The Battle of Ideas
Debates around arts and culture are key themes in the Battle of Ideas, an annual festival organised in London by the Institute of Ideas, which takes place this weekend – Saturday, 30th and Sunday, 31st October, at the Royal College of Art.
Over the course of the weekend more than 2,000 speakers will take part in over 75 different sessions involving hundreds of incisive and thought provoking...
28th October 2010
Science and the Short Story
How much of science fiction is genuine science? Tomorrow evening Comma Press are presenting an evening of fiction and science at the Anthony Burgess Centre in Manchester, with readings of three stories especially commissioned to celebrate moments of scientific breakthrough.
There will be read...
27th October 2010
Shortlist for Arvon Competition Announced
This year’s Arvon International Poetry Competition attracted thousands of entries from more than 43 countries – including the Philippines, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and the United States of America.
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21st October 2010
Blackdrop November Special
Jamaican dub poet, Rastafarian ambassador, author, facilitator and featured guest at Blackdrop’s spoken word event on Wednesday, 3rd November, in Nottingham, will be none other than Yasus Afari.
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20th October 2010
Bristol's Monthly Poetry Slam Wednesday
This Wednesday sees the return of the one and only Brizzlemania, Bristol's finest Poetry Slam where the winner gets to star at next months event.
Held on the every third wednesday at the Old...
18th October 2010
Tenby 2010 Winners!
Writing competition judges, Judith Barrow and Emily Hinshelwood, for short story and poetry categories respectively, have awarded first, second and third prizes for the three best short stories and...
15th October 2010
Writing the World Poetry Competition
Chemistry is the stuff of life. The world we inhabit and the animals,
people and plants in it, are all made up from atoms and particles.
Worms and clouds are both forms of matter. Storms a...
15th October 2010
Poole Literary Festival & Competition
The Poole Literary Festival takes place from 29th to 31st October 2010 and has 50 events, 30 writers, 10 workshops, 3 days, 1 amazing festival!
Poole is set to welcome over 30 acclaimed writer...
15th October 2010
Free Manuscript Reading Service - East of England
Don't miss out on this free manuscript reading service from Writers’ Centre Norwich. Deadline for entries: 1st November
Could you do with a professional reading service? Can’t quite afford it?
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13th October 2010
Freelance Story Group Leader - North West
Tell Us Another One is a community writing project involving diverse communities in Rochdale, Bury and Oldham. The project offers people from low income neighbourhoods, most of whom have never writ...
13th October 2010
Protest Poems Workshop
A reading and writing workshop examining the poetry of protest comes from the Poetry School. How can we use poetry to raise our voices in anger? And how can we best make ourselves heard - with a sc...
12th October 2010
Leeds Met Poetry Round Table
Leeds Metropolitan University will host a public round-table discussion with three acclaimed poets of Muslim heritage. These poets, Imtiaz Dharker, Moniza Alvi and John Siddique.
It is a free e...
12th October 2010
Cryptic solver nets backward rennet
The morning routine for me used to consist of two cups of coffee, four desperately needed cigarettes, and the cryptic crossword from The Daily Telegraph; nowadays I am trying to cut down my coffee ...
12th October 2010
Cinnamon Press' Writing Awards
Cinnamon Press, the innovative, independent publisher based in North Wales, has just announced that it is now accepting submissions for its latest competitions – The Cinnamon Press Writing Awards.
...11th October 2010
Wirral Bookfest
Organised by Wirral libraries, the programme of events includes poetry readings, family history workshops,...
11th October 2010
Blowing our own Trumpet
It was standing-room only for the Write Out Loud Poetry Jam at Marsden’s famous jazz festival. The Tunnel End Inn audience was packed in like sard...
11th October 2010
The BIG Weekend - Reserve Listings Last Chance
Well, that’s it folks – it’s official – all the residential spaces for our BIG Weekend in Hebden Bridge have sold out!
From now on we can take your name to put on our reserve ...
9th October 2010
The Illuminated Dreamer
Write Out Loud writer Oz Hardwick has just published his third collection called ‘The Illuminated Dreamer’.
The book is published by Oversteps Books and has been described as ‘a book of borderl...
9th October 2010
Workshoppin' till you drop?
Sympathetic Sybil is Write Out Loud's own Agony Aunt, send your problem to sybil@writeoutloud.net
Dear SS,
Having read your column assiduously over the last few months I’m sure you mu...
9th October 2010
The Big Apple Poetry Scene
Heraclitus said it best. You can't step into the same river twice.
When it comes to the poetry scene in New York City, he got that right. By the time you read this, it won't be true anymore.
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9th October 2010
Prize Cryptic Poem 010 - Sweet-pea
Hi folks! Welcome to October’s PRIZE cryptic poem. The clues are no harder this month but the poem’s form is a little tricky. Let me explain...
Rather than end-rhymes, this piece rhymes the end...
8th October 2010
Where to sell your poems and stories for money.
Some people take up the gentle hobby of writing because they feel it will pass the time and prove diverting. Others may enter the field of anopisthographical combat for the challenge of the adrena...
4th October 2010
Open Wide Submissions
The lastest issue of Open Wide magazine is now available and they are looking for submissions for the next issue.
The editor says: "Over the years we have strived to establish a good relationsh...
2nd October 2010
Gregory O'Donoghue Poetry Prize
The Munster Literature Centre is pleased to announce a new international poetry prize for single poem, named in honour of a late Irish poet long associated with the Centre.
The Gregory O’Don...
1st October 2010
Four Hundred and Tenby Two Hundred and Twenty
Writing competition judges, Judith Barrow and Emily Hinshelwood, for short story and poetry categories respectively, have awarded first, second and third prizes for the three best short stories and...
1st October 2010
CUISLE Limerick City International Poetry Festival
There once was a Limerick Fest
that harboured dyslexic poest
for the cuisle na héigse
take the N7 to Lisnrayg
then the Dublin road to the south west
13th-16th October
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1st October 2010
