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01.  07.  2008

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The New Writing Partnership is not responsible for the content of external websites

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02.  07.  2008

Editor, LITRO Magazine

LITRO, London's free short story magazine, is looking for an editor to drive submissions, select content and maintain the website/email list.

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02.  07.  2008

Cinnamon Press July readings

EXETER RESPECT 2008 FESTIVAL July 10th and MORPETH POETRY LIBRARY July 10th

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02.  07.  2008

Poetry in your inbox :

Oxford Brookes’ Poetry Centre has launched a new initiative: a Weekly Poem.

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02.  07.  2008

Events at the Ceridwen Centre:

Room To Write: Spiel Unlimited will be running a series of courses at the beautiful Ceridwen Centre in Carmarthenshire during 2008. www.ceridwencentre.co.uk

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02.  07.  2008

Hotbed Festival - workshop places still available

July 4-9th, Cambridge. Masterclasses and One:One sessions for experienced writers thinking of writing for performance

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02.  07.  2008

Inspiring Wells:

A 5-day Workshop led by Mimi Khalvati in Nafplion, Greece. SEPTEMBER 15 – 20, 2008.

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02.  07.  2008

SOUNDS LIKE

T-Shirt & Jeans have a blazing summer line-up for you featuring the freshest voices from music, poetry and spoken word.

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02.  07.  2008

Soundblast

A new website has been launched, to sell CDs from some of the UK¹s best performance poets - www.poetrybookshoponline.com/soundblast

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02.  07.  2008

ARTS MAGAZINE RELAUNCH!:

Blank Media's magazine, blankpages is back with a new look. We bring you art, interviews, poetry, prose, reviews and ... yes, more art!

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02.  07.  2008

BLANK MEDIA PRESENTS...

The Farthest Thing / The Revolvers / Shoshin. Also including DJs and Film Screenings. Tuesday 8th July
@ Fuel Bar, 448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, M16 8JN

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02.  07.  2008

Poetry Mosaic - looking for contributors

Poetry Mosaic makes poetry of the answers to questions which change each month.

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02.  07.  2008

Word Circus Xmas Special

Monkfish Productions present a fantastic night of spoken word mayhem and madness as we celebrate the end of the Word Circus @ The Round Performance Poet Residency, Newcastle, July 3rd

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02.  07.  2008

KUDOS

(formerly Competitions Bulletin) lists all the latest writing competitions and opportunities in six issues each year.

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03.  07.  2008

Required: Bristol based Writer / Poet / Performance Poet.

Qualia Theatre is a company that explores science through theatre.

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03.  07.  2008

Storytelling workshop,

Tik-sho-ret Theatre Company is offering a one day Storytelling workshop led by  Ariella Eshed, artistic director of the company.

 

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03.  07.  2008

O2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park

5 July 4:00pm - 6:00pm. Poetry event at the O2 Wireless festival hosted by The London Magazine and Trespass, featuring poetry & short fiction

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03.  07.  2008

If I Cover My Nose You Can't See Me

Polarbear premieres his first full-length one-man show

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03.  07.  2008

Phrased & Confused at Summer Sundae Festival

8 – 10 August. More fantastic performance poets

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03.  07.  2008

Poetry Arena at Latitude Festival

17 – 20 July. Showcasing the very best in contemporary performance poets.

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03.  07.  2008

Growing Up An Alien

Ledbury Festival. 12 July 5:00 – 6:00pm with Aoife Mannix and Janie Armour

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07.  07.  2008

Talking In Tongues 13 July Southbank Centre, Southbank Centre

Africa Beyond in partnership with the Southbank Centre presents Talking In Tongues: featuring Charlie Dark, Breis, Dele Sosimi, Christina Oshunniyi, Ebele, Inua 'Phaze' Ellams and Sifundo

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07.  07.  2008

EXPERT ADVICE FOR ASPIRING SCRIPTWRITERS

As part of the celebr8 film competition, ‘celebr8 on the Silver Screen’, aspiring scriptwriters from Cumbria are being invited to flex their creative muscles and learn more about film-making in a series of workshops across the North West.

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07.  07.  2008

CHANGES AT INCWRITERS FORUM,

Writers, readers, promoters and publishers now using the Incwriters forum can do so without joining the Society.

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07.  07.  2008

Summer Creative Writing Intensive

Shaun Levin and Maggie Hamand will be hosting an Advanced Feedback workshop during the month of August.

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07.  07.  2008

Call for submissions,

The Red Velvet Curtain Cult Presents... 'Lust & Luxuria',"a series of nights exploring, embracing and caressing all art forms to create stimulating, scintillating evenings packed with art, performance, music, readings, writings, installation, films, things and happenings."

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07.  07.  2008

Call For Writers:

 Rattling Tongue Theatre Company Ltd are seeking new full length plays for UK premiere production.

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07.  07.  2008

New Writing Opportunity,

Cento Productions in partnership with Script Yorkshire and The Carriageworks are looking for new writers and new writing to contribute to the fourth in their successful series of seasonal mini-festivals of new writing for theatre.

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09.  07.  2008

Playwriting Award for 14-19 year olds - deadline 18th July!

Want to express yourself and tell great stories? Want to use the exciting medium of theatre to do so? Well now is your chance; If you are aged 14 to 19 and live in what is called the East of England the University of Hertfordshire is offering a unique opportunity. Deadline 18th July.

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09.  07.  2008

EXILED INK! MAGAZINE

We are now inviting submissions for the next issue of Exiled Ink! magazine.

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09.  07.  2008

Character Comedy Writers Wanted !

Are you a writer who would be interested in working with a Brighton based performer in developing comedy driven characters?

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09.  07.  2008

Inscribe News

Dorothea Smartt is the new co-Director of Inscribe, the Peepal Tree Press project that provides creative & professional development to Black and Asian writers in Yorkshire.

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09.  07.  2008

Call for submissions of writing -

 contemporary fine art texts, The artselector website is currently undergoing a major redevelopment.

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09.  07.  2008

Exiled Lit Cafe -

Monday 4th August 2008 - 7.30 pm. A Few Words about Love with Iranian and European Writers

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10.  07.  2008

Script It! writing for radio course, Spread the Word

Led by award winning playwright, Hattie Naylor, this course will develop your ideas for radio playwriting.

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10.  07.  2008

1:1 Poetry Tutorials, Spread the Word in partnership with the Poetry School

Would 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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10.  07.  2008

Writer's Advice and Information Seminar, Spread the Word

Saturday 19 July, 2pm-4pm. What support can I get as a writer? How can I increase my profile? What magazines should I submit to? If these are the kind of questions you ask yourself, then join us for a tour of the foundations of your writing career.

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10.  07.  2008

INTENSIVE CREATIVE WRITING COURSE: NEW INSPIRATION & THE IMPACT OF THE OTHER ARTS

Tuesday to Friday 2 - 5pm, 22 July to 25 July
Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG
£74 (£44 concs)

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10.  07.  2008

Call for Submissions, Pop Samiti

Submissions wanted for the launch of a new project

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10.  07.  2008

Creatives in Residence,

The Hospital Club in Covent Garden has now opened a philanthropic department focusing on supporting up and coming creatives.

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10.  07.  2008

Calling all Writers & Directors,

The LOST Theatre Company are inviting submissions for their first annual 5min Festival  to take place at the Tabard Theatre, London in September.

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10.  07.  2008

Warwickshire Arts in Mental Health

We are looking for an experienced arts project manager to take on a freelance piece of work from the end of July through to early September.

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10.  07.  2008

Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Closing Date August 31

Aesthetica is looking for undiscovered talent

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11.  07.  2008

The King Died, the Queen Died:

Plot at times takes on a mysterious quality. Writers’ hub THE SOUTH, together with poet and prose writer Anthony Joseph, bring you a two week workshop that will help you to decode this mystery, and to master the use of plot in your fiction.  Saturdays 12th and 19th July at Brigthon Writers' Centre.

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14.  07.  2008

Summer Time Poetry Contest, Writelink

Well maybe the weather, at the moment, isn’t exactly the epitome of our warmer months, but why should that stop us from writing about it?

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14.  07.  2008

Exciting opportunities for writers,

Blank Media are delighted to offer a series of new and exciting opportunities:

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14.  07.  2008

Call for Submissions for literary arts magazine, Inside Out

Turn your inside out – onto the page, into the world, and out of your system.

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17.  07.  2008

New Marcus Garvey book,

Talk by Colin Grant on his new book, "Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey" George Padmore Institute

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17.  07.  2008

Writer's Advice and Information Seminar, Spread the Word

Saturday 19 July, 2pm-4pm, Barking, London

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17.  07.  2008

Script It! Writing for radio course, Spread the Word

Led by award winning playwright, Hattie Naylor, this course will develop your ideas for radio playwriting.

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17.  07.  2008

Revise and Redraft - Advanced Fiction Course, Spread the Word

This workshop will focus on revising and editing to find the best form for a piece of fiction

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18.  07.  2008

Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prizes for Young Writers and Professional Writers,

The Benjamin Franklin House is registered charity located in the heart of London. As a conserved historic site and educational facility, the Benjamin Franklin House promotes creative thinking, innovation and enlightenment.

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18.  07.  2008

Help young people be creative with the Youth Arts Starter Kit,

In the future, the Government wants all young people to experience five hours of arts and culture every week – with Artsplan’s Youth Arts Starter Kit you can help make that future a reality now.

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18.  07.  2008

UNSTATED: Stories of refuge,

Topher Campbell’s compelling production fuses an explosive mix of film and live action. Written by Fin Kennedy (John Whiting Award) from filmed interviews and designed by  international artist Roney Fraser-Munroe, the Red Room’s UNSTATED exposes how we treat some of societiy's most vulnerable. 

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25.  07.  2008

Comedy writing & stand-up comedians wanted

for The Jam!, CanUK Theatre Company is looking for submissions of new comedy writing - sketches, skits and short plays - and stand-up comedians for ongoing evenings of entertainment at The Miller of Mansfield in London Bridge.

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25.  07.  2008

Birthday Celebrations

The Asian Writer is officially 1 years old in August and to celebrate the website has been completely revamped

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25.  07.  2008

The Poetry Treatment – new project in major UK hospital

This August, The Poetry Trust, Suffolk-based organisers of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival will launch an innovative, year-long project – The Poetry Treatment – in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals.  Support for the project includes £16,000 of Grants for the Arts lottery funding from Arts Council England, East.

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25.  07.  2008

LIBERTY: A new play by Glyn Maxwell

13 Performances Only, 31 August – 4 October at Shakespear's Globe Theatre, Bankside, London. 'Glyn Maxwell is the best dramatic poet now at work in English' Daily Telegraph

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25.  07.  2008

CALLING all Writer/Performers,

If you are a writer/performer looking for a new outlet for your talents then the LOST Theatre Company has just the solution for you.

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25.  07.  2008

Editor Required, Black Dog Publishing

Black Dog Publishing is an innovative and exciting publishing company that produces titles on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, music and photography. We are currently looking for an editor to join our expanding editorial team.

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25.  07.  2008

Writers and photographers needed, Revelation Arts & Media

Our organisation is the leading umbrella agency for enhancing the visibility and supporting the contribution of international talent to the UK's creative scene and economy.

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25.  07.  2008

WRITERS SUPPORT JUST AS ITS NEEDED

If you are a low income, high quality writer living in the south east, looking for some expert advice on your writing, then THE SOUTH wants to see your work!

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25.  07.  2008

CRITICAL AID FOR PROFESSIONAL WRITERS,

Would you like help developing your writing? Got something to say but can’t find the words? Got a burning question to ask someone a few steps along the publishing line from you? THE SOUTH’s ‘1-2-1’ puts you in front of published writers that can help you get to the centre of your story, giving you the unique opportunity to get in-depth critique and advice from someone that knows your genre. 

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25.  07.  2008

PLAYING THE ENDGAME with Catherine Smith,

You've come this far with your narrative...so why is the ending proving so difficult and unsatisfactory? ‘Endgame’ is a practical and supportive workshop from THE SOUTH with local hero Catherine Smith that will help writers to get their short stories finished and ready for publication.

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25.  07.  2008

Unblocking for writers and their characters

Material on how to get through writer's block tends to be theoretical texts on its origins but offers little practical advice. THE SOUTH, in association with Brighton Lapidus, presents an innovative series of workshops to tackle the problem starting this October.

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25.  07.  2008

DEVELOP YOUR WRITING

Want to develop your writing, but feeling stuck? Whatever stage you are at as a creative writer, the creative writing workshops brought to you by THE SOUTH and Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion will help you to develop your skills and build confidence in your writing voice.

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25.  07.  2008

From a blank page to full screen,

Back by popular demand, writers’ hub THE SOUTH with scriptwriter, educator, poet and playwright Heather Taylor bring you a three month workshop series that will get your script conceived, planned, drafted and polished.

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25.  07.  2008

Review your favourite book online,

Transmission Magazine, the prize-winning literary magazine, is now accepting review submissions for its website.

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25.  07.  2008

Call for Literature Professionals

Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust, in partnership with Arts Council England and the Scottish Arts Council, is seeking literature professionals working in strategic roles in the north of England (North West, North East & Yorkshire regions) and Scotland to take part in a group study visit to two Cities of Literature: Edinburgh and Melbourne.

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25.  07.  2008

Urban Words Launches New Web Resource

UrbanWords is a literature consultancy established to explore – through research and specific project work – the role creative writers and creative writing can play in the process of regeneration and urban renewal.

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28.  07.  2008

Freelance Fiction Editors Sought!, Dog Horn Publishing

We are looking for up to five fiction editors, who will be responsible for developing and editing novels, one at a time, through a one-on-one basis with authors.

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