please share: BRITAIN’S BIGGEST CRIME PRIZE SEARCHES FOR THE NEXT BESTSELLING WRITER OF COLOUR. The Joffe Books Prize is looking for a talented new crime fiction writer of colour, with 25k for the winner. #prize #competition #writers Enter now: joffebooks.com/prize-2024

Fancy Bad Betty Live Peggy's Skylight Jazz Club on Sunday? Tickets in the main area have SOLD OUT, but there are a few seats left by the window 😃 Grab them while you can: peggysskylight.co.uk/events/bad-bet… ✨🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus Fran Lock ioney smallhorne Polis Loizou KAFKA_POE_MURAKAMI & Ellie Stainsby✨

🚨LONGLISTS ANNOUNCED🚨 Huge congratulations to the 25 poems and short stories longlisted for our 2024 writing prize!📝 This year's competition has been fierce! Longlist now available on the Aurora page of our website. Publication to follow soon...👀 ⏩bit.ly/AURORAPRIZE

Join our team of book lovers and writing enthusiasts! We're looking for an organised, tenacious and reliable person to work with us as our new Marketing and Administration Assistant. If this sounds like you, apply by 30th September to be considered ⏬ bit.ly/WORKWEM

OPEN NOW!!📢 Competitions for women writers from Mslexia ✨. Including... ✨Short stories ✨Poetry ✨Children's & YA Closest deadline is 23rd September - get applying: mslexia.co.uk/competitions/o…

Just ✨ TWO WEEKS TO GO ✨ for our 2024 Fiction Competition! Send us your Children's & YA novels, short stories and flash fictions by 23 September! Ready to enter? mslexia.co.uk/competitions/o… #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

🧵The 2025 #DisabledPoetsPrize is now open for deaf and disabled UK poets! 🏆Best Single Poem 🏆Best Unpublished Pamphlet This year's judges are Jamie Hale, Polly Atkin & Khairani Barokka! Subs close: 1pm on 4 Nov, Free entry/£7 donation. Learn more: disabledpoetsprize.org.uk

Do writers have a responsibility to make change? Can a short story or a poem affect the thoughts and behaviours of our peers? Pulse Magazine explores these questions and more in its latest issue all about the climate crisis. Read it for free⏩bit.ly/WEMPULSE

THIS THURSDAY ⏩ Join us at MansfieldPalace for this year's first young writers' group for 14-19s! Taking place after school from 6.30 - 8 pm. Packed with lots of creative and fun writing exercises. And lead by writer Leanne Moden. FREE - book now: bit.ly/MANSFIELDYWG

Writing East Midlands’s free #BeyondTheSpectrum programme for Lincolnshire writers with autism includes: ⭐️15 Creative Writing workshops ⭐️3 masterclasses ⭐️much, much more! Sign up to a September taster session here⬇️✨ writingeastmidlands.wufoo.com/forms/rdtdum00…

We’re delighted to announce #LondonWritersAwards is back! Open to unagented, unpublished London-based writers of literary, commercial and YA/children’s fiction, the programme runs for 10 months and is completely free. Apps run 25 Sep-31 Oct. More info: spreadtheword.org.uk/projects/londo…

🕤Less than one month to go!🕜 Applications for our free Mentoring Scheme for writers close on 7th October 2024 at 11.59 pm. Send in 1.5K words of prose, 6 poems or 15 mins of spoken word, a synopsis and answer a few quick Qs from us to be considered. 🔗bit.ly/WEMMENTOR

📢FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE📢 ⏩To our Meet the Agents masterclass this Saturday! If the cost of our masterclass is a barrier to joining, we have a limited number of free tickets on offer. 📨Email [email protected] by Thursday 5 pm to see if they're still available.

Think you'd benefit from our self promotion how-to for writers? If you're seeking work as a writer/poet, looking to network with agents/publishers or wanting to promote your books as an author, this masterclass is for you! Tickets only £10 - 16th Nov: ⏩writingeastmidlands.co.uk/product/self-p…

Just 7 weeks to go!⏳ Our Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers closes on 31st October at 11.59 pm. Age categories for 7-11s, 12-14s, 15-17s and 18-25s. For more information and to see last year's winners, visit our website here ⏬ writingeastmidlands.co.uk/young-writers-…

FREE taster workshops for Autistic writers: ⏩ 18th September 7 pm, ONLINE ⏩ 23rd September 7.30 pm, ONLINE ⏩ 28th September 11 am, IN PERSON (Nottingham) Come along and find out about our creative writing workshops lead by and for Autistic writers. 🔗bit.ly/BEYONDTS

If you joined us for Hen Harrier Action you can now read your group poem on our website! A huge thank you to all the scientists, activists, artists and conversationalists who joined us on the day. It was a pleasure writing with you all 💚 For the poem ✍️⏬ writingeastmidlands.co.uk/action-for-wil…

Thanks all for joining us! 💛 Hannah Boursnell Kate Barker Amy Acre

Want to work with writers?✍️ And support creative community projects? Are you looking for a new job role in the East Midlands? Our Marketing and Admin Assistant position closes in 2 weeks!🕦 If you're looking for a fulfilling role in the arts, apply now: bit.ly/WORKWEM

Want to know more about our FREE writer development programme?🤔✍️ Hear from the 23/24 Mentees themselves before applying! Applications close 7th October. Send us yours ⏩ bit.ly/WEMMENTOR