New! Fully funded
writer residencies
Working class and/or 60+
Dreaming of time to write? “Every writer knows the feeling of squeezing your writing into...
The fab five! Our Memoir shortlist
We’re proud to announce our fab five shortlisted Memoirs. Congratulations to all the writers! Judging...
Our Top Twelve!
The Memoir Longlist
Congratulations! We proudly present our Memoir longlisters. Only titles appear as the competition continues...
NEW! Never Too Late
60+ award
This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60+ across poetry, short story,...
Young Writer Award
Our award is open to talented writers aged 16 to 25 taking early steps in...
Catch up and fire up your creative writing!
£5 per event
From motivation to inspiration, hear from winners, published authors and literary agents featured in our...
Winning opened
doors I didn’t
know existed
by Fiona Williams
I never set out to be a writer. I am a reader first and foremost,...
‘Don’t read reviews’
My writing life
by Sean Lusk
‘I lapsed once or twice’ ‘Don’t read your reviews’ is famously the advice given...
Overnight success
58 years in the making
by Nikki May
After 20 years of fast-paced London life running a busy advertising agency, I moved to...