15 winners. £23K of prizes in training, mentoring, assessment and coaching. One unmissable development opportunity.

For writers facing barriers due to health, mental health, identity or social circumstance.

Submit your poetry or prose entries here ⬇️
writingeastmidlands.co.uk/event/competit…

Jawdance heads to Rich Mix next Wednesday! 🙌

Join poets KMT Freedom Teacher (@may_gdn), Cherry Eckel, Francesca Beard & host Kat Francois for a fab evening of poetry + an open mic!

📆 Wed 17 April
🕖 7pm
📍 Rich Mix
🔗 bit.ly/3U4Gt2h

#Jawdance #Poetry

The Courage to Say ‘Yes’ 🎙️🤩

Don't miss #BWAH Episode 2: A spirited discussion with SuAndi SuAndi - trailblazer for black artists and stellar writer

Plus bonus writing prompt to inspire and motivate this Friday afternoon!

youtu.be/4wLaEKueznM?si…

#amwriting

Bad Form issue 12 is on the theme of LOVE and you can pitch your reviews, lit essays, bookish opinion pieces, and short stories to us now. Selected pieces pay £50, open to POC in the UK.
More details: badformreview.com/iss12

So thrilled to have 'The Ballad of St George' included in this new poetry collection! Thank you Commonword. 💚 CreativeClimateResilience Creative Manchester Institute for Cultural Practices

Rainbow Noir Commonword Black Gold Arts

We’ll be back at Manchester Central Library on Wednesday 24th April with George The Poet 🇺🇬 to celebrate the release of his groundbreaking new memoir TRACK RECORD: ME, MUSIC AND THE WAR ON BLACKNESS. George will be in conversation with Okechukwu Nzelu.

🎫👇🏻

New poetry anthology ‘How Green is Our City?’ by Manchester’s writers 🏭 🍃

Creative clarion calls on climate change and the environment 📢

Read it now: issuu.com/cultureword/do…

Huge news! The final event on our UK tour is now open for booking🤯

We'll be in Manchester SocialRefuge/Queer Lit on 22 May with the incredible Jake Wild Hall, Fee Griffin & Lenni Sanders to launch Bi+ Lines!

Get your tickets to the grand finale: bit.ly/bi-lines-mcr

Walk #3 of my book #OurIslandStories : Country Walks Through Colonial Britain is the tobacco walk along the Whitehaven coast, generally more known for its coal history & owned by the National Trust with Colonial Countryside-commissioned writer peter kalu writer

penguin.co.uk/authors/289672…

The festival is set to kick off tomorrow in Kingsleigh community centre in Leigh. Our workshops are open to everyone regardless of their age and background.

#Shebafest24 #Shebaarts #Workshops #Migrantart #Refugeeart #Leigh
Wigan Libraries The Turnpike Gallery SWAP WIGAN

Punam Nickie Miles-Wildin Word of Warning (hÅb) Commonword Chanje Kunda Dibby Theatre TRANS CREATIVE UK Black Gold Arts Such a funny and heartbreaking show, and glorious singing! Catch it if you can -- March tour sold out

Word of Warning (hÅb) Commonword Dibby Theatre TRANS CREATIVE UK Black Gold Arts Chanje Kunda Marriage of high-tech technique and movement coming when the full version appears -- catch the reading

BlackFest LIVE Lounge - Special: National Shakespeare day

Join us on our monthly open mic with talented artists showcasing their music, poetry + more we are also welcoming themed Shakespeare pieces reinvented/classical!

📆 Tues 23rd 24
📍LIV ARTS BAR
⏱️ 7pm

Call for Submissions! The Poetry London Prize is open for entries until Thursday, June 30, 2024. Winners announced by September's end: First Prize £5,000, Second Prize £2,000, Third Prize £1,000. Judged by Hannah Sullivan, T.S. Eliot Prize winner. Submit: poetrylondon.co.uk/prize/

💥 NEW EVENT 💥

Citizen 32 Poetry Showcase

Sizzling poetry performances inspired by Manchester radical arts magazine Citizen 32 ✊

Featuring founding editor John G Hall

Thursday 23rd May, 6pm at Manchester Poetry Library

citizen32.eventbrite.co.uk

A #HardPressed event

Research Fellow in Writing & Place Manchester Metropolitan Uni - three-year full-time post working with Centre for Place Writing & the Poetry Research Group English at Manchester Met Manchester Writing School as part of the University’s Third Century Fellowship Scheme. Closing date: 29 May 2024 manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/r…

I'm really thrilled to be judging the Polari Prize for First Book this year. Many of my favourite writers are past winners of these, the UK's first & largest LGBTQ+ book awards.

The prize is open for entries! Deadline May 6. Please help spread the word. tinyurl.com/bdd9wx8u

Main entry requirements:
- Max 280 characters, it must include #micropoem24
- Entries close at 23.59 on 10 April 2024
- Only 1 entry per person
- Email [email protected] or post on X using #micropoem24

For all the entry information, visit uom.link/micropoem24

Open call for new poetry commissions from the North West or Yorkshire region for creative responses to John Lyon’s paintings and poetry the Whitworth
By 21 April
tinyurl.com/5n6cet77
Image: John Lyons, Before Ash Wednesday in Trinidad, detail, 1988 Photo: Anne-Katrin Purkiss