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2008Please NoteThe New Writing Partnership is not responsible for
the content of external websites
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2008Write an Online Book Review,Transmission Magazine, the prize-winning literary magazine, is now
accepting review submissions for its website.
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2008Prose and Poetry Prizes 2008from The New Writer magazine including cash prizes from a total
fund above £2,000 as well as publication .
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2008Visual Arts and Literature Officer, Eastside Educational TrustFlourishing arts and education charity, Eastside Educational
Trust requires a committed arts administrator and education
practitioner to fill the position of Visual Arts and Literature
Officer.
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2008National Mentoring and Translation Schemes for Writers in Exile (Arts Council England funded)Are you a writer forced to live in exile?Are you finding it hard
to get recognition and published in the UK?
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2008Exiled Writers INK translation schemeAre you a writer forced to live in exile?Are you finding it hard
to get translated and published in the UK?
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2008Taster Day for Live Literature and Spoken Word Promoters, Shot from the Lipa network of London promoters with a passion for spoken
word.
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2008Volunteers For Slam Final, Lynk ReachLondon Teenage Poetry SLAM 2008.We are recruiting volunteers to
help out at the above event, which marks the culmination of this
year’s 6th London Teenage Poetry SLAM.
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2008WRITERS WANTED, Blank MediaAre you a writer or poet? Is there one inside you just bursting
to get out? Do you know someone else who writes.... ?
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2008Special Introductory Offer to Inside Out magazinePart literary publication, part therapeutic expression, Inside
Out is a new breed of literary arts magazine.
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2008Rose Tremain at Norwich CastleJoin celebrated Norwich novelist Rose Tremain in the comfort of the
Town Close Auditorium for an informal Saturday afternoon reading
and discussion of her work.
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2008Poetry ReadingSouth African poet and novelist Finuala Dowling and London-born
Robert Seatter read from their poetry.
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2008The Legacy of Louis MacNeicePeter Carpenter, poet, critic and editor of Worple Press, examines
and celebrates the work of this idiosyncratic and brilliant poet
via the close reading of selected poems.
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2008Poet meets Piano ManThe poet Dean Parkin joins forces with jazz pianist Maurice Horhut,
a boogie woogie, swing and stride virtuoso.
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2008Writing Children's FictionA new Adult Education week-long course is taking place at Wensum
Lodge in Norwich. Starting Monday 28 July 2008 (Mon-Fri 10am-4pm)
this course is for beginners and unpublished writers and will cover
children's fiction from picture books to books for sophisticated
young teens.
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2008Literary Magazine Takes Novel Approach to Funding Problems London-based free literary magazine Pen Pusher, which has built a
reputation for publishing new fiction and poetry by up-and-coming
writers, has bounced back with an innovative new idea that allows
its readers to help keep the magazine afloat, without breaking the
bank.
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2008Book Award Assistant, Manchester City CouncilCloses Mon 23 Jun 2008 National Year of Reading.Scale 3 £15,153
to £16,217 pro rata pay award pending. Ref: NB50472001/01
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2008Just Do It! Literary Magazine Masterclass, Spread the WordDo you have an idea for a literary magazine that you want to
realise? Are you currently trying to set up a journal but not sure
what to do next? If your answer is yes, then sign up for this
masterclass!
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2008Book Chat Special, with Angela Young, Spread the WordPenge Library, Monday June 9th. FREE EVENT
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2008CALLING ALL POETS, STORYTELLERS & TROUBADOURS!Ashby de la Zouch Arts Festival is in its third year and we’re
looking to increase the range of literary events running during the
festival.
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2008Developing a Screenplay from Scratch:A new 3 day workshop from THE SOUTH. Places are limited so book now
to secure a ticket for this 3-day workshop with Heather Taylor.
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2008Magic Realism Workshop with Catherine Smith, THE SOUTHBack by popular demand. Places are limited so book now for
your place on Catherine Smith's one day magic realism writing
workshop.
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2008Storyteller WantedPumpkin Arts is looking for a storyteller to develop a Treasure
Hunt/art walk story for Make Walsall Happy.
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2008Writing to be Handled with Care.THE SOUTH presents a workshop for writers of sensitive material,
Saturday 28th June
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2008Non Fiction Submissions WantedTwo Ravens Press, have launched a great on-line journal called
'Corvaceous'. www.tworavenspress.com/HTML%20Pages/Corvaceous.htm
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2008Monkfish Productions in Association with Word Circus at The Round Presents:Voodoo Word Circus: The Dead That Never Lived, Thursday 12
June,
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2008Screenwriting from scratch with Heather Taylor,For all those budding screenwriters out there, Heather Taylor
and THE SOUTH bring you a four week masterclass, ‘Developing a
Screenplay from Scratch’, starting on 14 June at the Brighton
Writers’ Centre.
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2008Ledbury Poetry Festival July 4-13thLedbury Poetry Festival is Britain’s largest Poetry Festival,
brimming with events over ten days every summer. The festival
includes workshops, panel discussions and readings with
contributions from writers of every ilke including John Agard, John
Burnside, Geoff Dyer, Jackie Kay, Aoife Mannix, Blake Morrison and
Luke Wright.
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2008Poetry Workshop, The Werks, East Sussex If you've ever found yourself thinking any of these….
'I feel the need to do something really creative'
‘I'd love to write poetry or a song'
'I'd love to understand poetry a bit better.’
…then this workshop will get your creative juices flowing.
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2008Poetry Arena at Latitude Festival17 – 20 July 2008, Showcasing the very best in contemporary
performance poets, The Poetry Arena was hugely popular last year,
changing many people's perceptions as to how poetry readings could
be.
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2008Creative Writing Competition - Seeking International Entries, The competition run by Aesthetica Magazine accepts entries of
poetry and fiction as well as artwork and photography.
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2008International Writing Competition, The University of HuddersfieldGrist is a new annual anthology of the best new writing from around
the world published in English. The judges for this year's
competition are Joanne Harris (short fiction) and Simon Armitage
(poetry).
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2008Innovative literary arts magazine calls for your submissions,Inside Out-turn your inside out – onto the page, into the world,
and out of your system.Part literary publication, part therapeutic
expression, Inside Out promotes the use of creativity for personal
development.
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2008New Writers Wanted, Artificial LightArtificial Light requires new short sketches/plays
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2008Creative and Cultural Skills News:The Creative Apprenticeship-Changing the way the creative and
cultural industries recruit.
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2008The Only Child & the Natural World 2008 A One Day Conference & Writing Masterclass for Adults who
grew up as an only-child. Saturday 12 July, Marston Vale,
Bedfordshire
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2008Black arts e-mag looking for writers/contributors,Black arts e-mag is looking for film buffs, bookworms and music
junkies.
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2008BOOKING OPEN FOR SUMMER WRITING COURSE , Warehouse Theatre, Croydon.The Warehouse Writers' Workshop is
one of the most popular and long running playwriting workshops in
the country.
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2008Poetry with Andy Brown and John Burnside., Dartmoor Arts ProjectSaturday 26th July - Saturday 2nd August 2008.
Poetry with Andy Brown and John Burnside.
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2008Using the Arts with Juvenile and Young Offenders Training,9th July ’08, 10 am- 4.15 pm. BALTIC, Gateshead. Artsplan,
the training and publications department of Artswork and in-house
training provider for ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network),
is delighted to be offering the established course ‘Using the Arts
with Juvenile and Young Offenders’ at the North East Artsplan
Training Centre- BALTIC, a contemporary art gallery, housed in one
of Gateshead’s landmark industrial buildings.
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2008Contributions to Poetry MosaicPoetry Mosaic is the online poetry invention of London based poet,
Naomi Woddis . I find that my writing process is changing rapidly
and I am increasingly using found text in my work.
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2008Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival, June 16–22, Community Arts North WestFilms telling powerful stories of those who have fled across
continents and made new lives for themselves will be shown at the
Exodus Shorts Refugee Film Festival in Manchester and Liverpool.
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2008Calling all British Asian playwrights, Tamasha Theatre Company is now inviting applications for Tamasha New Writing,
intensive, fully-subsidised training for eight aspiring British
Asian playwrights.3 - 17 September 2008 at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art ,62 - 64 Gower Street, London W1E 6ED in association
with the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
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2008Artist’s talk: John Burnside, Poet.,Dartmoor Arts Project,Monday 28th July, 8pm, Drewe Arms,
Drewsteignton.John Burnside is widely acknowledged as Britain's
foremost Ecopoet.
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2008Alex Dougherty - poetry, art, philosophy., Dartmoor Arts ProjectSunday 27th July, 8pm, Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton. 'Rivers
of the Windfall Light: poetry, art, philosophy'. These ancient
forms of human creativity arise from the common ground of a primal
experience of the natural world, the elements within the landscape,
in relation to our man-made (architectural) environment.
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2008Toronto Stories @ London Literature Festival, Diaspora DialoguesMontrealer Rawi Hage wins IMPAC Dublin Award and joins Canadian
multi-cultural line-up at London Literature Festival, Purcell Room,
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
Thursday, 10 July, 7.45pm, £9
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2008Creative Partner for The Word project,Creative Partnerships and St John the Evangelist Infant and Primary
School are seeking Creative Partner(s) whose practice is based in
Words (poetry, creative writing, story telling, performance, music,
theatre or visual arts).
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2008Scratch Sundays - Call for Submissions, Scratch Sundays is the only cross-genre new work night in London!
It offers an exciting mix of theatre, comedy, cabaret and other
performances – all in one show! BOB Productions, London. Closes Fri
20 Jun 2008
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2008Female Performance Poets CanUK Theatre Company are looking for female poets and comediennes
to perform as part of two evenings of new work at the Miller of
Mansfield in Borough - 15th of July and 27th of August 2008.
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2008New Writing Wanted: CanUK Theatre Company are looking for submissions of short sketches
/ scenes / monolgues etc for two evening performances of new work
at the Miller of Mansfield in Borough: 15th of July and 27th of
August 2008.
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2008Storytelling Show In SheffieldMidsummer & The City-Ancient Tales in Urban Settings. Thursday
26th June.Tim Ralphs presents 'The Queen Of The Court Of Claywood
Flats' - a patchwork of Grimm, Scandinavian and original stories,
fused on Midsummer's Eve in a derelict block of flats.
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2008ARVON FILM WRITING COURSES,Join us for one week residential courses with tutoring by
professional writers and mid-week guest readers. Single rooms
are £550* and shared rooms are 499* (fee includes tuition,
accommodation and food).
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2008ARVON SCRIPT WRITING COURSES,Join us for one week residential courses with tutoring by
professional writers and mid-week guest readers. Single rooms
are £550* and shared rooms are 499* (fee includes tuition,
accommodation and food).
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2008Memories and Myths - beginners poetry course, Spread the WordUse poetry to explore relationships with old and new homelands, and
the memories and myths that surround it. You will also look at
relationships with the new home, perceptions of it and visions for
the future. This course is ideal for those new to poetry.
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2008Meet the Editor - seminar, Spread the WordThe evening will look at the relationship between editor and
author, from the moment at which the manuscript lands on the
editor’s desk, to promoting the book after it hits the shelves.
Hear the story from the point of view of both author and editor,
and take the chance to put forward your questions.
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2008Using the Arts with Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers,Paddington Arts – London 22nd July 2008, 9.45 am - 4 pm.
Artsplan, the training and publications department of Artswork and
in-house training provider for ENYAN (English National Youth Arts
Network), is delivering this one day creative workshop on 22nd July
08 at Paddington Arts, London. This course is aimed at
organisations currently using or looking to use the arts with
refugees and asylum seekers.
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20081:1 Poetry Tutorials, Spread the Word In partnership with the Poetry SchoolWould you like to push your poetry forward? Poetry Tutorials
offer you the opportunity to discuss and receive in depth feedback
on your poetry from a published poet in a one hour, 1:1 session,
whilst looking at your work which has been submitted prior to the
tutorial.
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2008Finding Words: Developing Your Writing Practice. This course will be an exploration of how writing can help us to
engage more fully with ourselves and with the world.
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2008Work experience opportunity, arts administration.The Poetry School works with poets all around the country to
deliver its programmes of courses, seminars, workshops and
tutorials to aspiring writers at various stages in their
development.
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2008TWO VACANCIES AT THE DISCOVER STORY MAKING CENTRE. Discover, the story making centre in Stratford, east London, is
looking for two dynamic individuals.
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2008Call for Submissions..., Inside OutTurn your inside out – onto the page, into the world, and out of
your system.
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2008Chi Creations Griots, Chi Creations StoriesCHI CREATION GRIOTS aim is to inspire visions through oral
traditions. Next gathering Sunday 6th July 2008 ,78 Bishopsgate,
London
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2008Sounds of Poetry-Spread the WordMusic and poetry course to commemorate the 60th Windrush
Anniversary.
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2008Bringing Dialogue to Life - last few places available!, Spread the WordGood dialogue can transform your readers' experience of your
story. But how do you give your characters exactly the right words
at the right time?
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2008Workshops at the International 'Writing the Future' Festival of Writing in IndiaEmerging writers are invited to apply to participate in
workshops with established authors as part of the first ever
Asia-Pacific Festival of Writing in October 2008.
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2008CALL FOR NEW WRITING, Sturdy Beggars Theatre CompanyFollowing the sell out success of their first three plays this
season, the Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company are looking for a final
piece of New Writing for their upcoming show at the White Bear
Theatre this September.
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2008Coleford Festival Of Words, Soundwork Community ArtsThe Coleford Festival of Words 1st- 5th July celebrates the culture
and wealth of literary spirit focussed in a small town in the
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
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2008Café Writers OPEN POETRY COMPETITION 2008 Awarded to best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident
CLOSING DATE 30TH NOV 2008
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2008Bloomsbury FestivalThe Bloomsbury Village Festival opens on Sat 5th and Sun 6th July
from 11am - 7pm.
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2008CROSSED OUT TALKS - Mon 30 June & Wed 2 July
Two new performance talks devised for A Stain Upon The Silence
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2008The 8th International Literature Festival BerlinFocus on Africa: September 24th-October 5th 2008.Online ticket
pre-sales began: www.berlinerfestspiele.de.The
exceptional literary event in its 8th year! The 8th international
literature festival Berlin will take place from September 24th to
October 5th, 2008. The focus is concentrated on Africa this
year.
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