The IWC membership scheme connects our community of writers from across the island through a number of member benefits, including access to advice, opportunities and other supports. The membership also includes up to 10% discounts on events, courses and Novel Fair submissions.
Under this year’s Membership Support Scheme, we are offering 10 associate memberships and 10 professional memberships for eligible writers, each valid for one year.
Are you passionate about arts and culture? Want to develop your ideas and confidence to make a change? Aged 14 – 21?
Then our Youth Advocates group is for you! Through monthly sessions and creative workshops, you’ll have a platform to explore ideas that are important to you and work with others to produce your own creative projects.
This Autumn Term our workshop series is ‘Document Where You Stand: Make A Magazine’. Youth Advocates will be involved in workshops around writing, conversation, photography and graphic design. The outcome will be a collective printed zine full of everyone’s ideas and creations.
Session 1 (Thursday 26 September): Write Where You’re At – poetry and expressive writing workshop with KCHANNA
Session 2 (Thursday 24 October): Connect With Who You Know – conversation and interviewing workshop with Unitas Youth Zone
Session 3 (Thursday 21 November): Capture What You See – photography workshop with Cheniece Warner
Session 4 (Thursday 19 December): Design What You Have – graphic design workshop with LIVING PROOF
We also can provide remote involvement if accessing these spaces is a challenge for you
The Irish Writers Centre (IWC) is pleased to announce a new round of support schemes for writers from or based in North of Ireland, made possible with support from the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
The Irish Writers Centre will provide 20 bursaries for beginner and emerging writers. These bursaries will enable writers to develop their skills through funded places on creative writing courses, and open access to course entry by subsidising costs to individuals who may not otherwise be able to afford a course. Each awardee will receive course credit worth €165 towards a course. The IWC facilitates up to 150 courses a year for writers at every stage of their career. We provide a range of in-person and online courses including novel writing, short story, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
BAC Next Gen Producers is our annual programme for young people aged 18 to 29 who want to develop practical skills in live event producing. The programme takes place over 15 weeks between January and April.
We take on 8 young people each year and hold weekly sessions where we host creative workshops facilitated by BAC staff and other industry professionals. Participants can expect to hone their producing skills in areas such as budgeting, contracting, marketing, artist liaison and event delivery.
As the cohort develop these skills, they are also working towards building our annual Homegrown Festival. This is the culmination of the programme which sees an entire building takeover across a weekend in mid April.
Are you an aspiring or early-career arts writer/journalist based in Scotland who would like to develop all aspects of your work?
Disability Arts Online in partnership with Creative Scotland and The Skinny are offering six writers who are either disabled* and/or Black people/People of Colour an accessible development opportunity which includes a bursary of £1500 (in addition to travel, accommodation and access costs), mentoring, workshops, feedback and the opportunity to have your work published.
The workshops will cover the following topics:
As media partners for the project, The Skinny are offering participants the opportunity to have their work published as part of the programme. There will also be further paid opportunities to have writing published on Disability Arts Online. Several of the previous programmes’ cohorts went on to have their work published in mainstream outlets, including The Independent.
This autumn, we’re presenting a free 5-week workshop series on stage writing led by our Resident Artist, Misha Duncan-Barry.
We’ll also explore connections to Black History Month, drawing inspiration from both contemporary and historical figures to generate new works.
Open to writers of all backgrounds, whether you’re a beginner, a student, or an experienced writer, this course is designed for you. Whether you have an idea for a play, monologue, or scene you’ll have the time and space to create during the workshop. We especially encourage those from under-represented communities to apply.
Please note that by booking your ticket for 21 September, this also registers you for all the subsequent workshops.
Applications are now open for our brand new playwriting group
Do you want to create new stories for the stage?
Are you a first-time writer or an early-career playwright with no more than two plays produced?
Do you have a passion for storytelling, a talent with words and an interest in writing for the stage?
Interested in performance, design or production arts? Sign up to one of our Undergraduate Open Days here at Rose Bruford College to hear more about our degrees and how they get you ready for a career in the performing arts industry.
You will have the chance to tour our campus and facilities, meet with staff and students, and learn more about the outstanding courses we offer.
Open Day dates:
Bookings are now open. Sign up today to secure your place!
Location: Sidcup, Kent
Arts Emergency provides 16-18 year olds with free mentoring, support and community to help them pursue a career they’re passionate about
As a mentee with Arts Emergency, you will get a year of 1:1 support from a trained mentor who works within the creative industries. We will match you with a mentor based on your interests and the career you may be hoping to go into in the future. Our mentors provide information, advice and guidance, supporting your next steps after school or college. You will also be able to expand your support network through the young community and meeting other creatives.
Are you a poet, spoken word artist or writer aged 18-25 and living in London? Are you interested in connecting with other young creatives and being part of a new free South East London writers’ collective who’ll be creating work for the 2025 Deptford Literature Festival? We want to hear from you! Spread the Word is looking for young people to become part of our Young Writers Collective.
If you’re new to writing / poetry or spoken word, or if you already have a bit of experience under your belt, Young Writers Collective is for you!
What will you gain by taking part
