Plymouth’s Young City Laureate and Literature Works have a number of exciting of opportunities for young writers!
Plymouth’s Young City Laureate 2022-23
The call out to find Plymouth’s next Young City Laureate for 2022-23 has now gone live. This year, Literature Works has teamed up with Plymouth Culture, Plymouth City Council and With Flying Colours to find a young person to take on the role from September of this year.
The Plymouth Young City Laureate is an important role. The chosen young writer will be commissioned to create work to celebrate special events or occasions in the city as well as being invited to perform in libraries, schools and at festivals. This year Literature Works will be commissioning the successful young writer three times and you’ll be paid £50 per commission. They will ask you to perform at least two events across the year alongside invited writers.
The deadline is 17th July 2022. Find our more on the Literature Works website here.
Quay Words Young Writers’ Flash Fiction competition
Announcing the free-to-enter Quay Words 2022 Young Writers’ Flash Fiction Competition in partnership with Exeter College and supported by the Bridport Prize! If you’re aged between 10 and 18 years, send Literature Works your Flash Fiction, 250 or 500-word story on the theme of ‘Trading Places’. There are two age categories – 10-14 years and 14-18 years – with cash prizes in each category of £200, £100 and £50, plus the chance to be published and to perform your work at Exeter Custom House!
They are looking for your inventive story, with a maximum word count of 500 words in the 10-14 year age-category and 250 words in the 14-18 year age-category. Last year’s winners attended a prize-giving ceremony with Michael Morpurgo presenting the prizes! The deadline is Sunday 27th March. Find out more here.
Quay Words creative writing workshops at Exeter Custom House
Quay Words offer immersive half and full day creative writing workshops for school classes at the historic Exeter Custom House on Exeter’s Quayside. These workshops are facilitated by specially trained writers who lead the children in interactive activities designed to inspire exploration through creative writing. Details of their latest set of dates for these workshops and how to book are here.