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  • 17 January 2012 Northern Writers' Awards 2012 open for entry

    Once again we’re inviting writers across the north east of England to submit their work of poetry or prose for the chance to win a share of a £25,000 prize pot. Writers are invited to submit up to 3,000 words or up to 30 poems of a work in development and are open to any resident of the North East (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley) writing fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry or children’s books.
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  • 10 January 2012 People’s Play Award 2012 open for submissions

    The People’s Theatre and New Writing North are pleased to announce the return of the People’s Play Award. This biennial competition is run to find an exciting new play that will be produced for one week in the studio theatre at the People's Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne, in November 2012. The winning writer will receive an award of £2,000.
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  • 8 December 2011 Kate Edwards joins Frances Lincoln judging panel

    Seven Stories chief executive Kate Edwards has joined the 2013 judging panel of The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award, founded in 2009 to encourage and promote diversity in children’s fiction. Also new on board are Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti and award-winning novelist Alex Wheatle, who take their places alongside fellow judges Jake Hope and Janetta Otter-Barry. >>>

  • 30 November 2011 No Redemption photographic exhibition in Newcastle

    Last year, we were very proud to be involved in the publication of No Redemption by Keith Pattison and David Peace (Flambard Press, 2010), bringing together photos by Keith taken in Easington at the time of the miners’ strike in 1984, and words by David. From 2 December-27 January 2012, the exhibition of photos from the book and others taken at the time and since by Keith will be open at the University Gallery at Northumbria University, with free admission. 
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  • 29 November 2011 ArtWorks North East: Call for artists and professionals

    ArtWorks North East consists of a group of partners from cultural organisations in the north east area, led by Sunderland University. They are looking for artists, producers, art makers, academics, and practitioners to make a contribution to contemporary research via participation in peer artist learning and focus groups.
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  • 28 November 2011 Northern Writers’ Award winner Niel sells book

    Niel Bushnell’s Sorrowline, the book that won him a Northern Writers’ Award this year, and a second novel, Timesmith, have been sold to Andersen Press. German-language rights to both books have also sold to publishers Heyne in a two-book deal worth six figures. Both of Niel’s books feature Jack Morrow, a boy who discovers he can move through time using ‘sorrowlines’, lines that connect every grave to the day of that person’s death.
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  • 25 November 2011 Pitch for Brass 2012

    Brass: Durham International Festival returns in July 2012 for another fortnight of events celebrating contemporary brass music. Brass: Pitch is an open call to creative practitioners, individual or collective, based in England working in any art form including interdisciplinary arts practices.
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  • 21 November 2011 Northern Crime competition

    We are currently reading and assessing the entries to our first Northern Crime competition run to find new work for our new Moth imprint which we have created in conjunction with The Leighton Group. The project was our first ‘Greater North’ project and was open to writers from across the north of England. Entries came from across this new area of interest. We look forward to announcing the winning writers in the new year.
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Events
  • Morden Tower benefit The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne: 27 January 2012, 8:00 pm

    With poets Jackie Litherland, Ellen Phethean, Lars Iyer, Tom Pickard, Radikal Queen and Valerie Laws. Plus music from a whole host of people including Rhodri Davies + zoviet* France.
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What's Left for the North East?

With the abolition of many regional agencies we are at a moment of change in the North East as the region looks to find new directions to create an economically stable future. Durham Book Festival commissioned writer Richard T Kelly to ask, What's Left for the North East? >>>
Northern Writers’ Awards 2012

Once again we invite writers across the north east of England to submit their work of poetry or prose for the chance to win a share of a £25,000 prize pot. Could you be the next winner? >>>

Cuckoo Quarterly

Check out the second edition of our new online literary magazine for young writers, Cuckoo Quarterly. With poetry fiction, interviews, rants and much, much more. And find out how to submit work for issue 3. >>>

Journal short stories

Our new series of short stories in The Journal sees a story appearing in the paper each Saturday and then on the New Writing North website, opening up a remarkable new platform for both short stories and writers from the region to showcase their work. >>>

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