Wombourne Writers

22/03/2025

You only have a few days left to enter our writing competition and be in with a chance of a prize and an opportunity to read at the Festival in September.

Four categories - poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and flash fiction. Deadline is this coming Friday, March 28th.

Full details and entries via our website.

Entry fees help fund - the local festival for local authors.

28/01/2025

Wolverhampton Literature Festival

28/01/2025

So much happening at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival this weekend! I will be at the Poetry Competition Showcase on Saturday reading my winning poem along with the other amazing shortlisted and winning poets.
On Sunday I will be with Wombourne Writers in the Writers Hub, sharing some pieces we love.
Why not pop in to see us?

Poetry & Spoken Word | Wolverhampton Literature Festival

26/01/2025

It's scholarship time! Regular applications for the Six Month Novel will be up very soon, we're just sorting some final details, but in the meantime the scholarship competition is live.
What have you got for us? Come tell us all about that novel you're desperate to write...
https://urbanwritersretreat.co.uk/6mn-scholarship-2025/

26/01/2025

Massacre your darlings! 👀

31/12/2024

A river appears overnight, cutting through the town.

Its waters reflect the wrong sky.

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Use this prompt as a writing exercise, or as a starter for a short story, novel excerpt or poem.

Love fantasy? We have a fantasy writing workshop coming up! Join Dave Rudden for an exclusive workshop on 'Building Fantasy Worlds', Thursday 27 March at 6pm, hosted in Dragon Hall, Norwich! 🔗 https://buff.ly/49Nb4ZG

10/11/2024

Querying writers, wondering how to edit your first 3 chapters to catch an agent’s attention?

Book onto WriteMentor's 1-day masterclass on Sunday 24th November guiding you through the process of querying agents. Open internationally to writers of both & adult fiction ↪️ https://shorturl.at/DTOeN

10/11/2024

Challenge: Change the last two words.

What would you use?

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