Wombourne Writers

28/08/2026

Discover 15 writing competitions with deadlines throughout September 2026. Poetry, short fiction, flash fiction, nature writing, playwriting, and novels. Prizes up to $8,000.

08/02/2026

Well done to our members who were brave enough to read out their writing at Wolverhampton Literature Festival today. It was a very enjoyable performance introduced by Emma Purshouse too. A special thank you to group members Ashley, Liz, Rachael and Carol for reading 🎤

08/02/2026

Geist is seeking NON-FICTION and COMICS submissions for our upcoming issues, as well as ART & PHOTOGRAPHY.

We love innovative, thoughtfully researched and emotionally resonant narrative non-fiction in all its forms. Send us your personal essays, hermit crab pieces and collage works. We’re interested in comics that are weird, funny, unexpected or experimental.

Deadline: March 12, 2026 at 11:59 pm PT 🐠

Please read our full submission guidelines at geist.com/submit

08/02/2026

Deadline Feb 15: (NOT) in Love Haiku Challenge
"We’re looking for poetry that explores the people, places, and things you have a love-hate relationship with." Emerging poets may submit unpublished haiku. Win $500 and publication online. Fee: $10 for 1-3 poems.
https://frontier.submittable.com/submit/345635/2026-not-in-love-haiku-challenge
via Frontier Poetry with Submittable

08/02/2026

08/02/2026

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03/02/2026

🐺 Wolverhampton Literature Festival is coming this weekend!

💖 We're excited to be hosting a fab range of events for both children and adults as part of the festival - see everything we have going on below!

👉 BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL - some of our events have SOLD OUT so please check ahead. All bookings MUST be made through the Lit Fest website here https://www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/events.html

📅 Saturday 7th February

📍 CENTRAL LIBRARY

Adult Events
11.30am – 12.30pm Susan Merrill - ‘From One Pig to Another’
1.30pm – 2.30pm Tim Franks – ‘Crime and Doing the Time’
3.30pm – 4.30pm Heather Dunn – ‘Ancient Egyptian Mysteries’
1.00pm - 2.00 pm Lucy Andrew – ‘Jane Austen Retold…’ SOLD OUT
3.00pm - 4.00pm Justice Be Told: A courtroom drama comes to life

Children's Events
10.30am My Mums a Chameleon – Shannon Summer Frost
11.00am A Morning with Onjali Q. Rauf - acclaimed childrens’ author SOLD OUT
12noon Illustrate with Salomey Doku – (Black British Book Festival) SOLD OUT
2.00pm Which Rice is Best? with Selina Brown (Black British Book Festival) SOLD OUT

📍 BRANCH LIBRARIES

Whitmore Reans Library
11.30am – 12.30pm Bhangra Tots with Sohan Kailey - family dance and storytelling event

Spring Vale Library
11.30am - 12.30pm Professor Black: The Demon Hunters Guide to the Mythology of Korea

Bilston Library
12.30pm - 2.00pm Anansi Tales – workshop and performance – Family event

Bob Jones Community Hub
2.00pm - 3.00pm Bhangra Tots with Sohan Kailey - family dance and storytelling event

Penn Library
2.15pm - 3.15pm Professor Black: The Demon Hunters Guide to the Mythology of Korea SOLD OUT

03/02/2026

03/02/2026

Looking for competitions and prizes to submit to? Here’s our latest round up of writing opportunities!

- The Footnote x Counterpoints Prize for Fiction - Deadline: 13 February 2026 - https://buff.ly/Q51zoiE
- The Libraro Prize - Deadline 16 February 2026 - https://buff.ly/v5UGlmH
- The Bridport Prize 2026 Bursaries - Deadline: 20 February 2026 - https://buff.ly/Pt1ewqv
- Verse and Voice Competition for Poetry and Spoken Word - Deadline: 27 February 2026 - https://buff.ly/y6bo2PH
- The Action! Prize by Faber - Deadline: 27 February 2026 - https://buff.ly/U0VI726
- The BBC National Short Story Award - Deadline 16 March 2026 - https://buff.ly/loriec3
- The Rubery Book Award - Deadline: 31 March 2026 (there is an entry fee) - https://buff.ly/ApDAZwa
- The Mo Siewcharran Prize - Deadline: 2 May 2026 - https://buff.ly/WIrmZcA
Creative Future Writers’ Award - Deadline 5 may 2026 - https://bit.ly/CFWA26

Other opportunities to look out for:

- Broken Sleep Books are open for submissions of Wildcard books which can be books of any genre and length. Deadline: 28 February 2026 - https://buff.ly/gLvw710
- Sutton Coldfield Town Hall will be hosting a Literary Arts Festival on 12th – 13th September 2026, and are looking for writers to host workshops, lead talks, or perform their work. Please email [email protected] with details about yourself and your proposed workshop.