Check out these inspiring and challenging writing competitions happening over the next few months! Don’t forget you can brush up on your writing techniques with our extensive writing classes, covering skills from poetry to publishing, and beginners to advanced! Good luck! The Big Smoke Team The Best New British And Irish Poets – deadline 2nd…
Hi writers! For a number of reasons we’ve postponed our June flash fiction event until the end of the summer, but don’t worry! We’ll have a slap bang event for you in a few months time, with some incredible writers and readers. You can submit your work too – we’re looking for new and established…
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Just a quick note to let you know we have added several new beginners’ and introduction-level courses recently due to popular demand: – Beginning To Write Fiction (6 weeks), starting Thursday 30th March – Introduction to Creative Writing (1 day), Saturday 1st April – Beginning To Write Fiction (6 weeks), starting Wednesday 26th April – Introduction…
March already! Where does the time go? Here’s what we have coming up later this month and next: beginner-level – Beginning To Write Fiction (6 weeks), starting Thursday 30th March – Introduction to Creative Writing (Saturday 1st April) – Beginning To Write Fiction (6 weeks), starting Wednesday 26th April – Introduction to Creative Writing (4 weeks), starting…
Just a quick reminder of courses we have starting SOON: – Beginning To Write Fiction (6 weeks), starting Wednesday 1st March – Screenwriting: Characters* (Saturday 4th March) – Introduction to Creative Writing (4 weeks), starting Monday 6th March – Get Writing (4 weeks), starting Monday 6th March – Screenwriting: Story/Plot* (Saturday 11th March) – The Mythic…
Hello all! Just a quick note to let you know that many of our courses have already started, or are now fully booked, but we’ve a few more scheduled for you… (All evening courses, 6.30pm-8.30pm) – a new Introduction to Creative Writing (4 weeks), starting Monday 6th March – a new Beginning To Write Fiction…
Happy new year! We’re back at the desk this week and excited about our upcoming courses, including: These beginners’ classes (all evenings 6.30pm-8.30pm unless otherwise specified): – Introduction to Creative Writing (4 weeks), starting Monday 6th February – two Beginning to Write Fiction classes (6 weeks), available from either Wednesday 18th January or Saturday 28th…
After a brief hiatus, the Monday Roundup is back with all your competition and submissions needs! As always: get writing, get editing and get entering! Submission Calls Flash Fiction Competitions Short Story Competitions Poetry Competitions Playwriting Competitions Novel Writing Competitions Novella Submissions and Competitions Grants and Residencies Children and Teenager Competitions As always, contact us…
The Monday Roundup is back with all your competitions needs! There are some really great competitions in this week’s roundup so get writing, editing and entering! We’re also moving the Roundup to a bi-weekly blog to ensure we always bring you the best competitions available! Submission Calls Flash Fiction Competitions Short Story Competitions Poetry Competitions…
