This is FREE on Sat promoting Soul’s course, here’s a glowing review from Malika Booker: 'This rhetoric workshop is rewarding & transformative. It radically enhanced my poetic toolkit. I still use the material from this course for my own writing & strongly recommend this class'

An excellent opportunity here from Renard Press for South Asian Poets✨

#SouthAsianWriters South Asian Heritage Month MCR South Asian Heritage Month Muslim Writers North Muslim Arts & Culture Festival

Ep 3 is live! 🤩

Battling Imposter Syndrome and Setbacks with Cherrelle Anne

Spoken word star Cherrelle exudes confidence and charisma but it hasn’t always been easy.

She opens up about setbacks, anxiety & how she emerged stronger & more determined💪🏽

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Word of Warning (hÅb) Punam Nickie Miles-Wildin Jayne Compton / Switchflicker BlackFest Black Gold Arts Rainbow Noir John E McGrath Dibby Theatre TRANS CREATIVE UK My first Red Ladder show! And couldn't be more timely -- a failed asylum seeker claiming sanctuary. Proud to be doing this play now.

What do Freedom and Peace mean to us today?
We wrote about it in different languages.
Liberte الحریه آزادی ئازادی
Freedom is the most precious thing in existence. 💯💯

#Rwandabill . #shebafest24 . #shebaarts . #refugeeweek24
#RefugeesWelcome #migrant #writing #poetry

#Manchester #GreaterManchester #Writers : applications now open for month-long writing residencies in Granada 🇪🇸 with Granada Ciudad de Literatura Unesco

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Closing date: 20 June

Manchester City of Literature #CitiesofLit

Always wanted to write poetry, but not sure where to start? Then this is the course for you! 🖋️

There will be some sharing & discussion of your writing, led by Dr Rebecca Varley-Winter, to help find your voice. At the end, we create a magazine, featuring your work: poetryschool.com/courses/live-w…

🌿✍️ Are you a published writer with a passion for nature? 📝
Nature Calling seeks writers to explore England's breathtaking landscapes! 🏞️
Share your connection with Chilterns, Dorset, Forest of Bowland, Lincolnshire Wolds, Mendip Hills, or Surrey Hills!
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One month to go!! 🚨

The deadline for our Writers' Award Competition is just 1 month away.

It's completely *free* to enter so you have nothing to lose. 15 winners across 3 categories will receive £23k worth of cash &development prizes 🌟

Enter now! 👉 bit.ly/CFWA2024

Been meaning to do a ✍️ writing thread for a while of all the helpful places you might go to for help/support/money. Here's what I found invaluable:

Happy #EarthDay2024 from Commonword 🌎

To mark and celebrate this day we are sharing quotes from our recently published Dreaming in Green anthology: issuu.com/cultureword/do…

First an extract from 'Breathe, Keep Breathing' by Anita Sethi 🍃

🌟 Attention poets! The 2024 Poetry London Prize is open! Prizes of £5k, £2k, & £1k, and judged by poet Hannah Sullivan, winner of the T.S. Eliot 2018. Submissions close on June 30th. Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your work! 🏅🖋️poetrylondon.co.uk/prize/

Oldham Open Mic is tonight at Soul Café🤩
Doors open at 6.20pm
Nearest tram stop is Oldham Mumps 🚊

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Black and Asian women writers are invited to polish up their complete manuscripts and send them in to @sileedslitprize for a chance to win £4000!

Commonword writer Clare R was longlisted for her novel Kala Polari in 2022 - this year it could be you!

sileedsliteraryprize.com

Spread the Word: Come and participate in a series of in-person drop-in sessions Contact on Thurs 25th April , led by the #PoetsofColourIncubator artists, and help develop a poetic response to global issues. bit.ly/PoCIDropin Manchester Poetry Library

Black and Asian women writers are invited to polish up their complete manuscripts and send them in to @sileedslitprize for a chance to win £4000!

Commonword writer Clare R was longlisted for her novel Kala Polari in 2022 - this year it could be you!

sileedsliteraryprize.com