For the budding writers amongst us, The New Writing Partnership (NWP) is a new East of England enterprise about encouraging new writers. It has been set up by Booktrust, whose website is an excellent resource of everything about books.
Amongst other intiatives, NWP has launched New Writing Ventures where you may submit original unpublished works of up to 3,000 words and prizes are possible. Winners will be given professional literary backup and mentoring. But be quick: the closing date for entries is Friday 1st July.
“This is for unpublished writers of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, with the hope that these categories may be extended in subsequent years.With prizes of £5000 for the winners in each category…”
Another venture from the NWP is My Writing World, now open for literary discussion and sharing of short fragments (250 words max) of prose (fiction and non fiction) and poetry by new and established writers for professional feedback. Quote:
“My Writing World is a specially created website, designed to let you share your writing. Whether you have never written before, or are an experienced author, this is a chance to contribute to an exciting new project, and receive valuable feedback from one of our on-line editorial experts.”