New Writers UK

10/12/2024

Flash fiction writers: fancy the chance to win £1,100 for a 300-word story?

Check out our Flash Fiction Competition:
https://newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition/

£1 from each entry will be donated to the brilliant creative writing charity First Story.

The Head Judge for the competition is the fantastic author, columnist, playwright & illustrator Shreya Sen Handley.

10/12/2024

Check out details of some of the excellent work First Story have been doing during 2023/24!

We're very happy to support this brilliant charity - £1 from every entry of our Flash Fiction Competition will be donated to First Story: https://newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition/

Keep up the great work!

07/11/2024

06/11/2024

✨Announcing: Folio Academy Mentorships 2024/25. ✨

We are now in the 8th year of our partnership with The Writers Prize, through which talented First Story students work 1:1 with an acclaimed writer from The Folio Academy.

This year four First Story alumni will be participating in the year-long programme and will be mentored by Caroline Bird, Will Burns, Guy Gunaratne and Joelle Taylor.

Read more about our mentors: https://firststory.org.uk/announcing-folio-academy-mentorships-2024-25/

17/09/2024

We're delighted to announce the winners of the New Writers Poetry Competition 2024:

First Prize (£1,000): Surveillance from a High-Functioning Homo Proteus At Eagle Square, Circa Redacted by Njoku Nonso
Second Prize (£300): Down-Island by Natalie Perman
Third Prize (£200): The Rotten Clementine by Junxin Tang

Read the winning poems here: https://newwriters.org.uk/competitions/winners/poetry-competition-results-2024/

Massive thanks to the head judge Jordan Hamel (https://www.jordanhamel.co.nz/) and we're very happy to have raised a bit of cash for the brilliant creative writing charity First Story. Thank you also to all the brilliant poets who entered the competition - there were so many fantastic poems that came our way!

16/09/2024

✨Wonderful to catch up with First Story Ambassadors Patrice Lawrence and Tracy Chevalier today at our London office.

They've been brilliantly supportive of our work for three years now! ✨

Tracy's new novel 'The Glass Maker' was published last week.

29/07/2024

Deadline alert... 23.59 (UK time) on Wednesday 31st July 2024.

Come on, poets: there's £1,500 in prizes up for grabs and the winners will be published in the inaugural New Writers Anthology.

The New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 is open for entries: https://newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition/

We're excited to welcome the brilliant poet and performer Jordan Hamel (https://www.jordanhamel.co.nz/) as the Head Judge (he won the 2023 competition!). His debut poetry collection will be published in the UK on 31st July: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/jordan-hamel-everyone-is-everyone-except-you

Also, £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story, the UK's leading creative writing charity for young people.

So send your poems our way today! Good luck.

25/07/2024

24/07/2024

Not long until the 31st July 2024 deadline... get your poems in ASAP!

£1,000 top prize, £1 from each entry to First Story, winners published in the inaugural New Writers Anthology.

The New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 is open for entries: https://newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition/

We're excited to welcome the brilliant poet and performer Jordan Hamel (https://www.jordanhamel.co.nz/) as the Head Judge (he won the 2023 competition!). His debut poetry collection will be published in the UK on 31st July: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/jordan-hamel-everyone-is-everyone-except-you

Also, £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story, the UK's leading creative writing charity for young people.

So send your poems our way today! Good luck.

17/07/2024

If you haven't seen Raw Lit Mag before, be sure to check it out! https://rawlit.weebly.com/

06/06/2024

Check out this brilliant writing comp based on some ludicrously good art!

https://www.globesoup.net/inspired-by-art-flash-fiction-2024

‘INSPIRED BY ART’ FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE 2024   PRIZE: £750WORDS: 500 maxCLOSING DATE: 23:59 (UK time) 15th July, 2024WINNER ANNOUNCED: 19th Aug, 2024EARLY ENTRY FEE: £4.50 (one story), £10 (three stories), £15 (five stories)* Early entry tickets will be available until: 11am (UK time) 11t...

03/06/2024

The New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 is open for entries: https://newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition/

We're excited to welcome the brilliant poet and performer Jordan Hamel (https://www.jordanhamel.co.nz/) as the Head Judge (he won the 2023 competition!). His debut poetry collection will be published in the UK on 31st July: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/jordan-hamel-everyone-is-everyone-except-you

Also, £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story, the UK's leading creative writing charity for young people.

So send your poems our way today! Good luck.

02/05/2024

Excited to announce the Winners and Highly Commended entries for our 100 Word Story Competition, which again demonstrated the talent amongst our young writers.

⭐1st Place - Tytus from Eden Park High School, London

⭐2nd Place - Stephan from John Spendluffe Technology College - Official, Lincolnshire

⭐3rd Place - Sahid from Co-op Academy Manchester.

⭐Highly Commended - Leon from Manor College, London

Huge thanks to the team Vintage Books for judging the competition.

Charlotte Knight, Senior Editor at Vintage Classics, Chair of Judges said: "Each year we are consistently blown away by the quality of the student’s writing and their creativity. We dare say you have many future authors in your midst!’

Read all winning entries and judges' comments on our website: https://firststory.org.uk/100-word-story-competition-winners-2023-24/

17/04/2024

Short Story Writing Competition 2024

26/03/2024

Check out our latest post featuring our favourite podcasts for writers:
https://newwriters.org.uk/best-podcasts-for-writers/

It includes details of loads of brilliant, inspirational podcasts such as those from Nanci Panuccio, Writing Excuses, George The Poet & many more