Writing Calendar

The Anne Brown Prize awards £1500 for the best literary essay by a writer in, or from, Scotland. Essays can be on any subject and entry is...

The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a...

Level: This is an advanced course, suitable for writers who are already intermediate-level or above in writing three-line haiku. If you are...

Format: Not live (asynchronous). Participants work individually on written assignments and tutor feedback is sent as a group email, for shared...

Format: Not live (asynchronous). Participants work individually on written assignments and tutor feedback is sent to the group as a whole, for...

Explore the craft of creative writing by paying attention to voice. We will discover how to find and develop our voices as...

📣 On sale now! Book your place on an NCW online tutored creative writing course, starting Monday 12 February 2024. We have 12- and 18-week...

Are you writing non-fiction? Do you want to submit your work to literary agents?

In this lunchtime masterclass, literary agent Eli...

Do you want to tell your story?

Putting real life onto a page is a process of transformation. Memoirs can pull from the span of a...

All writing is rewriting. This short course will develop your ability to reflect critically on your own creative work, to take what you’ve...

Writing Better Fiction is an introduction to the essentials of...

How can you write science in a way that is popular with a commercial audience?

In this evening masterclass, writer and academic Emma...

Writing is protest.

In this online masterclass, award-winning writer Aude Konan will be offering you the tools to make change through...