Thank you to Wendy H. Jones for reading from 'A Right Cosy Culinary Crime' at the final #NLR2025 Riverside Studios 🥳🎊📚🍷 bit.ly/4lYuZcN

Thank you to Edward Milner for reading from 'The Scent of Frangipani' at the final #NLR2025 Riverside Studios 🥳🍷📚✍️ bit.ly/4nebnCF

The competition shortlists are here! Open Poetry: The Captain Vincent Bernard Holmfirth Writing Group Bluebells For Remembrance Jan Huntley Holmfirth Writers Tyne Green Geof Keys Northumbrian In The Woods Susan Nuttall Northumbrian Searchlight Alison Ringrose Northumbrian

SESTINA Shortlist Sutton Scarsdale Hill, Bolsover Gary Carr Runaway An Early Spring Walk Orian Norfolk Northumbrian Writers Toshie Robert Rayner Northumbrian Writers Nature and Nurture Jo Roberts Writers’ Hub Coventry Witness (St Wystan’s Church Repton) Shelagh Wain Burton Monday

SHORT STORY (with a clock) shortlist Keeping Time - Nick Brigham - Hexham Writers The Trouble With Dave - Janine Duncan - Hexham Writers F.I.S.H - Penny Ellis - Ross Writers at the Royal Electric Clocks Tick - John Glander - Harlow Writers

HISTORICAL FICTION shortlist Cooking for Three - Alana Beth Davies - Swansea and District Writers 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis - David Lake - Writers in Somerset Portrait of Vermeer - Judith Roberts - SWit’CH An Exchange of Thoughts - Jerry Sutton - Hickley Scibblers

GHOST/HORROR STORY Night at the Mystery Museum - Emma Finlayson- Palmer - Wombourne Writers Jasmine - Andy Humphrey - Independent ‘Who’s A Pretty Boy Then?’ - William Liggins - Coventry Cry Wolf - Alison Ringrose - Northumberland Writers

SCI-FI/FANTASY shortlist Beyond The Blue Planet Graeme Hunter Northumbrian Writers Marcus Yvonne Hutchinson-Ruff Llanelli Writers I’m Not A Robot Richard Layton Derbyshire Script Writers Sword and Senility Mark Pattison Northumbrian Flight 365 Lynda Turner Burton Monday Writers

ROMANTIC FICTION shortlist A Crack in the Stone Alana Beth Davies Swansea and District Writers Lost Connection James Edwards - Northumbrian Writers Mr Papadopoulis Returns to Greece - Chris Raetschus - Hexham Writers at the Abbey That Boy! - Kerri Simpson - Northumbrian Writers

COMEDY WRITING shortlist Mr Unwin Instead - Bob Crockett - Hinkley Scribblers Don’t Tell Anyone - John Hope - Fellowship of the Pen Butyllithium - Andy Humphrey - Independent Return to Sender - Bob Shepherd - Yeovil Creatiive Writers

SCIENCE&NATURE shortlist Whalefall Penny Ellis Ross Writers at the Royal A Rose By Any Other Name Peter Pool Northumbrian Writers The Other Net Zero Shelagh Wain Burton Monday Writers

‘HOW TO’ GUIDE shortlist How to Survive a Pony Club Rally in 10 Easy Steps - Alison Hallett Runaway How to Cook For One Graeme Hunter Northumbrian How to Succeed at Target Archery David Walton Runaway Writers How to Be The Hero of Your Own Story Victoria White Saturday Sentence

CRIME FICTION shortlist A Smell in the Basement Nick Brigham Trapped James Edwards 7:32 John Glander Harlow Countdown to Murder - Ian Johnson A Lust of the Eyes David Potter Foolproof Alison Ringrose A Sunset in Sorrento Helen Jean Somers

MEMOIR shortlist Rita’s Untold Story - Bob Crockett Shortbread - Sam Davey Ian - Karen Evans On The Step - Carol Hurley Growing Up With Fossils - Orian Norfolk Fracture - Melanie Oliver Trotter Having Your Cake and Not Eating It - Jo Roberts

10 MINUTE PLAY/MONOLOGUE shortlist Hinterland 2 - Hilary Feeney - Northumbrian Writers What Is The Point - Yvonne Hutchinson-Ruff - Llanelli Writers When Bobby Baxter Came To Call - Jan Keegan - Northumbrian Writers The End Game - Stephen Palmer - Carlisle Writers’ Group

CHILDREN’S SECTION shortlist Easter - Sylvi Cabaniuk The Break In - Elijah Robinson

GROUP ANTHOLOGY Three’s A Crowd - Bold Writers Through The Writer’s Eye - Burnley and District Writers’ Circle Entanglement - Burton Runaway Writers The Outline of Memory - Carlisle Writers’ Group

We’re very excited to announce the application window for our updated MSt in Creative Writing opens today. Learn more about the different writing pathways we’ve developed for students who want to study with us Cambridge Professional and Continuing Education pace.cam.ac.uk/courses/mst-cr… #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Congratulations to the winners of the members competitions! head to the website to see the winners Nawg.co.uk

Well worth a look for anyone keen to take their writing to the next level