Is your poetry crap?
Sympathetic Sybil is Write Out Loud's own Agony Aunt, send your problem to sybil@writeoutloud.net
Dear Dame Sybil,
I’ve been writing and performing poetry for a couple of years now but am becoming increasingly concerned that I simply don’t know how good my poetry is.
People t...
31st August 2010
Poetry Jukebox
These are 6 audio poems with musical backing picked at random from those sent to us.
If you have an audio poem with musical backing, in MP3 format only, then please send one only to jukebox@wr...
31st August 2010
Your Chair
This month's poem was chosen by Rachel McGladdery who says of it, "I chose it because it was hugely evocative, moved me to feel someone else's memories, was warm and affectionate and just ineffably...
27th August 2010
Dad
This months winner was chosen by Anthony Emmerson. He says he chose it "for its heartfelt and moving treatment of tragedy, and for finding bittersweet humour in such circumstances."
Find out mo...
27th August 2010
Texting Obama
Local and international academics, writers, performers and directors are gathering at The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Research at Manchester Metropolitan University from 7th-10th Se...
24th August 2010
Blank Pages - Out Now
The latest issue of Blank pages is out now and features..
Kevin Bradshaw, after his excellent cover feature last month, he's our guest illustrator for August.
An excellent how-to featur...
22nd August 2010
Poetry School News
The Poetry School's new programme launches this week. Dozens of courses, workshops, seminars and tutorials all round the country and online; writing activities for beginner, intermediate or advance...
19th August 2010
Prole Invites Submissions
Prole magazine is inviting submissions for its next issue. They consider short prose, creative non-fiction and poetry for publication but advise potential contributers to read earlier issues of the...
19th August 2010
Submissions Wanted
Bad Language have opened up their submissions for their second anthology!
This time around instead of an overall theme for everyone to write to, they want you to send a piece of work that you ...
19th August 2010
Performers Wanted - Contact Theatre, Manchester
Wanted: Live artists, performers, poets, painters, music magicians, dancers, chancers, actors, cats and buffoons.
The Event: Akemi presents LIVE ART at the Contact Theatre - 4th October 2010
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15th August 2010
East Manchester & Tameside Stanza
The East Manchester & Tameside Stanza is a new Poetry Society 'Stanza' group based in the Cheshire area – open to anyone with an interest in reading and writing poetry, whether or not they are a me...
13th August 2010
Muslim Women's Writing Programme
Ulfah Arts and The REP Theatre are running a women’s writing development programme based around the governments PVE agenda. This is a great opportunity for 30 Muslim women to be involved in a pione...
11th August 2010
Performers Wanted - Clitheroe and London
Are you a writer? Do you have poetry, or some some self-penned literature you want to share with the world? If you are free on the relevant date for your nearest 'Outspoken' evening (see below) and...
11th August 2010
Rachel McGladdery wins NXNW slam
Congratulations to Rachel McGladdery, who won a hard-fought, top-quality poetry slam on Monday night in Wigan - and it was her first appearance in a slam too.
She pipped, BBC Radio 4 slam final...
11th August 2010
Steve Tasane’s Poetry Double Bill
Poetry Double Billis a whole new way of publishing performance poetry. These two radically different films are being posted/published virally over Summer 2010 by Apples & Snakes, Lyric Lounge, Poet...
9th August 2010
Calderdale Writers' Roadshow
The second Calderdale Writers' Roadshow. Three days of workshops and talks by writers for writers:
Last year there was a fantastic response:
"Seeing so many different facets of creative wri...9th August 2010
Site Enhancements
We’ve put some new software on the site and here are the main changes we’ve introduced. You need to be logged in to use most of them.
Click on “My Account” and you will find a...
4th August 2010
Wigan Poetry Writing Workshop
As part of the NXNW Arts Festival there will be a creative writing workshop held at 1pm on 9th of August at Unit 9, Swan Meadow Industrial Estate Swan Meadow Rd, WN3 5BJ Wigan.
Writers John Tog...
3rd August 2010
Make an exhibition of yourselves
Think of a person, it can be you, or someone you know well. Imagine you are creating a museum of their life. Think of the objects you would put on displa...
3rd August 2010
The importance of being August
Ah the merry month of August, and the leaves are sweetly photosynthesising glucose. And, you know, a wise man once said to me: "Is that one yours or mine? I can't remember". It was his day off.
...3rd August 2010
Cryptic Poem 008: Glory be to him
Okay folks. This month we’ve got a kind of feminist hymn in an almost traditional Shakespearean sonnet form. Go figure. Some of the rhymes are a bit ‘halfish’ but the rhyme scheme is ABBA CDCD EFFE...
3rd August 2010
Submission Guidelines for Contributors
What we want
Write Out Quiet does not publish a lot of poetry, and most of that which we do put out there will either be messed with in some way, critiqued unflinchingly or reproduced in partia...
2nd August 2010
Ted Walter's Competition Results 2010
Announcement of results of all winners; runners-up; third placed, and short listed (Sunday 1st August 2010) For ‘The 4th Annual Ted Walters International Short Story, Poetry and Playwriting Compet...
1st August 2010
Edinburgh News
Don’t forget that if you’re anywhere near Edinburgh during August that there are some outstanding acts from Write Out Loud members playing during the Fringe Festival.
If you’ve read last month’...
1st August 2010
Square Peg? Round Hole? Where's the Joke?
How about a comedy writing course with a difference? This one is actually presented by someone who is a successful comedy writer and stand-up comedian in her own right!
Square Peg Workshops are...
1st August 2010
