Granta.com
The website of Granta magazine, with information about all our issues and exclusive online only material.
100 Words
On this website, you will find 15,658 chunks of 100 words written by a number of participants in a number of styles.
ABC Tales
Discussion forum about stories and poems, start a conversation with fellow readers about the latest book, article or poem that you've read.
Adventures in Fiction
An independent editorial consultancy providing a confidential, one to one mentoring service to writers.
Akerbeltz
Collection of Scottish Gaelic resources, including a dictionary of idioms and expressions. Presented in Gaelic, with English translations available.
Anne Aylor's Creative Writing Workshops
Short courses in creative writing run at various locations around the UK.
Art Circus
Gateway to Route Online, The Open Line and Digital Fiction sites.
Arvon Foundation
With four centres in the UK, runs a wide range of residential creative writing courses
Ask About Writing
Publishes general writing news and news of events, competitions, and what's on where.
author.co.uk
Online resources and listings for writers including UK writer's circles directory.
Bangor University - Centre for Creative and Performing Arts
Bangor Centre for Creative and Performing Arts. Includes details of their Creative Writing courses.
BBC - The Writers Room
Read a first draft of a script, browse through some notes, watch the writers working at their virtual table, or read transcripts from the chat rooms.
Cardiff University Online Creative Writing Course
Online creative writing course at certificate level.
Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of York
Offers open access creative writing courses to the local community
Chapman Magazine
Scottish literary magazine with selections and subscription information.
Clean
An online writing project for the Women's Library.
Comma Press
Comma Press is an independent, not-for-profit collective dedicated to the publication and promotion of new fiction.
ContinYou
ContinYou uses learning to tackle inequality and build social inclusion.
Crimetime
Crime writing magazine with extracts online.
Cutting Teeth
New writing by well established and previously unpublished writers. Extracts and subscription details online.
Digital fiction
Flash projects. Atmospheric online writing, interactive narratives, multimedia fiction, animated diaries, urban horror, dreams and nightmares.
Exiled Writers
Information about refugee and exiled writer communities.
Gold Dust
Promoting original prose and poetry, while also featuring a wide range of articles on writing-related topics.
The Incwriters Society
Incorporating writing, live literarture, reviews, industry news, interviews, giveaways
I Can't Get Published
Explore this site to find suggestions and ideas for publishing or marketing your book, manuscript or song.
International Centre for Distance Learning
Includes information about distance learning literary and creative writing courses.
Labyrinth
Kate Mosse shares the research, stories and inspiration behind her novel Labyrinth.
Learn English
A British Council site that will help you improve your English. Has games and activities for Kids, Teens and Adults, including a writer-in-residence.
Lit-Net
For readers, writers, librarians, etc, based in the West Midlands region, with useful online resources.
LiteraryAgent.co.uk
A site designed for aspiring writers, with information on UK literary agents, online forum and paid critique service.
Literary Consultancy
Details of how to send in poems and stories for professional evaluation for a fee.
Literature Training
To support the professional development of writers and others working within new writing and literature.
London School of Journalism
Has creative writing courses.
London Writing Workshops
Intensive and inspiring short creative writing courses suitable for all levels of experience.
Mslexia
Magazine 'for women who write'.
National Centre for Research in Children's Literature
For those studying children's literature in the UK. Resources, activities and individuals.
The Never Ending Story
The site allows Internet users from around the world to read, and add to ongoing fictional stories started by famous people and authors.
Open College of the Arts
Information about correspondence courses in creative writing.
Panic! Brixton Poetry
Magazine of poetry, writing and art based in Brixton, South London.
Plays on the Net
A website designed for writers wishing to promote themselves by uploading their plays.
Progression
Progression offers some of the best in fiction and poetry. As well as interviews and topical articles on culture and art.
Reading Club
Book It! Reading Clubs - ContinYou has been helping schools set up Year 7/S1 reading clubs since 1998.
Real Writing
Holds new writing workshops and playwriting courses with Jemma Kennedy. Suitable for both beginners and more advanced writers.
Richmond Review
Pioneering web-based literary mag, with a big archive of reviews and new writing.
Screenlab
Information about a screenwriting workshop.
Script Factory
One of the UK's leading centres for developing screenwriting talent. The Script Factory also offers a script reading/ evaluation service.
Society of Authors
Non-profit membership organisation lobbying for the rights of writers.
Short Story
News, information and advice for short-story writers. Search over 500 short-story collections.
Soho Theatre
Includes details of the writer's centre.
Story Bank
Comma Press has launched a series of spoken word performances from some of the UK’s finest short fiction writers.
Story Wars
Submit your short stories and watch them battle their way to the top of the chart.
trAce
Lively web-based community for writers and readers, with writers-in-residence and an online creative writing school. Resources for UK Black writers and readers can be found at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/traced/blackwr.htm.
Transcript
Transcript is a bi-monthly review of books and writing from around Europe.
Ty Newydd
Centre for creative writing in Wales that runs creative writing courses.
Unwritten
A collection of possible books. Short interviews are recorded with people about a book they dream of writing or making.
Words Words Words
A literary e-zine published online every quarter. Submissions for publication online are accepted from writers around the globe.
Writers Bureau
Writing school site with correspondence courses by post (no online courses)..
Writernet
Provides information, advice and guidance on all aspects of the live and recorded performing industry to writers working in performance mediums.
Writers Services
Commercial services for unpublished writers, including reader's and editor's reports, and copy editing.
The Writer's Guild of Great Britiain
The Guild, through its industrial agreements ensures that screenwriters are not only properly paid, but also properly credited for their work.
Writing.com
For readers and writers. Join in and write the next chapter.
YouWriteOn.com
Feedback site for new writers with free professional critiques for highly rated stories from established authors and editors.
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