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Write & Shine: New Winter Season of Workshops

Join Write & Shine for a series of inspiring morning writing events this winter. They begin their season with ‘Soft,' a special two-part creative writing workshop on Monday 17 January (19.30-20.30) & Tuesday 18 January (7.15-9:00). Join them for an evening gathering, then set your alarm to join the group again for a morning workshop. The days are slowly lengthening, the light is returning. Use this subtle change as a creative prompt. A chance to approach the new year gently, embracing dreams, comfort and softness. To learn more, click this post.

Word Space: Literature Works’ Talent Development Programme 2022

If you’re based in South West England and you’re serious about your writing, if you’re ready for a year of mentoring, support and connection, then Word Space is the thing for you. It’s Literature Works' new online annual talent development programme, running for twelve months from April 2022 - March 2023 and developing a group of up to 15 emerging writers from across the South West. They're hosting an online open briefing event on Thursday 13th January 2022, 1-2 pm for people interested in finding out more about Word Space before making an application. To find out more, click this post.

FIELDNOTES/SESSIONS: Submissions Now Open for Audio Pieces

FIELDNOTES is inviting submissions of audio content for a new programme of online publishing and broadcasting. This programme echoes the focus of the FIELDNOTES print journal on formal and poetic innovation in creative practice. As with the print journal, they're interested in publishing ideas in translation, works-in-progress and between genres, lo-fi and rough-edged documentation. Selected works will be published online and included in a regular radio series to be broadcast in 2022 on Resonance 104.4FM. Deadline: 28 February 2022. To learn more, click this post.

2022 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize

Fitzcarraldo Editions are pleased to announce that the 2022 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize, an annual competition for unpublished writers, is opening soon for submissions. Initially made possible by an Arts Council Grant in 2015, the prize awards £3,000 to the best proposal for a book-length essay (minimum 25,000 words) by a writer resident in the UK & Ireland who has yet to secure a publishing deal. Submissions are open from 14 January to 14 March 2022 and will be judged by an editorial committee composed of Joanna Biggs, Brian Dillon, Joanna Kavenna, Paul Keegan and Jacques Testard. To learn more, please click this post.