The latest New Writing North newsletter has jobs, opportunities, competitions and workshops, full details below:
Please help us nurture young talent in
Newcastle
We are currently crowdfunding
to establish a new weekly
songwriting group in Newcastle for 12-19 year olds. The group
will meet on Saturdays in term-time and will be led by professional
songwriters. It will be open to all and free to attend, allowing young people
to develop their creative talents and mix with likeminded people in a safe and
nurturing environment. There are just 5
days left on our crowdfunding campaign (ends 2
August) and we’re tantalisingly close to meeting the target – please
help us get there if you can! You can do this by sharing our page as well as
by donating.
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Vacancies at New Writing North
We are currently recruiting
for a full-time Programme
Manager (Participation and Young People). We're seeking
a creative and organised self-starter who will manage and deliver ambitious
projects and initiatives which engage people in our work, including
through the innovative use of digital technology. Deadline for
applications is 9am,
Friday 1 September 2017.
We are also seeking a freelance Project
Producer to work on our Young Writers’ City project based
at Academy 360 in Sunderland. Deadline for applications is 5pm, Wednesday 16 August 2017.
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Gordon Burn Prize shortlist
Last week we were thrilled to
announce the shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize 2017 as:
Black Teeth and a
Brilliant Smile by Adelle Stripe (Wrecking Ball Press) Border: A Journey to the Edge of
Europe by Kapka Kassabova (Granta Books)
First
Love by Gwendoline Riley (Granta Books)
The
Long Drop by Denise Mina (Harvill Secker)
This Is
Memorial Device by David Keenan (Faber & Faber)
This Is
the Place to Be by Lara Pawson (CB Editions)
The winner will be announced
at Durham Book Festival on Thursday 12 October. Tickets go on sale on
Thursday 10 August at www.durhambookfestival.com
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Farewell to Read Regional 2017!
This year’s Read
Regional campaign was our biggest ever, with more than 2000 people
attending events at libraries, schools and literary festivals. Although the
events have now finished for this campaign, you can still borrow the 10
titles in libraries across the North of England, download our questions for
reading groups, and read about the authors’ experiences on our blog. A huge
thanks to all the authors, libraries and audiences who took part!
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Verb New Voices call out
Laura Potts, one of our Verb
New Voices 2017 writers, is currently looking to interview individuals whose
lives have been affected by the loss of a friend or relative through warfare.
If chosen after interview, your story will form the basis for a poem and
combined with five other such stories to create a piece of radio drama. This
will be used as part of Laura’s BBC Radio 3 commission, to be broadcast in
2018.
To be eligible you must live
in the north of England and be available for interview in August 2017. You
must also give permission for any interviews to be voice-recorded. A small
fee will be paid for each chosen story.
To apply or to contact Laura,
please email laurapottspoet@gmail.com by 31 August
2017. To find out more you can also follow her on Twitter @thelauratheory.
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Significant Ink in Preston and Lancaster
Our Significant Ink
programme seeks to find and develop new writers for television from
under-represented communities. You can now sign up
for taster sessions in Preston or Lancaster on 12
August, 19 August and 3 September. Following the taster session, interested
writers will be encouraged to apply for our professional development
programme.
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Sunderland-based
writer, Iain Rown, claimed a
spot amongst the final five shortlisted for the Bath Novel Award with One of Us.
Mark
Illis won a Northern Writer's Award in 2015 for The Impossible, his
comic-book inspired YA novel, now published by Quercus Children's Book.
Newcastle-based YA writer, Laura Steven, has
signed a two-book deal with Egmont
Publishing. The first book, The
Exact Opposite of Okay, will be published 8 March 2018.
Congratulations to
Newcastle-based poet Anna Woodford who has
won a major award from The Society of Authors' Authors' Foundation towards
the development of her next collection.
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Aesthetica
Creative Writing Award 2017 is currently open
for entries. This is a chance for both emerging and established
writers and poets to showcase their work. Prizes include £1000 for category
winners and publication opportunities for 60 shortlisted writers. Deadline Thursday 31 August.
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The
annual Lancaster
Writing Awards is accepting
entries from college and sixth form students in a variety of
categories. Prizes include £100 book vouchers and publication in Cake, the student-run
magazine. Deadline 28
February 2018.
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UNESCO
Cities of Literature Residences are currently being
advertised for Prague (deadline 31
August), Grenada (deadline
10 September) and Tartu (deadline 10
August). Each holds a unique cultural experience of its own and a
fantastic opportunity to develop inspired literature.
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Playwrights' Studio
Scotland is taking applications for aspiring and emerging
playwrights, based in or originally from Scotland, to benefit from an
incredible mentoring programme.
This opportunity aims to help develop work with the aid of established
playwrights, as well as to help bring it to life with creative input from
actors and directors. Deadine
Monday 25 September.
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Adinda
van’t Klooster is looking for several
poets to collaborate with on a new art exhibition evoking powerful
communication about stillbirth. To apply send three poems, a short
statement conveying personal interest in the topic as well as working with
a visual artist and a short tailored CV to affectformations@gmail.com before Monday 4 September.
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Lantana Publishing is
a young, independent company creating new opportunities for BAME writers.
They are currently looking for picture book manuscripts to broaden the
traditional landscape of children’s books.
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Normal Deviation Anthology
is looking for weird and wonderful manuscript submissions, up to 6000
words, which follow their ‘Third Option’ writing model and fit the
theme of their cover photo ‘Suitcase’. Deadline 31 August.
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Following
their successful first issue, HEBE Poetry Magazine
is looking for submissions from young writers (under 18) to be published in
their second issue. The theme of this issue is ‘Inside’.
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The Female Gaze is
a new online magazine with a promising start. They're currently looking for
female and non-binary gendered writers to contribute reviews and features
on film and TV.
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Victoria
Watson is hosting a
Creative Writing retreat at St Mary’s Island, Whitley Bay, Sunday 20 August.
The retreat costs £30 per person, £15 of which will secure your place as a
non-refundable deposit. For information and booking contact Victoria Watson.
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Whitley Bay Film Festival 2017
begins Thursday 10
August with another incredible line up of classic and
arthouse films to feed your appetite for culture.
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An evening with Val McDermid
- The Scottish writer will be attending Waterstones, Manchester –
Deansgate on Tuesday
5 September to discuss her new book Insidious Intent.
Tickets £5 per person.
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The programme for Durham Book Festival 2017
will be announced on Wednesday 9 August, with tickets going on sale at 10am
Thursday 10 August. This year's festival runs 7-15 October and promises a
wide range of events for all readers.
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Tyneside Cinema is
recruiting a Head of
Marketing and Communications. Deadline Monday 21 August.
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Sage Gateshead is
recruiting a Marketing
and Communications Manager for the Popular and Contemporary
Music Programme. Deadline Monday
7 August.
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The Reader is
searching for a Story
Hunter, based in Calderstones Park, Liverpool. Deadline Friday 28 July.
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If
you have news that you would like to be considered for inclusion in the
newsletter please contact charlotte@newwritingnorth.com.
The deadline for receipt of information for the next newsletter is 21 August 2017.
While every effort has
been made to ensure that the information contained in this newsletter is
correct at the time of going to press, things do change, frequently at the
last minute and very often without our knowledge.
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