The Harry Bowling Prize

The prize is for an unpublished novel - entrants may be established writers but must not have published a novel for adults. The first prize is £1,000 and there is an entry fee of £10.

Literature training

The literaturetraining website contains information for writers and those involved in creating or supporting new writing and literature in the UK.

The Word Cloud - a free social networking site for writers

The Word Cloud is a free social networking site where writers can read each other's work, offer comments and get feedback. It’s also a place where you can discuss books, scripts and writing with like-minded souls, enter regular competitions, and much more.

Meet the Author

Meet the Author works with leading publishing companies, authors and their agents, filming short video clips of authors introducing their books.  There are over 1,200 clips at the moment and more are filmed every day.

Each clip costs £400 plus VAT (plus travelling expenses if filmed outside Greater London). The cost includes filming, production, editing, formatting and web-streaming plus formatted clips for the publisher’s or author's own use.

Directory of Writers' Circles, Courses and Workshops

The 74 page Directory of Writers' Circles, Courses and Workshops has been listing the UK's groups for 10 years.

Hosking Houses Trust call for writers in residence

The Hosking Houses Trust is seeking to appoint a writer for its twelfth arts residency. The appointment is for a minimum of two months and a maximum of one year and applications are now invited.

Creative & Cultural Skills Literature Blueprint

Creative & Cultural Skills (www.ccskills.org.uk) is the Sector Skills Council for advertising, craft, cultural heritage, design, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts.

They are creating an action plan to develop the skills of the literature sector across the UK, called The Literature Blueprint.

Apprenticeships in Fiction 2010

A one-year professional development programme for first-time novelists

Adventures in Fiction is proud to present five subsidized placements for first-time novelists of commercial and literary fiction, including one for crime, one for fantasy and one for fiction for children and young people (9+/teenage).

MA Writing for the Media

The Bournemouth University Media School has built upon its very successful screenwriting programmes with the introduction of this innovative postgraduate degree, which is taught entirely by professional writers.

History publisher calls for children's authors

Hometown History is a new illustrated local history series for children aged 7-11 supporting the national curriculum.

Call for published female writers 18-35

Look Magazine would like to find a woman aged 18 to 35 who has had a book published thanks in part to help from a writing group.

Riptide short story competition 2010

Riptide short story journal's first competition is for stories to suit the 'crossover' market - older children (12+) as well as adults.