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🏆🩶We're celebrating our 25th
#NorthernWritersAwards
this year!🩶🏆
Thread: Through these Awards, we've found over 400 Northern writers.
We've provided them with thousands of pounds worth of support & life-changing chances.
Winning an award can change a writer's life.
But...
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Today we launch
#AWritingChance
with
@DailyMirror
@NewStatesman
@jrf_uk
@NorthumbriaUni
and our literature partners across the UK! Mentoring, publication and more for aspiring writers and journalists from under-represented backgrounds. Apply by 26 March at
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Today
@michaelsheen
calls for better options and opportunities for under-represented voices in publishing and the media as we announce the 11 writers selected for
#AWritingChance
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Today we publish the
#commonpeople
report by
@ProfKatyShaw
, identifying the pervasive barriers in the way of working-class writers and what the publishing industry, subsidised sector and government can do to break the class ceiling
#WorkingClassWriters
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Covid-19 has divided us – whether stuck indoors, working day & night, furloughed, sick or caring. Our experiences are as diverse as we are.
In ‘The Sum of Us’, Tony Walsh
@LongfellaPoet
launches a call for radical unity. Watch here
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We're thrilled to announce the longlist for the
#GordonBurnPrize
2021! 🎉
Featuring brilliant work by
@CalebANelson
@courttianewland
@NifMuhammad
@Jenni_Fagan
@Okwonga
@salenagodden
@byers90
Anthony Quinn, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Gwendoline Riley, Niven Govinden & Tabitha Lasley
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The
#NorthernWritersAwards
2021 are open for entry 🎉
£40k worth of awards to support brilliant unpublished work-in-progress by writers based in the North of England.
Visit to find the right award for you. Apply by Thursday 18 February 2021.
#amwriting
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Are you a first-time female writer over the age of 42?
There is a prize in the
#NorthernWritersAwards
just for you.
The Andrea Badenoch Fiction Award is worth £2000, supporting writers of the age Andrea Badenoch published her first novel.
Deadline 1 Feb
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.
@PretiTaneja
wins the Gordon Burn Prize 2022!
Aftermath is an unflinching work of narrative non-fiction that blurs genres and form to understand terror, trauma and grief. Congratulations, Preti, on your incredible achievement.
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Your summer reading list is HERE!
Thrilled to announce the longlist for the
#GordonBurnPrize
, which prize celebrates the year's boldest and most exciting fiction and non-fiction.
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Roll up, roll up! The
#NorthernWritersAwards
is now OPEN for submissions! £55,000 worth of awards for work in progress by Northern writers. Find out more here:
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Early in 2021, with
@michaelsheen
&
@jrf_uk
, we put a call out for new writers from backgrounds under-represented in publishing & the media. We are incredibly proud of our
#AWritingChance
writers and you can now read some of their work in
@NewStatesman
🙌
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Brontë enthusiasts! We're giving away 3 copies of Fifteen Wild Decembers by
#NorthernWritersAwards
winner
@karenlpowell1
– a dazzling novel imagining the life of Emily Brontë 🍂🖋️
Enter by telling us what you're reading using
#NorthernBookshelf
&
#FifteenWildDecembers
by 22 Sep.
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This quote from the
#CommonPeople
report really sums up the class ceiling. It's not about anyone being deliberately kept down, it's about systems of privilege that are so well-oiled that the people within them don't even know they are benefiting
#WorkingClassWriters
#skiboots
⛷️
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🎉 The
#NorthernWritersAwards
2022 are now open! 🙌
Open to writers in the North of England, there's £40k worth of awards up for grabs including publication, mentoring & cash prizes. Find a category to suit you, get drafting and submit by 17 February 2022!
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We’re celebrating
#WorkingClassWriters
this week! To kick it off we want to know your latest writing successes. Whether you've entered a competition, got work published or simply finally managed to solve that plot hole – we want to know! Please brag in the replies ⬇️
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Drum roll please... We're delighted to announce the
#GordonBurnPrize
2021 shortlist! A massive congratulations to
@byers90
, Doireann Ní Ghríofa,
@NifMuhammad
,
@Jenni_Fagan
,
@salenagodden
and Tabitha Lasley 👏
Find out more about the shortlist at
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Launch your TV career with the
@Channel4
Writing for TV Awards!
Enter an original pitch and sample script to win £3000, mentoring support, and a long-term placement with a production company.
Open to new writers based in the North of England.
D/L 4 Jun:
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We're so excited to announce A Writing Chance 2024/25🧾
Together with media and publishing partners, we're offering career-changing opportunities for writers from working-class and lower-income backgrounds.
Applications are now open 👇
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Thank you to
@ace_national
for confirming another three years of funding for New Writing North as a National Portfolio Organisation. An uplift to our grant will enable us to support more writers and readers across the North, so this is great news for our community!
#LetsCreate
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We are so excited to launch the Tempest Prize, a brand new addition to the
#NorthernWritersAwards
– designed & funded by
@AMcMillanPoet
to shine a light on queer stories from the North 🥳 1 unpublished LGBTQ+ writer in the North of England will win £1000 & mentoring from Andrew!
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The
#NorthernWritersAwards
2024 are OPEN until 12 Feb!
New to writing or already published? Fiction or poetry? Wherever you are in your writing journey, if you're based in the North of England, you could win cash prizes, mentoring, career support & more.
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It’s that time....The Northern Writers’ Awards 2020 are now LIVE!🎉⏱We are accepting entries from today up until 6 February 2020. For all the info you need and to apply, visit:
#NWAs
#WritingCommunity
#WednesdayMotivation
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Oh, we've been so excited waiting on this news. At long last... the
#GordonBurnPrize
2020 longlist 🎉🎉
@GoldsmithsPress
@BloomsburyBooks
@orionbooks
@canongatebooks
@andothertweets
@panmacmillan
@scribepub
@FaberBooks
@dialoguebooks
@4thEstateBooks
@WhiteRabbitBks
@GrantaBooks
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Today we are thrilled to announce the 15 writers who have been commissioned to create new work for our New Narratives for the North East strand 🎉🎉 in partnership with
@NECulture
& supported by
@northeastlep
@durhambookfest
@heritagelottery
@ace_national
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Thanks to
@NickHernBooks
we have 3 copies of Playwriting by Stephen Jeffreys to give away! If you want the chance to win a copy then let us know by liking and retweeting this post. Winners will be drawn on Friday 7 June.
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Today we open the Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards 2022 for entry, as we announce a new Talent Development Partnership w/
@Channel4
🥳
We have 3 awards for new TV writers, who will win a placement at
@LimePictures
@Bonafide_Films
@RollemProdCo
, mentoring + £3k bursary 1/4
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Presenting the
#NorthernWritersAwards
Winners 2020 🎊🎉
We are so happy to that the awards can support amazing writers in their creative ambitions. Winning an award is recognition of a huge amount of hard work & dedication. Let's all celebrate today!
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And the Northern Writers' Awards are now open for entries!
With £40,000 of support for new writing from the North of England to be awarded and plenty of categories to choose from.
Happy submitting and good luck!
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FREELANCE WORK 🔥We need a social media/content whiz to support us short-term (28 Sept-21 Oct) on our Durham Book Festival programme. You'll help us find new audiences & share great content as well as editing reviews & blogs. Apply by 21 Sept
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Looking for an agent?
@DHHlitagency
is hosting a ‘Pitch an agent day’ in York this December in search of diverse talent. Aspiring authors should submit a one-page synopsis of their novel and the first 5,000 words to pitchdhh
@dhhliteraryagency
.com. Deadline Thursday 25 October.
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The
#GordonBurnPrize
2023-24 shortlist is here!🥳
These 7 brilliant books push boundaries, challenge expectations at every step, and blur the lines between fiction, memoir, journalism & biography, to continue Gordon Burn's legacy.
Discover the shortlist:
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Writers have a unique role to play in the climate emergency. Today, we launch our Climate Emergency Writer-in-Residence role w.
@UniofNewcastle
. The exceptional writer will consult, challenge and create to push climate change up the agenda
#ClimateStrike
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Our friend and NWN chief exec
@nwnclaire
has been awarded an MBE for services to Literature, Young People, and the North-East of England 🙌
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It was so special to bring
#AWritingChance
to
@LondonBookFair
for a headline event this afternoon ✨
We had a thoughtful discussion about persisting in moving the dial on access & representation in the creative industries. Thanks to everyone who came along – it was a full house!
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The
#NorthernWritersAwards
2023 are open! 🎉
Open to writers in the North of England, there's mentoring, cash prizes and access to the Northern Writers' Awards Network up for grabs. Find a category to suit you, polish up your work and apply by 22 Feb 2023!
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Thrilled to announce the shortlist for
#GordonBurnPrize
2022, celebrating the year's boldest and most innovative fiction and non-fiction 🔥
Huge congratulations to shortlisted writers
@d_whitehouse
@PretiTaneja
@GMacraeBurnet
@jeffersonmargo
@lea_ypi
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If you're working on a novel, memoir or short story collection, check out our
#NorthernWritersAwards
for Fiction & Narrative Non-Fiction!
You could receive between £2k-5k to help complete your manuscript, as well as access to a career support network 💫
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Introducing the
#GordonBurnPrize
2023-24 longlist! 🥳
Discover work that "innovates, interrogates, subverts and surprises... challenges form, kicks back against what we’re told is ‘literary’ and prioritises the original and the authentic."
@Terri_White
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Tired of the lazy stereotypes? What are the stories of the North East that we don't read about in the MSM? We're looking to commission 12 new pieces of work inc essays, memoirs, fiction, poetry, to paint a picture of the contemporary North East and look to its future...
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🎉📚Book news! 📚🎉
Congratulations to
@jennashworth
@pjmendez_
@peterpomeranzev
@lemnsissay
@lisadtaddeo
& Deborah Orr, whose amazing books are on the
#GordonBurnPrize
shortlist!
Thank you to judges
@Anthony1983
@salihughes
@RichTKelly
& Rachel Howard
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Gordon Burn Prize 2019: discover our longlist!
@GrantaBooks
@FaberBooks
@HamishH1931
@ChattoBooks
@circusbooks
@stingingfly
@dialoguebooks
@willashon
@reversediorama
@BernardineEvari
@TisforThompson
@TereseMarieM
@maxjohnporter
@ThatKerryHudson
@WednesdayErskin
@niven_govinden
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Our final award - the
#NorthernWritersAwards
for Poetry!
There was an enormous wealth of talent in the poetry entries. Our judge
@VCapildeo
had the task of selecting just five winners.
Congratulations to
@HodgsonWrites
@JenniferLeeTsai
@SuzannahVEvans
@pollyrowena
@FokkinaM
!
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We've got TWO funded PhD opportunities based around working class writers and the
#NorthernWritersAwards
- more info below!
Come and work with
@NewWritingNorth
on a funded Collaborative PhD with
@NorthumbriaUni
. We're looking for research around
#workingclasswriters
and our
#NorthernWritersAwards
. Amazing opportunities - please share and RT:
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This competition invites aspiring writers to submit short, science-fiction or fantasy stories up to 3,000 words in length, for the chance to be published in a new anthology commissioned by
@TheWord_UK
as part of WRITE Festival 2020. Deadline 9 Dec 2019.
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😅 when we said everyone applied at the last minute, we didn't expect you to take it quite so literally! That's our
#NorthernWritersAwards
closed for 2020. Thank you to everyone who has entered and we genuinely wish you all the best of luck. Now, relax, celebrate, sleep 🍻😴
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The Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards 2023 are open! 🎉
We have 3 awards for new writers based in the North, incl. a placement with
@Bonafide_Films
,
@LimePictures
, or
@RollemProdCo
, along with mentoring and a £3k bursary.
#NorthernWritersAwards
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We're excited to announce our
#ReadRegional
authors for 2019! Check out our website to find out more about your local events and more about all our brilliant Northern writers!
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@FaberBooks
@durhambookfest
@ForumBooks
@nwnclaire
@UniofNewcastle
@NCLA_tweets
@NickAhad
@rorycarroll72
@J_Escoffery
@AnnaFunder
@estellecostanza
@K_Scanlan_
@tagaq
@melostme
@Terri_White
@andrewhankinson
@CharlieBCuff
@Sheena_Patel_
Kathryn Scanlan is the winner of the
#GordonBurnPrize
2023/24! 🏆🐎
Kick the Latch is "a thundering achievement", vividly capturing the arc of one woman’s life at the racetrack. Kathryn wins £10,000 and a writing retreat at Gordon Burn's cottage.
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Today, we're excited to launch Sky Writes in partnership with
@SkyStudios
! 🎉
Sky Writes is an innovative new programme that will support under-represented writers from Gateshead, Rotherham and Blackpool to develop their skills in writing for TV 🎥
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We are so excited to be in the House of Commons this evening with
#AWritingChance
, our 11 writers,
@michaelsheen
@jrf_uk
and
@ALCS_UK
to celebrate the culmination of the first year of this project
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We are excited to announce the 2019 shortlist for the
#GordonBurnPrize
! 🎉 Find out more here
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Great to see the
#CommonPeople
report covered in
@GuardianBooks
today, thanks
@alisonflood
! We want the publishing industry & the books it publishes to better reflect the UK's population, and we know many other people - not least readers - want that too
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We're thrilled to announce that the winner of the
#DavidCohenPrize
2021 is Colm Tóibín! 🏆 Colm is an Irish writer of novels, poetry, short stories, essay collections & journalism; "He's one of the essential writers of our times"
#CareerWorthReading
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And we're off with our special event for everyone who applied for
#AWritingChance
hosted by
@michaelsheen
with writers, editors and agents.
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Our third and final Northern Debut Award 2020 goes to
@Jonzeywriter
a writer and performer based in Oldham. She wins for her work-in-progress collection of short stories - well done, Gaynor!
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Call for working-class writers!
The Sid Chaplin Award is specifically for writers who have originated from a working-class background. Winner will receive a £2000 bursary plus much more. Deadline 7 Feb. Apply here:
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📢New jobs at NWN! We're looking for 2 writers to join our staff team as Creative Associates. Writers have a vital role in crafting the stories that shape us. At a key time for NWN, we're inviting writers to work at the heart of our org. Apply by 11 April
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We need new stories! Introducing New Narratives of the North East, our exciting new commissioning project that asks writers to explore the diverse stories of our region. Deadline 20 Jan 2020.
#NorthEast
#WritingCommunity
@ace_national
@NECulture
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We're recruiting!
We're looking for Freelance Mentors, a Freelance Writer and a Festivals and Events Intern.
Check our website to find out more about each vacancy:
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Congratulations to all of the
#AWritingChance
writers who got to hear
@michaelsheen
and cast read their work at a live event with
@BBCWales
tonight. We've worked together for a year online and tonight we all met. Stay tuned as we are about to drop a podcast series!
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Our first category in this year's
#NorthernWriterAwards
... the Northern Debut Awards! Huge congratulations to our winners Ruksana Abdul-Majid,
@VikBeeWyld
and
@Jonzeywriter
. Thank you to
@amy_may
and
@krisjdoyle
for judging
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First up, judge
@AMcMillanPoet
is announcing the winners of the Northern Writers' Awards for Poetry! A big congratulations to
@HarryManTweets
and
@SuzannahEvans
🎉
#NorthernWritersAwards
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Sara says “Writing is 95% rejection and 5% coffee.” You have to anticipate rejection - it happens to authors everywhere. Remind yourself why you’re writing your story, and remember it’s worth it!
#WriteNowLive
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We're so excited to be here at
@NorthumbriaUni
for the
#NorthernWritersAwards
Ceremony! We can't wait to get started with the announcements – we'll be live on YouTube shortly, as well as celebrating here on Twitter.
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A Writing Chance is all about creating opportunities.
If you are over 18, live in the UK and from a working-class or lower-income background or face intersecting challenges, we want to hear from you!
Apply now
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It's official! We're launching a new award for debut children's writers from the North of England with the brilliant
@HachetteKids
at the
#NorthernWritersAwards
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Today we launch our call for lines to our collective poem celebrating the natural world in a time of
#ClimateCrisis
and
#Covid19
: we hope you will join us. See thread!
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Our flagship
#NorthernWritersAwards
for poetry this year go to three esteemed poets. Well done Kit Fan, Suzanne Batty and Hannah Hodgson! Katie Hale wins our NWA for Fiction!
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Interested in writing for podcasts? 🎧
On 28 February we'll be joined online by comedian and
@OffMenuOfficial
co-host James Acaster, Audio Producer Ella Watts, and Producer Hannah Rose who will all share invaluable insights into the world of podcasting.
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Bad Press Ink is a new and alternative publisher based in the North who are now actively looking for authors! Get in touch here:
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The first things you need to know about the
#NorthernWritersAwards
are:
- they are completely free to enter
- they are open to writers (published and unpublished) who live in the North of England
- the deadline for entry is 6 Feb 2020
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The wait is over...
Here is the line-up for
#ReadRegional
2018!
Happy 10th Anniversary!
@aadhand
@AntonyDunnPoet
@Kalamene
@ChloeDaykin
@davidmarkwriter
@Gmankow
@JaneaustinYork
@jennashworth
@ktpanks
@pollyrowena
@RSmythFreelance
@SarahDeeWrites
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Two writers have joined the team at NWN! A very warm welcome to
@AdamCSharp
and
@SharmIslam
who have been appointed through our
#CreativeAssociates
programme.
Find out more about Adam and Sharmin here:
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Reminder that we are closing applications for our 12-month £10k writing residency on Fri 1st Nov. You do not need to be based in the North of England. If you are ready to consult, challenge & create new work to raise awareness of the climate emergency, please consider applying.
Writers have a unique role to play in the climate emergency. Today, we launch our Climate Emergency Writer-in-Residence role w.
@UniofNewcastle
. The exceptional writer will consult, challenge and create to push climate change up the agenda
#ClimateStrike
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We're gearing up to launch the Durham Book Festival programme tomorrow. 50+ free online events, essays & more. For our friends outside the North East, this will probably be the first time you join us. We hope you like what we've got planned! 😬
Give us a follow on
@durhambookfest
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Very proud to be sharing a special episode of our podcast feat.
@StuartMaconie
@LongfellaPoet
@KitdeWaal
@Jodierussianred
@smw_writing
and more! If you were interested in our
#CommonPeople
report, please do listen and let us know what you think
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Announcing the launch of
#ReadRegional
2020! 🎉We’re thrilled to be bringing you a fantastic lineup of writers who will be visiting a wide selection of library venues around the North. To find an event near you, head over to
#writerscommunity
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Poets!
Have you got an idea for a new collection?
Submit your work in progress to the
#NorthernWritersAwards
for a chance to win up to £5000 to help bring it to life.
Enter online at
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Durham Book Festival starts today. We are having major nostalgia for a normal
@durhambookfest
: helping
@ingram_av
set the stage, readying the green room, briefing our lovely volunteers. Instead we are creating festival vibes from our own homes. Tunes up, kettle on, let's do this.
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The
#NorthernWritersAwards
are open to writers in the North of England at all stages of their careers. There are awards for fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, writing for children & writing for TV, worth over £40,000
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2020 marks the 21st anniversary of the
#northernwritersawards
, which support unpublished work-in-progress. The awards are England’s biggest writing development programme and this week we’ll be making £45,000 worth of awards to writers from the North of England.
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.
@michaelsheen
talked about feeling a sense of revelation with the 2021
#AWritingChance
cohort:
"feeling like you're seeing into worlds that have been closed off and experiences that I've never thought of... totally revelatory and incredibly inspiring."
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The first Northern Writers' Award for Poetry goes to
@liambatespoet
. "When the message that I'd won eventually sunk in, I literally punched the air; it was very out of character. This just to say that the award will have a huge impact on what I'm doing."
#NorthernWritersAwards
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#NorthernWritersAwards
applicants, you need to know all of NWN is rooting for you. We have a WhatsApp group and people get very excited seeing the entries come in. Come on writers, make some arts administrators' day
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We had an absolutely fantastic time at the
#NorthernWritersAwards
yesterday. With close to 1600 entrants, 2019 was one of our most competitive years yet! Congratulations to all our brilliant award winners and thanks so much to our partners, judges and applicants.
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🚨 Only ONE WEEK left to apply to the
#NorthernWritersAwards
🚨
Submissions close on 17 February so make sure to get your entry in on time! To be in with a chance of winning bursaries, publications, mentoring and writing retreats, apply now at
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Are you interested in South Asian horror stories, Bengali poetry, or Desi fantasy/fiction? Are you tired of the lack of people of colour in literature? Brown Girls Write is a writing group for all women of colour who are interested in nurturing their creative writing skills!
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Wambui Hardcastle was highly-commended for the Young Northern Writer Award.
Wambui is a young theatre-maker based in Newcastle and is part of
@northernstage
Young Company, where she is on the writing team .
Well done, Wambui!
#NorthernWritersAwards
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Meet our
#poetry
winners!
@pollyrowena
is published by
@SerenBooks
, won the
@Mslexia
Pamphlet Prize, and co-founded the Open Mountain initiative
@KendalMtnLitFes
Well done, Polly!
#NorthernWritersAwards
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Unpublished Short Stories Needed!
The Mechanics' Institute Review from
@BirkbeckNews
is inviting submissions for Issue 15 from writers across the UK.
Up to 6000 words, new and established writers welcome.
Deadline Friday 9 February
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We’re offering four un-published writers of
#fiction
, YA or narrative
#nonfiction
the opportunity to receive a £2k bursary as well as mentoring, one-to-one development sessions & more in this award🎉 You have until 6 Feb to apply 📆
#NorthernWritersAwards
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The Finchale Award goes to
@sarahdavywrites
. "I’ve focused on supporting Northern writers and was starting to feel that my own work maybe wasn’t good enough. This award has given me the confidence boost and the validation that I really needed."
#NorthernWritersAwards
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Not everyone knows this either, but you don't have to apply on the last day! 😂Honestly, you wouldn't believe the number of entries that arrive in the last ten minutes. Save yourself the stress and enter any time before 11.59pm on 6 Feb
#northernwritersawards
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📣 2 weeks left to apply for
#AWritingChance
! 📣
#AWritingChance
offers aspiring writers from under-represented backgrounds the opportunity to break into the media industry by providing mentoring, publication, bursaries and more.
Apply by 26 Mar at
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We had a fantastic time we had with our
#AWritingChance
writers in the House of Commons on Wednesday!
We are so proud of our writers and want to say a huge thank you to them for sharing their words! What an amazing celebration of the first year of the project 🎉
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🚨 NEW AWARDS 🚨
The next
#NorthernWritersAwards
submission window is open! You have until 28 March to apply for...
📝 Tempest Prize for LGBTQ+ writers
📝 Finchale Award for Short Fiction
📝 Sid Chaplin Award for working-class writers
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We're so happy to announce the winner of the Hachette Children's Novel Award, with our wonderful partners
@HachetteKids
.
@DurkanHannah
wins the award and a publishing contract with Hachette for her brilliant novel. Well done, Hannah!
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It's
#NorthernWritersAwards
week! 🙌 We were hugely impressed by the quality of work this year, and we can't wait to celebrate as we reveal the 2021 winners throughout the week. Stay tuned!
Here,
@nwnclaire
introduces the awards & our amazing partners who make them happen.
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