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2008Please NoteThe New Writing Partnership is not responsible for the
content of external websites
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2008Editor, 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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2008Cinnamon Press July readings EXETER RESPECT 2008 FESTIVAL July 10th and MORPETH POETRY
LIBRARY July 10th
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2008Poetry in your inbox :Oxford Brookes’ Poetry Centre has launched a new initiative: a
Weekly Poem.
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2008Events 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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2008Hotbed Festival - workshop places still availableJuly 4-9th, Cambridge. Masterclasses and One:One sessions for
experienced writers thinking of writing for performance
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2008Inspiring Wells:A 5-day Workshop led by Mimi Khalvati in Nafplion, Greece.
SEPTEMBER 15 – 20, 2008.
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2008SOUNDS LIKET-Shirt & Jeans have a blazing summer line-up for you
featuring the freshest voices from music, poetry and spoken
word.
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2008SoundblastA new website has been launched, to sell CDs from some of the UK¹s
best performance poets - www.poetrybookshoponline.com/soundblast
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2008ARTS 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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2008BLANK 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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2008Poetry Mosaic - looking for contributorsPoetry Mosaic makes poetry of the answers to questions which
change each month.
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2008Word Circus Xmas SpecialMonkfish 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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2008KUDOS(formerly Competitions Bulletin) lists all the latest writing
competitions and opportunities in six issues each year.
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2008Required: Bristol based Writer / Poet / Performance Poet. Qualia Theatre is a company that explores science through theatre.
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2008Storytelling 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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2008O2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park5 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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2008If I Cover My Nose You Can't See Me Polarbear premieres his first full-length one-man show
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2008Phrased & Confused at Summer Sundae Festival8 – 10 August. More fantastic performance poets
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2008Poetry Arena at Latitude Festival17 – 20 July. Showcasing the very best in contemporary
performance poets.
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2008Growing Up An Alien Ledbury Festival. 12 July 5:00 – 6:00pm with Aoife Mannix and Janie
Armour
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2008Talking In Tongues 13 July Southbank Centre, Southbank CentreAfrica 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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2008EXPERT ADVICE FOR ASPIRING SCRIPTWRITERSAs 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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2008CHANGES AT INCWRITERS FORUM,Writers, readers, promoters and publishers now using the Incwriters
forum can do so without joining the Society.
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2008Summer Creative Writing IntensiveShaun Levin and Maggie Hamand will be hosting an Advanced Feedback
workshop during the month of August.
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2008Call 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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2008Call For Writers: Rattling Tongue Theatre Company Ltd are seeking new full
length plays for UK premiere production.
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2008New 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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2008Playwriting 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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2008EXILED INK! MAGAZINEWe are now inviting submissions for the next issue of Exiled
Ink! magazine.
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2008Character 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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2008Inscribe NewsDorothea 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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2008Call for submissions of writing - contemporary fine art texts, The artselector website is
currently undergoing a major redevelopment.
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2008Exiled Lit Cafe -Monday 4th August 2008 - 7.30 pm. A Few Words about Love
with Iranian and European Writers
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2008Script It! writing for radio course, Spread the WordLed by award winning playwright, Hattie Naylor, this course will
develop your ideas for radio playwriting.
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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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2008Writer's Advice and Information Seminar, Spread the WordSaturday 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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2008INTENSIVE CREATIVE WRITING COURSE: NEW INSPIRATION & THE IMPACT OF THE OTHER ARTSTuesday 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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2008Call for Submissions, Pop SamitiSubmissions wanted for the launch of a new project
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2008Creatives 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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2008Calling 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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2008Warwickshire 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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2008Aesthetica Creative Works Competition Closing Date August 31Aesthetica is looking for undiscovered talent
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2008The 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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2008Summer Time Poetry Contest, WritelinkWell 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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2008Exciting opportunities for writers, Blank Media are delighted to offer a series of new and exciting
opportunities:
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2008Call for Submissions for literary arts magazine, Inside OutTurn your inside out – onto the page, into the world, and out of
your system.
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2008New 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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2008Writer's Advice and Information Seminar, Spread the WordSaturday 19 July, 2pm-4pm, Barking, London
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2008Script It! Writing for radio course, Spread the WordLed by award winning playwright, Hattie Naylor, this course will
develop your ideas for radio playwriting.
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2008Revise and Redraft - Advanced Fiction Course, Spread the WordThis workshop will focus on revising and editing to find the best
form for a piece of fiction
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2008Benjamin 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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2008Help 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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2008UNSTATED: 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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2008Comedy 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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2008Birthday CelebrationsThe Asian Writer is officially 1 years old in August and to
celebrate the website has been completely revamped
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2008The Poetry Treatment – new project in major UK hospitalThis 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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2008LIBERTY: A new play by Glyn Maxwell13 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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2008CALLING 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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2008Editor Required, Black Dog PublishingBlack 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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2008Writers and photographers needed, Revelation Arts & MediaOur 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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07.
2008WRITERS SUPPORT JUST AS ITS NEEDEDIf 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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2008CRITICAL 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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2008PLAYING 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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2008Unblocking for writers and their charactersMaterial 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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2008DEVELOP YOUR WRITINGWant 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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2008From 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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2008Review your favourite book online,Transmission Magazine, the prize-winning literary magazine, is now
accepting review submissions for its website.
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2008Call for Literature ProfessionalsEdinburgh 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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2008Urban Words Launches New Web ResourceUrbanWords 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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2008Freelance Fiction Editors Sought!, Dog Horn PublishingWe 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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