Memoir writing. Keep it legal
By Euan Thorneycroft
Literary Agent
Memoirs are fascinating to read because they are about real people (and sometimes organisations). But...
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...
Love your line edits
By Claire Fuller
If you’re doing or have recently done the line editing for your novel, I feel...
Toby Litt’s top ten
flash fiction tips
Cut and change The advice I most often give on writing any kind of story...
Three questions for writers
By Leone Ross
When we take our writing seriously, we acknowledge that it’s not merely self-expression, but communication....
Young Writer Award
The Young Writer Award is worth £500 and will be presented to the highest placed...
Never Too Late
60+ award
This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60+ across poetry, short story,...
Read our Memoir winners!
At last you can read their memoir extracts and thoughts on hearing the good news...
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,...