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Creative Future Writers’ Award Ceremony and Writers’ Day 2022

November 23, 2022

In October, we were delighted to represent The Writing Coach  at the Creative Future Writers’ Award Ceremony and Writers’ Day.  Held at the Southbank Centre as part of the London Literature Festival, The Creative Future Writers’ Award was founded in 2013. As an annual development programme, it celebrates talented, under-represented  writers from a variety of backgrounds, who lack opportunities due to mental health issues, disability, health or social circumstance. Winners are chosen by a panel of industry experts and given the opportunity to develop their writing through mentoring, training, coaching and assessment.  Prizes are awarded for short fiction and poetry and winning submissions are also published in an anthology, available as a hard copy and e-book.

How it Started

As partners of the Award, this is something we at The Writing Coach are passionate about! We are proud to be an official partner of the Awards each year, and our founder Jacqui Lofthouse is delighted to offer two annual prizes. For the past three years, we have mentored two winning writers. This year, our prizes were for the Silver Award winners. We so enjoyed attending the award evening in October. This was hosted by writer Dorothy Koomson and poet Joelle Taylor and our prizes went to writer Karrish Devan and to poet Karen Downs-Barton. We are excited to be working with them.

It was a real pleasure to listen to the readings given by this year’s prizewinners and wonderful to be in the presence of such talent, a hugely moving experience.

Jacqui Lofthouse and Jacqueline Smith with Karrish Devan, Silver Award Winner, Creative Future Writers Award.
Dorothy Koomson
creative future writers' award
Karen Downs-Barton

Jacqui says:

It’s always our absolute pleasure to work with Creative Future. We are proud of the work we do with the winners, such as Natalia Theodoridou. This is one of the ways we continue to support under-represented writers. We also have annual scholarships for our membership ‘Inside Story’ which will be launching in January. We can’t wait to see what this year’s winners will achieve in their future writing careers.

On Sunday 23rd October, we returned to the Southbank Centre for the Creative Future Writers’ Day. This fantastic event brought together writers, publishers and literary professionals to share advice and initiatives in a day of talks and panel events.

We set up stall in the Queen Elizabeth Foyer along with other leading literary organisations and publishers exhibiting their work – including (next to us) The Poetry Society and the Society of Authors. It was wonderful to meet so many writers and talk with them about how The Writing Coach helps at every stage of the process.
If you met us there, we’d love to keep in touch and are always happy to speak with you about your work.
Creative Future Writers’ Award Ceremony and Writers’ Day 2022

If you would like to enter next year’s prizes, do sign up for the Creative Future Mailing list to be kept informed.

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  1. Jane Darby

    November 26, 2022 at 5:05 pm

    Hi Jacqui,

    I hope this message finds you well. (Jane in Shetland/nee Hewer)
    I have been studying film at the Uni. Highlands & Islands. The Shetland Space Centre funded me to study for 4 months in Denmark (new tech AR & VR) and in return, I am writing a children’s book about the usefulness of satellite technology for working on climate change. Well, this is a theme embedded in a children’s story.

    I have just about finished the first draft and would be interested to know whether you actually work with children’s writers?
    I’m a bit skint- but would be interested to know the possibilities

    Reply
    • Jacqui Lofthouse

      November 26, 2022 at 5:11 pm

      Hi Jane, Lovely to hear from you and your Denmark stay sounds exciting… Wonderful to hear about your children’s book. And yes indeed, if you take a look under people/team on the website, we do indeed have Nikki Sheehan on the team who knows that market very well. She and I worked on a book for children together with a group of clients (https://www.sustainableplaceshaping.net/once-upon-the-future-everyday-adventures-that-change-the-world/). Do drop us a line via the contact page and look forward to being in touch again, Jane…

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