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  Full details  The Letter Review Prize – Now Open The Letter Review Prize is an internationally celebrated event, offered every three months in the categories of Short Fiction , Nonfiction, Poetry , and Books . We publish our winners, and award over $16,000 USD annually to writers, meaning our prize is among the highest paying literary prizes administered by a literary journal in the world. Enter Here Letter Review emerges as a hallowed space where words bleed, mend, and soar. Within its pages, we find not just tales, but the delicate pulse of memories, interwoven with the age-old craft of storytelling and vulnerability. To have my voice cradled in such a sacred place is a serenade to the moonlit hours where prose meets poetry. A profound honor. The Letter Review stands as a monument of writing wisdom and talent. Being part of this mosaic of narrative and verse is a true honor. Frederick Joseph : two-time New York Times bestselling author, activ...

  Full details  This opportunity welcomes applications f rom under-represented Wales-based fiction writers to attend a free – of – charge course to further develop their craft . The residency aims to enhance your skills in developing captivating characters, engaging plots, and credible worlds. The tutors are Francesca Reece and Anthony Shapland.     Course Dates: Monday 24 – Friday 28 November 2025. Closing Date: 5.00pm, Wednesday 24 September 2025. Writing Fiction is funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Wales and The Fenton Arts Trust.    Find out more about the course, the eligibility criteria, and how to apply below. The information is available in large print and dyslexia friendly formats via the Downloads page.    Writing Fiction: How to apply How to apply Writing Fiction: FAQ's FAQ's Writing Fiction: Downloads  

 Full details  In partnership with Channel 4, our Script Hubs provide peer support and networking to writers across the North looking to take their career in TV forward. Over a five-month period, ten writers in each Script Hub collaborate on a series of peer group sessions and professional development workshops. Each group is led by an experienced facilitator writer, with the workshops featuring guest writers, producers, and other broadcast professionals. Places are selected via application. Applicants should have some experience writing scripts or be practising in another form, such as fiction or poetry, but do not need to have a commission. Once the facilitated sessions and workshops are complete, the aim is that the groups will continue to meet as self-directed peer groups, maintaining a continuing relationship with New Writing North. Current opportunities Cumbria Script Hub Applications open...

  Full details  The Jerwood Fellowships at New Writing North will be awarded to three early career published writers, currently living in the North of England. Each writer will receive a bursary of £10,000 and a bespoke package of support, including mentoring, over the course of a year, beginning in 2026. The fellowship will be open to writers of fiction, poetry or narrative non-fiction who have had work professionally published. With a focus on artistic excellence, this opportunity aims to support writers at a pivotal point in their careers, as they develop new work towards publication. The three writers will be invited to participate in at least one event scheduled towards the completion of the programme in late 2026. These Fellowships are generously supported by the Jerwood Foundation and managed by New Writing North.  

 Full details  Chosen from a writing competition for British and/or UK-based, unpublished novelists from backgrounds and communities currently underrepresented in UK publishing, The Book Edit Writers’ Prize 2025 is open for submissions from 1 September. The aim of the Writers’ Prize is to help talented writers, who might not otherwise have access to the industry, get their work in front of an audience of top literary agents. The competition will select eight writers to read their work at a live Zoom showcase event for invited i ndustry guests taken from The Book Edit’s wide industry network. After the event, an anthology of the readings and recordings from the showcase will be published on The Book Edit’s website .  “ The Book Edit Writer’s Prize was the first writing prize I ever entered, so winning gave me so much confidence that I can actually pursue writing as a career. The community aspect o...

  Full details  Writers' Studio: Cosy Crime 2025 The Writers’ Studio: Cosy Crime is an open script call for those with a passion and panache for cosy crime mysteries. This year, the Cosy team are looking for writers for the next series of Father Brown. Click here for more information about the opportunity. And click here to apply.