Writing Our Legacy

Writing Our Legacy Enables Black, Asian & ethnically diverse/BPOC people to tell their story through writing & creative arts. We were established in 2012. Writing Our Legacy CIC.

Writing Our Legacy CIC is an arts and heritage organisation that enables Black, Asian and ethnically diverse people to tell their story through writing and the creative arts. We give writers and other creatives a platform and community to feel supported, nurtured and evolve their work through the creative pipeline, from start to publication. We share stories and heritage of diaspora communities an

d bring them to life through various art forms for audiences to learn and take part in cultural heritage.

*BPOC stands for ‘Black people, People of Colour’ and is a self-identifying term. While we use the term BPOC, we acknowledge the limitations of this terminology. At the core of our network is the aim to address and overcome systemic barriers that our members face directly or indirectly based on their ethnic or national identities, race or perceived racial identities, or the colour of their skin as per the Equality Act of 2010. This includes people who identify as Black, brown, people of colour, Global Majority, mixed-race, multiple heritage and/or are from the Global South, and/or are East and South-East Asian, West Asian, Asian, Middle Eastern, African, African-Caribbean, Caribbean, Latinx, Pacific Islander, Indigenous, or First Nations, and diasporas. Company Number 13701582. Registered in England and Wales. Registered address: Community Base, c/o Black History, 113 Queens Road, Brighton BN13XG

🎨Spotlight: “A Culture of Abundance” by Sonji Art. 📚This submission is part of Covert Literary Magazine Issue 01 “Sussex...
04/06/2026

🎨Spotlight: “A Culture of Abundance” by Sonji Art.

📚This submission is part of Covert Literary Magazine Issue 01 “Sussex Fortuneteller: What do writers see in the future?” Published in Winter 2020, Guest Edited by Umi Sinha & Dean Atta

You can enjoy Sonji’s full submission as well as more artwork, poetry, prose, fiction and nonfiction by many other contributors when you subscribe to Covert Literary Magazine.

💻Access our full searchable digital archive of Covert from just £5.99
📦 Or subscribe to the print edition from £13 + postage
🏛️ Institutional subscriptions also available for universities, colleges & libraries.

🔗 Subscribe today and support BPOC creatives. Link in bio!

Issue 1 was published in association with New Writing South and supported by Arts Council England

28/05/2026

🎓Welcome Thomas, our other University of Sussex student placement, who will be assisting us with administration, marketing & event production this next month.

📚 Thomas made this video answering a few questions so you can get to know him.

📽️The video was recorded and edited by him!

💻You can now read the blog, which includes both of our students’ interviews, on our website.

23/05/2026

🤓Meet Jane, brightbill.99, one of our new University of Sussex student placements , who will be assisting us with administration, marketing & event production this next month.

🐢We asked her a few questions so you can get to know her. 

📽️The video was recorded and edited by our other new student placement, Thomas, who we will introduce next week!

 

🌊⛰️Join Alinah Azadeh (artist) for an on-site creative writing workshop with slow meanders around Warren Hill Dewpond, s...
16/05/2026

🌊⛰️Join Alinah Azadeh (artist) for an on-site creative writing workshop with slow meanders around Warren Hill Dewpond, surrounded by the panoramic views of the sea and the South Downs.

✒️Inspired by The Four Directions themes - four verses written by Alinah and inscribed into benches surrounding the dewpond, and commissioned by Towner Eastbourne. This workshop invites you to reflect, observe and write in conversation with landscape, memory and place.

🌅Expect gentle walking, creative prompts and time to connect with the natural space around us.

📅Saturday 27 June, 12-2pm, open to all.
📍Warren Hill Dewpond near Beachy Head, Eastbourne. Free minibus available from Brighton Station. �🎟️Free - book via link in bio

This workshop is part of the Downs to the Sea programme funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. In partnership with South Downs National Park, South Downs National Park Trust, RSPB, Western Sussex Rivers Trust, and Hove City Council, and Writing Our Legacy.

13/05/2026

🌼 This is your reminder to rest.

👀2026 has brought with it a lot of energy, projects, workshops, and events so far, and May is always a busy time here in Brighton with all the art events and shows to watch.

🌻During these times, we return to the Rest prompts in our Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5 “Rest Yourself” co-edited by Akila Richards & Sea Sharp.

🫂“Rest is a love practice” is prompt number 2.

📚 If you need an excuse to stay indoors reading this month, you can grab your copy of Covert 5 and the previous issues with our digital (£5.99) and print (£13) subscriptions. https://writingourlegacy.org.uk/subscribe-to-covert-literary-magazine/

You can also read our Textured zine on the same topic for free in our shop.

🥰Covert 5 features the work of: Aileen Angsutorn Lees, Akila M. Richards, Alice Motta, Ameet Vaghela, Charlynne Bryan, Dr Tulika Jha, Erin James, Eve Lee, Jackie Mendoza, Jenn Rowe, Jesmal Jalal, Josef Cabey, Joshua Street, Kevan Anthony Cameron, Laurisa Sastoque, Liz Amos, Mabel Encinas-Sanchez, Manjot Dhaliwal, Nalo Solo, Nida Sajid, O S King, Pauline Rutter, Reema Kausar Majid, Samreen Faria, Sea Sharp, Sheila Auguste, Shona Raine, Soofiya, Sze Hang Lo, The Mollusc Dimension, Tireni Adeniji, Yuqing Weng, Zita Holbourne.

✒️Covert Literary Magazine is part of our Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation programme.

💧In June, we return to Saddlescombe Farm and to ourselves.✒️For this Creative Water Day writing workshop, our facilitato...
11/05/2026

💧In June, we return to Saddlescombe Farm and to ourselves.

✒️For this Creative Water Day writing workshop, our facilitator Jackie Mendoza will use guided journeys, contemplations and the imagery of water as the River of Life that flows through us, to help us reconnect with ourselves, our creativity and see what unfolds. 

🫂A much-needed workshop in the present world full of modern-day technology, algorithms and social media, which only gives us the continuous illusion of connection. 

💧Join us if you are in need of time to pause and connect to the elements and rhythms of nature

📅Sunday 7 June, 12-3pm
📍Saddlescombe Farm, Brighton. Taxi shares will be available from Brighton Station (select with your ticket)
🎟️Free - book via link in bio

This workshop is part of the Downs to the Sea programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (). In partnership with South Downs National Park Trust () , South Downs National Park Authority (), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (), Western Sussex Rivers Trust (), Brighton and Hove City Council (), and Writing Our Legacy.

☀️Bank holiday Monday plan: finish and submit your work for Covert Covert Literary Magazine Issue 6 “Water/Water in Peop...
04/05/2026

☀️Bank holiday Monday plan: finish and submit your work for Covert Covert Literary Magazine Issue 6 “Water/Water in People’s Lives”! 

✒️There are just two days left to send us your original fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, audio/visual work, and artwork for the chance to be published at this year’s Covert!

🖤Open to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse/BPOC writers and artists.
⏳ Deadline: Wednesday 6 May 2026, 10am UK Time.
💰 Successful contributors will receive a £35 fee.

As this year’s Guest Editors, we welcome: Roy McFarlane FRSL, Fawzia Kane (), Gemma Weekes (), Remi Graves (), Alinah Azadeh ().

Joined by our editorial team: Amy Z. Glass, Claire Jacobs (), Zita Holbourne FRSA () and Jackie Mendoza ().

🌟For further info, guidelines and access to the Google form, head to our link in bio!

Can’t wait to read your submissions!!

Covert Literary Magazine is part of National Portfolio Organisation programme. This issue is part of the Downs to the Sea programme funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (). In partnership with South Downs National Park Trust () , South Downs National Park Authority (), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (), Western Sussex Rivers Trust (), Brighton and Hove City Council (), and Writing Our Legacy.

📚Are you looking for a book to read next? Recently, we commissioned five WOL Creatives’ Network Members to review three ...
02/05/2026

📚Are you looking for a book to read next? Recently, we commissioned five WOL Creatives’ Network Members to review three books from other members that you can find in our shop:

✒️A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf : reviewed by Jade E. Bradford
✒️✹Fr⚘gm∞nts⊗ by Tara Singh : reviewed by Daniella Fearon & Darryl Telles
✒️Coal by Remi Graves : Reviewed by Jessica Olivia Neill & Chris Odogwu

💻Head to our blog to read the full reviews and to our shop to get the books! Link in bio

📚Which one will you like to read?

29/04/2026

📚Erin James reads her piece “Feels Like” published in Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5 “Rest yourself” published in October 2025 and co-edited by Akila M Richards & Sea The Poet

💧This is your reminder that you have one week left to send us your submission for this year’s issue of Covert 6 on the theme of “Water/Water in People’s Lives” and have the opportunity to get your work published!

⏳Deadline to apply: 10am, Wed 6 May 2026.
https://writingourlegacy.org.uk/news-covert-literary-magazine-issue-6-is-open-for-submissions/

✒️You can also get your copy of Covert 5 to read Erin’s piece and all the previous issues with our digital (from £5.99) and print (from £13) subscriptions via our website.

👀How does rest feels like to you?

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