Writing East Midlands - Opportunities http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/ Providing details of the latest writing opportunities from Writing East Midlands. Writing East Midlands 154 105 http://feeds.rkh.co.uk/clients/writingeastmidlands.co.uk/images/logo.png http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/ en-GB webmaster@writingeastmidlands.co.uk Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:37:00 GMT 120 HEAD OF LITERATURE AND THE SPOKEN WORD http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/657 The Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets 2012 http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/654 Short story competition and poetry submissions requested http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/656 Eva Organization for Women requests short stories and poems for its International Women’s Day event in mid-March at University of Leicester

]]> Free performances http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/655 Dave Wood’s two performances of poetry and story from his Arts Council England/Lottery Funded Project, The Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest.

]]> BBC International Short Story Award 2012 http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/649 Deadline: Mon 27 Feb 2012

]]> Online Editor/ Content Writer http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/650 Stories for children aged 5-8 http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/653 Write a short story for children aged 5-8

]]> Pop a Poem on a Postcard poetry competition http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/652 Write a poem of not more than 14 lines

]]> Christmas Celebrations poems to pop on a postcard poetry competition http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/651 Write a poem of no more than 14 lines

]]> Volunteer for Alt.Fiction 2012 http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/645 Would you like to volunteer for Alt.Fiction?
The weekend runs from 10am Saturday to 2pm Sunday is on the 14 & 15 April at Phoenix Square, Leicester.

]]> Leicester Libraries are supporting emerging genre writers by sponsoring 2 tickets to attend the Alt.Fiction weekend http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/646 Leicester Libraries are supporting emerging genre writers by sponsoring 2 tickets to attend the Alt.Fiction weekend http://altfiction.co.uk/ at Phoenix Square on April 14 and 15 2012.

]]> Jamie Burgess http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/648 This is a call out to any British Science Fiction writers who would like the opportunity to appear at Brit Sci-Fi weekend at the National Space Centre.

]]> Think Tank: Flash Journal http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/647 The Think Tank: Flash Journal is a postgraduate-led collaborative e-journal aimed at engaging individuals from the East Midlands with the themes and issues on display in their local galleries and museums. This year we are collaborating with the prestigious Nottingham based art gallery, Nottingham Contemporary.

]]> Pomegranate New Playwriting Festival 2013 http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/644 The Pomegranate Theatre continues to encourage Theatre Companies to produce new plays for its drama programme (this year’s Playwright’s Festival features a brand new piece of theatre with original music, entitled ‘Cuckoo – Tales of the Chesterfield Canal’). Since 2002 we have been actively promoting it through the New Playwrights’ Festival and are delighted to be able to announce more exciting new projects for the future

]]> Writing for Performance Workshops http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/opportunities/643 Writing for Performance with Polly Tuckett
Writing School Leicester

Monday 10.00-12.00, 6 sessions from 20th February

You will learn to promote yourself and your fiction on the Live Lit circuit. We will consider which aspects of a story work well in a spoken word context. Over the course, using writing exercises, you will write a story from scratch or adapt an existing story and develop your performance skills. Workshops will include some set reading, in-class writing exercises and some homework. A possible field trip to Short Fuse will offer chance to try out flash fiction on the open mic.

To book a place: http://www.writingschoolleicester.co.uk/

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