The second WritersLab is where writers will get to network with invited editors, publishers and agents.Īll Awardees receive 1-2-1 professional development sessions with members of the Spread the Word team to support their development, progress and wellbeing whilst on the programme.Īll Awards activity will be fully accessible. The first WritersLab is an opportunity for writers get to know their peers ask questions about the programme be introduced to the critical feedback model through their group facilitator meet and hear from the Judges and about the current publishing landscape and trends. The career masterclasses will help Awardees to build industry and business knowledge and gain practical skills.Īwardees take part in two WritersLabs. Critical feedback groups are a proven way to take writing forward, and participants will receive feedback on their work at least four times, as well as getting 1-2-1 professional development sessions.Īwardees participate in craft masterclass es run by professional, aspirational writers, and career masterclasses run by industry speakers and experts. Writers are selected through a free and open application process. The programme is for writers who are committed to developing their work, their craft and their career.Īwardees become part of a critical feedback group meeting twice a month. The Awards is for London-based prose writers who identify as being from a background currently underrepresented in publishing. Bursaries are available for writers in need and there is an Access Fund for disabled writers. The Awards focus on four genres of prose writing : literary fiction (including short stories), commercial fiction (for e.g.: crime, science fiction, romance), narrative non-fiction and YA/children’s (including middle grade and Young Adult fiction, excludes picture books). The London Writers Awards offer this opportunity. To make the step change from unpublished writers to being agented, writers need good sustained professional input and quality feedback to produce work that will be published. Launched in 2018, the London Writers Awards aim to increase the number of writers from under-represented communities being taken up by agents and publishers. THE LONDON WRITERS AWARDS IS SPREAD THE WORD’S ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR TALENTED LONDON WRITERS.
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