in Poetry and Drea...
11th January 2008
Buxton Poetry Competition 2008
The theme of the first Buxton Poetry Competition is Water. Buxton’s development has been dominated by the importance and abundance of water, one of the world’s most important, enjoyable and life-giv...
9th January 2008
Beat The January Blues!
Scribble creative writing magazine is open to poetry / story submissions on the subject of NEW for its spring issue. Send your work to Kim Haygarth at kim@cartwheelarts.org.uk by Friday 29th Febru...
9th January 2008
Cath Nichols' poem of the month
Our first poem of the month for 2008 was written by the popular leading North West poet, Cath Nichols. One-time coordinator of Liverpool's Dead Good Poets Society, Cath has gone on to various commissi...
2nd January 2008
Some Competitions!
Here are some more competitions:
ACADEMY OF CHILDREN’S WRITERS COMPETITION
We are currently promoting our Twenty Third Annual Write a Story for Children Competition that is open to all amateur wri...
2nd January 2008
Could you be the next Poet Laureate of the Peak?
1st January 2008
Fear of Falling
Last month's poem of the month writer, Andy Hopkins, has chosen this month's poem. Andy says,"I really like its form in the opening stanza - with the rushed downward movement. I also like the shee...
1st January 2008
