The Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024 received over 1,600 entries from underrepresented writers across the country. We sincerely thank each and every one of you for giving us a chance to read your work. We’re pleased to announce those selected: Creative Non-Fiction Platinum: Louis Bailey, The Nightjar (excerpt from ‘The Night Run’) Gold: Ciara McVeigh, … Read more
Edward, Clarissa, Salma and Janet (left, top, bottom, right) Meet Salma Begum, Edward Ball, Janet Farr and Clarissa Angus who individually and collectively bring a wealth of amazing new skills and diverse experiences to the board. Nicole Finnan, Chair says ‘I am absolutely delighted to welcome Salma, Edward, Janet and Clarissa to the board. Our … Read more
Jem Henderson has been our 2024 Leeds Writer In Residence. Jem is a genderqueer poet from Leeds, and a 2021 Creative Future Writers’ Award winner. Their work focuses on the body, motherhood, food, queerness and on triumph over trauma, playing with both traditional forms and experimental poetry. an othered mother, their first pamphlet, is out … Read more
Jem Henderson will be our 2024 Leeds Writer In Residence. Jem is a genderqueer poet from Leeds, and a 2021 Creative Future Writers’ Award winner.
Our 2024 Writers’ Survey will help measure the quality of our work and who we reach. Your views will inform what we do next, and give strong evidence to help resource it.
Tom Newlands will be our 2024 London Writer In Residence. He is a Scottish writer living in London. He is the winner of a London Writer’s Award, a Creative Future Writer’s Award and New Writing North’s A Writing Chance. His debut novel Only Here, Only Now is forthcoming in June 2024 from Orion.
Are you an underrepresented writer looking to develop your craft?
We’re delighted to be partnering with Writers & Artists to offer this writer’s development day, designed to help you hone your craft, get inspired and build your community. We’ll hear from three writers over the course of the morning who will be delving into their own process and sharing invaluable insight into writing fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry.
Day Mattar was our 2023 Liverpool Writer In Residence–bringing the residency to the writer, and letting them make it best fit the place and their ideas. Their residency at FACT Gallery included readings, workshops, and on-site interaction. They also held workshops at GYRO, and wrote a new poem for the CF Writers’ Award anthology. A room … Read more
Lisette Auton was our 2023 Darlington Writer In Residence–bringing the residency to the writer, and letting them make it best fit the place and their ideas. Her residency included writing a new piece for the CF Writers’ Award anthology, six writing workshops, and roving about town to cafes, bookstores, markets, parks, the train station and … Read more
We’re delighted to report that CFLA13 winner Jarred McGinnis celebrates inclusion in a major short story anthology this autumn, alongside literary giants including Lionel Shriver, Will Self and Ben Okri. He agreed to let us pick his brains and is here to share some thoughts on writing, publishing and the CFLA. Can you cast your … Read more
Once upon a time there was a poor artist who lived on her own. She had nothing left but the supplies to make one picture. “I will sketch the outlines of this last picture. Then I will finish it in the morning,” she said. So she sketched out the picture. Then she went to bed. In … Read more
It has been just a couple of short months since Eleven, our three-week exhibition at Brighton Dome as part of Brighton Festival, and the launch of our online shop selling limited edition prints from a collection of talented artists. We’ve finally got our mitts on the video from the launch (below) and looking back on … Read more