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Reinventing the wheel
Alison Chisholm launches WM’s competition for poetry on the theme of wheels
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Regulars
The world of writing
Automatic poetry, an amateur adaptation, a new quest and an old trick... people will try anything in the wonderful world of writing
LETTERS
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Editorial calendar
Strong forward planning will greatly improve your chances with freelance submissions. Here are some themes to consider for the coming months
Novel Ideas
Cloak of confidence
TRAVEL WRITING KNOW-HOW
First, third, second
Ask The Experts
Screen credit
Theo Jones, contracts adviser at the SoA, outlines the deal when you work with television producers
WOKE UP
From a publishing perspective, Piers Blofeld argues that wokeness is a creation of right-wing further educational policies
Who’s in the driving seat?
Helen Corner-Bryant considers the next move for a writer wondering if they should change their agent
Biographical research
Tarja Moles shows you how to delve deep into the lives of individual human beings
Behind the tape
Expert advice to get the details right in your crime fiction, from serving police officer Lisa Cutts
Creative Writing
Better writing NOW
Author James McCreet runs through the most common errors made by apprentice writers so they can be solved at a stroke
A writer’s worksheet
Are you a new writer? You’ll get off to a great start with Adrian Magson‘s guide to getting the writing process right
ALL OUR COMMON SENSES
Learn how to evoke sensory impressions in your fiction with advice from Margaret James
Good, better– best?
Helen M Walters looks at ways of creating characters whose virtue becomes an interesting element in your stories
Spring cleaning PART 2
Amy Sparkes offers five more ways to add the final polish that will make your children’s story shine
A load of old trope: SCIENCE FICTION
Alex Davis looks at using over-familiar elements in your SF
Your writing critiqued
James McCreet applies his forensic criticism to the first 300 words of a reader’s manuscript
Writing Life
THE PROFESSIONALS
In part four of her self-publishing series, indie author DJ Bowman-Smith helps you to find and work with the right experts
Book-to-screen BONANZA**
Rosalind Moody highlights six major book adaptations coming to the screen this year
DON’T GET INFECTED
Comparisonitis thrives on vulnerable writers. Simon Whaley learns how two writers judge success on their own terms
Bloom in Zoom
Jane Wenham Jones offers a new writer reassuring tips on coming across well at her first virtual literary event
Under the covers
Finding my tribe
GROUP BUST-UP BOOK
Lorraine Mace describes sparked an online barney when she turned up for a how she inadvertently book group talk
Interviews and Profiles
JUSTICE FOR ALL
Eva Dolan creates popular crime novels with social justice at their heart, as Tina Jackson discovers.
MY PATH TO PUBLICATION
The nature writer describes how her response to racial abuse led to her first book, I Belong Here
SHELF LIFE
The author, journalist and Classic FM presenter shares the five books that shaped him as a writer
Retro Revival
Invite writing group members to take a trip down memory lane in these exercises from Julie Phillips
CIRCLES’ ROUNDUP
If your writing group would like to feature here, whether you need new members, have an event to publicise or to suggest tips for other groups, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk
A society affair
‘My working life had always been in “personnel”
Kate Bendelow
Adrian Magson talks to the police officer and new novelist, whose lead character is a Scene of Crime Officer, just like she is
Emma Eker
The author of a ‘solution-based memoir’ tells Lynne Hackles about finding her way
Competitions and Exercises
A Short History of British Trees (according to Hattie Webb)
Jess Crandon lives in London and writes for a living. When she’s not writing about all sorts of technologyrelated stuff, she dabbles in short stories and is attempting to write a novel. This is her second entry to Writing Magazine – and her second win (which she’s utterly delighted with). When she’s not writing, Jess spends her time going on long walks, befriending local cats and dogs, and hanging out with her horse
The great pretender
Even the most successful writers can suffer from Imposter Syndrome. Cathy White explores what it is and how to overcome it.
Fatherly feelings
With Father’s Day approaches, explore your relationship with father figures in these creative writing exercises from Jenny Alexander
Writers' News
Two writers, one book
‘It is rare for a novel to be
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An epic endeavour
‘I consider Game of Mass Destruction to be
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‘The worldwide pandemic gave me the opportunity to
Lots going on for Linda
‘I’m excited to be a semifinalist in a
Horror strikes
‘I had been writing for many years, and
I wish I’d known
‘I wish I’d known how rewarding my impossible
Funny women roll up
Your essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets,
Poetry London calling
Win £5,000 for a single poem in the
A hand up for new writers
The DRF Writers’ Award is inviting applications. The
ONLINE NON-FICTION MARKET
Vox calling
Rewarding writers of colour
The shortlists have been announced for the fifth
Beavering away
The Beaver Trust has launched a new eco-poetry
FLASHES
The Bath Flash Fiction Award, which runs four
UK FICTION MARKET
Diverse titles wanted for YA readers
A #Merky future for Jyoti
Jyoti Patelhas won the #Merky Books New Writers
BLAZING A TRAIL
Heather Clark has won the £2,500 Slightly Foxed
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Life in Exisle
SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS
The Grindstone Literary Short Story and Novel Prizes
New award for writers inspiring change
The World of Books Impact Award is for
FLASHES
Erewash Writers invite entries for their latest free
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Make YesYes say yes
Mags that go bump in the night
Haunted magazine, edited by Paul Stevenson, is aimed
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Get a positive reception
Challenging reads
Every year the American Library Association releases a
Hit the city
The City Academy Short Story Competition is inviting
Mutual aid
Including others in your publicity works to everyone’s benefit, says Patrick Forsyth
FLASHES
The Globe Soup 2021 Short Story Competition invites
GLOBAL FICTION MARKET
Dread call
The Neverending Story
George RR Martin has signed a new contract
New dawn for writers
Writing East Midlands invite entries of new fiction
UK THRILLER MARKET
A new adventure in publishing
All forms of writing invited
The eighth annual Christopher Hewitt Award is open
For published writers
If you have published a novel or book
Poetry
Best of the bunch
Alison Chisholm picks the winners from WM’s Open Poetry Competition
SAY HELLO, WAVE GOODBYE
Poetry can be a coping strategy in hard times, says Alison Chisholm as she explores a poem written at the beginning of lockdown
Poetry in practice
Creating a list can spark a new poem when you’re stuck, says Doris Corti
Writers’ News
FLASHES
The Farnham Flash Fiction competition is open to
UK AGENCY OPENING
Aitken opens doors
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Common appeal
Out of this world
New, original, unpublished science fiction stories of 1,500-5,000
INTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of current submission calls from history publishers. We strongly recommend that you read back issues, familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites for submission details
GLOBAL FICTION MARKET
A new home for new Holmes
FLASHES
The Wigtown Poetry Prize has £1,500 and £500
GLOBAL SPECFIC MARKET
Aqueduct for women in SF
Lucky Thirteen
Thirteen Podcast is an Imaginary Comma production. They
Where spiritual meets supernatural
Silent Motorist Media seek stories for Mysterium Tremendum,
ONLINE SPECFIC MARKET
The Portalist opens
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Marketing matters
FLASHES
Poems, up to 40 lines, on the theme
ONLINE NEWS MARKET
Balancing the news
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Publishing with a boutique feel
Wildlife and wit
The Friends of Manning’s Pit Saki Short Story
INTERNATIONAL
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FLASHES
First prize is £1,000 in the Live Canon
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Share your Dissent
Read all about it
National Crime Reading Week is a new literary
Say it on a greetings card
The 38th biannual Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Competition
Produce the goods
The Fiction Factory First Chapter Competition is inviting
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Arkansas bound
Behind the mask
The HG Wells Short Story Competition 2021 is
Lots to win at Ledbury
Ledbury Festival Poetry Competition 2021 is inviting entries.
FLASHES
Stories of under 3,500 words, set at least
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