Northern Writers Awards

Northern Writers Awards is raising money for New Writing North
“Northern Writers' Awards's fundraising”

on 11 January 2011

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Writing talent is everywhere. But opportunities are not. That's why we're here. To identify and nurture talent. To inspire a love for creative writing and reading. To create life-changing opportunities for people, of all ages and backgrounds, across the North.

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The Northern Writers’ Awards are New Writing North’s flagship talent development programme. Alongside cash awards winning writers receive support to develop their work across the year and attend a publishing industry introduction event in London which last year was attended by over 40 literary agents and scouts. The awards also encompass the Andrea Badenoch Award and the Waterhouse Award, special awards created in memory of North East writers who are no longer with us.
 
The awards are open to writers resident of the North East of England (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley) writing fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry or children’s books. During the last ten years, 99 writers have received an award; with 75 per cent of those going on to successfully publish the work for which they specifically received the award. Each year we receive over 200 entries from across the region. 
 
The awards are supported by Arts Council England and sponsored by The Leighton Group. This year for the first time we are delighted to welcome Sunderland University on board as an awards sponsor.  The university will be sponsoring one of the awards for a new writer and supporting an autumn programme of writing activity in Sunderland later this year.
 
Any donations will be used to support new writers in the region, through manuscript appraisals, workshops, networking opportunities and other development initiatives.
 
We really appreciate your support.
 
New Writing North

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