Writing West Midlands

Writing West Midlands We support creative writers and creative writing in the West Midlands region. We are an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

Writing West Midlands is the Literature Development and Delivery Agency for the West Midlands. We exist to help good writing and literature activities flourish in the West Midlands. We focus on work to develop opportunities for creative writers, including supporting young writers and building audiences for writing.

The Nero Book Awards have announced their The Nero New Writers Prize, in association with Brunel University of London!Sp...
06/08/2025

The Nero Book Awards have announced their The Nero New Writers Prize, in association with Brunel University of London!

Specifically designed for aspiring, unpublished writers, you’ll be in with the chance of winning:

📚A £3,000 cash prize
📚A fully-funded MA in Creative Writing from Brunel University of London
📚An introduction to a literary agent

Submissions are now open and you have until 29th August to enter.

For full details visit: https://buff.ly/1O10pxM

Good luck! ☘️

Siana Bangura will be welcoming Janet Alder to Birmingham to discuss her long-awaited book, 'Defiance'. She'll also be j...
31/07/2025

Siana Bangura will be welcoming Janet Alder to Birmingham to discuss her long-awaited book, 'Defiance'. She'll also be joined by Dan Glazebrook and Gus John.

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**Please note change of venue** Join novelist, Charlotte ‘Charley’ Barnes, and poet and founder of Nine Arches Press, Ja...
28/07/2025

**Please note change of venue**

Join novelist, Charlotte ‘Charley’ Barnes, and poet and founder of Nine Arches Press, Jane Commane, along with Jonathan Davidson, Chief Executive of Writing West Midlands for a conversation about developing as a creative writer.

Charley Barnes has published over ten psychological thrillers and as an academic is a specialist in True Crime literature. Jane Commane is a poet and also founder/editor of Nine Arches Press, now based in Worcestershire. They will talk about their journeys to publication and how writers can get their work shared with readers.

Jonathan Davidson will talk about how Writing West Midlands can help writers develop their work, including sources of funding and various ways to find audiences and readers.

Venue: Swan Theatre, The Moors, Worcester, WR1 3ED

Date/Time: Saturday 20th September 2025, 11.30am – 1pm

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 Call for Applications: Visible Communities Residencies 2026!They are seeking three UK-based literary translators who ar...
25/07/2025

Call for Applications: Visible Communities Residencies 2026!

They are seeking three UK-based literary translators who are Black, Asian or from Ethnically Diverse backgrounds to join our 2026 Visible Communities programme as residents.

They offering:
3 virtual residencies (March–June 2026)
2 in-person residencies in Norwich (January 2026)

Open to translators working from any language into English, especially those connected to diaspora and heritage language communities in the UK.

Deadline: Monday, 1 September. Head to their website for more information and to book. https://buff.ly/bnvn9Ym

Siana Bangura  will be hosting an 'In Conversation' with Dr. Johanna Lukate, who has just published her new book, (Dis)e...
24/07/2025

Siana Bangura will be hosting an 'In Conversation' with Dr. Johanna Lukate, who has just published her new book, (Dis)entangled: Why Black Hair Can't Be Just Hair.

https://buff.ly/RJtHWvp

This event is in partnership with .

  Remember, everyone’s journey is unique. Don’t measure your progress against someone else’s. Write the story you want, ...
23/07/2025

Remember, everyone’s journey is unique. Don’t measure your progress against someone else’s. Write the story you want, not the one others expect from you.

Meet Christina Lauren, the bestselling duo behind your fave romantic comedies. From The Unhoneymooners to Love and Other Words, their books are full of heart, heat, and unforgettable love stories.

📝 Call for submissions! The Edinburgh True Flash Award celebrates memoirs, creative non-fiction, and auto-fiction told i...
23/07/2025

📝 Call for submissions! The Edinburgh True Flash Award celebrates memoirs, creative non-fiction, and auto-fiction told in artful, original ways that entertain and amaze, bring us to tears or leave us outraged. Tell us a story we just can’t forget.

First Prize £500 plus publication for at least the top five stories in the annual Edinburgh Anthology series.

Head to their website for more details and to submit.
https://buff.ly/S2QlVN2

Applications are now open to apply for the Coventry Poet Laureate 2025 - 2027.https://buff.ly/hQUBsKG Applicants are ask...
22/07/2025

Applications are now open to apply for the Coventry Poet Laureate 2025 - 2027.

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Applicants are asked to submit two short poems, one of which should reference the theme ‘Our Library’ and the other ‘Sanctuary’. Applicants are also asked to write 300 words maximum about your interest in the post and what you feel you can bring to the role.

Closing date: Sunday 17 August 2025 and 12 noon.

Nine Arches Press Summer Poetry Workshop - Mashups and Collisions with Tania Hershman. Join them for a 2-hour in-person ...
22/07/2025

Nine Arches Press Summer Poetry Workshop - Mashups and Collisions with Tania Hershman. Join them for a 2-hour in-person poetry workshop at the Birmingham and Midlands Institute, city centre, on Saturday 2nd August from 1pm.

Led by hybrid writer Tania Hershman.

https://buff.ly/JxAlgA1

Modern Poetry in Translation is now open for general submissions. Submit translations of poems from any language into En...
21/07/2025

Modern Poetry in Translation is now open for general submissions. Submit translations of poems from any language into English. Deadline: 15 August 2025. Please head to their page and or website for more details and to submit.

🔗 https://buff.ly/Z2zO9lt

🖋️ Applications are now open to apply for the Coventry Poet Laureate 2025 - 2027. The next drop-in session is this Wedne...
21/07/2025

🖋️ Applications are now open to apply for the Coventry Poet Laureate 2025 - 2027. The next drop-in session is this Wednesday, 2.30pm.

https://buff.ly/hQUBsKG

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