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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Learning Resources page

Part of our offering for young people, parents, teachers and anyone with a young person in their life, our Learning Resources page features free pre-recorded creative writing workshops, all tutored by some of today's most exciting writers.

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OPPORTUNITIES

Jane Gregory Bursaries – Crime Writing Festival 2025

Applications are open for the Jane Gregory Bursaries which offer three under-represented writers a unique opportunity to attend the Creative Thursday writing day at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2025, the globally renowned celebration of crime fiction presented by Harrogate International Festivals. Apply by 18 April.

The Writing Squad

The Writing Squad helps writers develop in poetry, prose, film, stage and radio scripts, to games and graphic novels. They are now recruiting for their next Squad for a two year programme which will run from May 2025. To be eligible to apply, you must be aged between 16 and 22 and live, work or study in the North of England.

Barnstormers New Writing Competition

Barnstormers is seeking short plays (10-20 minutes) from writers based in or connected to West Somerset, Somerset or Exmoor. Selected scripts will be performed as informal readings in 2025, with the potential for a new writing tour in 2026. Submissions open until midnight on the 30th April 2025.

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