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Quay Words seeks a freelance Writer/Practitioner for activities with young writers in Spring 2025
Dec 2024Applications for Word Space 2025-26 are now open
Never Too Late Award for writers aged 60+
A look back at 2024
BBC Upload
Seed Bed open briefing
Oxford/42 New Writing Prize
Word Space 2025-26 open briefings
Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour 2025
Screenwriting with Purpose – Opportunities and Insights
TLC Free Reads are back
The Paul McVeigh Residency
‘Ham Woods in September’ by Rosemarie Corlett
Disabled Poets Prize 2025
Women’s Prize Discoveries 2024
Endelienta Arts is looking for a new Chair
Spark Young Writers online sessions
Bristol City Poet callout
The new Plymouth Young City Laureate is Frankie Baldry
Callout for Read Easy volunteers in Exeter
Melbourne City of Literature Virtual Writer in Residence
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
Pink Plates and Shipwrecks
The Writers’ Block’s Young Writers Mentoring Programme
Queer Writing Masterclasses for Bristol-based LGBTQI+ writers
Why libraries matter
Could you be the next Plymouth Young City Laureate?
National Poetry Competition 2024
Plymouth Poetry Festival Advice Surgeries
Recordings of The Basics course from Spread The Word
Unhurry by Mimi Jones
Word Space 2024-25
Foyle Young Poets of the Year
The Wren’s Nest – from Poetry Cares at Fremington Manor
Winchester Poetry Prize 2024
Our team’s World Book Day picks
New Trustees and co-Chairs for Literature Works
Primary Colours by Laura Horton
Trans Is Beautiful by Mimi Jones
Women Speak Volumes – memoir writing at The Box
Word Live In Libraries Autumn dates
Introducing your new Plymouth Laureate of Words 2023-25
Word Space 2023-24
Launching Word Live in Libraries 2023
The Health & Resilience Project
The Writers’ Block new Writers’ Room
Mimi Jones is our Plymouth Young City Laureate for 2023
Good news for Literature Works in 2023-26
Speaking Volumes
Community Writing project in Plymouth
Wasafiri Craft Podcasts
Out on the Page
Community Writing project in Torbay
QUAY WORDS AND THE DEVON AND EXETER INSTITUTION ARE SEEKING A SHARED WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE FOR SPRING 2023
Exploring ‘place writing’: Dialect Writers’ four-day writing retreat
Quay Words Summer 2022 highlights
Seed bed
Holly Peters after lockdown entry 4 – still adjusting
Holly peters after lockdown entry 3 – monthly ghosts
Holly Peters after lockdown entry 2 – welcome back
Holly peters: after lockdown entry 1 – like driving in a city i don’t live in
Poetry cares: Poetry to share together at home
Introducing plymouth’s laureate of words: laura horton
Inspiring a new generation of playwrights: plymouth laureate of words laura horton writes about her plymouth primary school project
Celebrating national poetry day with the launch of quay words and libraries unlimited writer-in-residence tolu agbelusi’s poem ‘The women as usual were the beginners of the disturbance’
Word Online: The highlights
Word Space: Connection, exchange and talent development
The minuscule against the mighty – jane pugh’s writer residency at wheal martyn clay works
Placing poets in residence, our poetry cares project in north devon and plymouth
Discovering the joy of play texts – a blog by plymouth laureate of words laura horton
Exploring land-based creativity in the community
Announcing the quay words anthology celebrating new and established voices alongside the trading places young writers’ competition winner
Announcing the quay words spring 2022 programme
Chris white announced as first ever riddler in residence at exeter cathedral
Word Space 2022-23
