Featured Writer - Dominic Berry

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Manchester's Queer, Vegan, Poet Dominic Berry is MC at Matt and Phred's POETS AND MASH and co-host of greenroom's fabulous FREED UP open mic. A regular on Manchester's thriving poetry scene, his poems are from the heart and head; his work challenging yet accessible,...FULL PROFILE

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THE MANCHESTER BOOK MARKET RETURNS

Friday 17 to Sunday 19 July 2009 - St Ann’s Square, city centre Manchester
The Manchester Book Market, which first took place in Sep 2006, returns...

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Manchester Metropolitan University Writing School £10,000 Fiction prize.

The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009
First prize: £10,000*
Deadline for entries: 7th August 2009
The...

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Call for Submissions for Flax018

Flax 018 will showcase the best new poetry from the North West of England. Please send up to 200 lines of poetry. These could comprise of separate poems, poem sequences, or a complete long poem.FULL STORY

It's in the can for local artist

Manchester film maker secures place in UK film competition final
Manchester's answer to Sophia Coppola has beaten off stiff competition to scoop a place in the finals of a national short film...

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New Literature Northwest adaptation challange

Literature Northwest, in conjunction with Comma Film, are launching a new short story adaptation challenge.  The deadline is Oct 1st, the screening 23rd Oct at the Cornerhouse. And the rules can...

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10th Manchester Cathedral International Interfaith and Religious Poetry Competition

CLOSING DATE: MONDAY, 30 JUNE 2008
Last year's was a great success with over 300 people sending in over 700 poems, many of which were from abroad. The winner was a Buddhist and other winners...

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New Commission for Flax Books

Flax is looking to commission a short fiction and a poem for a pair of limited edition posters to be launched at this year’s litfest in Lancaster.
We invite any interested writers, who...

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Moving Manchester Writers Gallery Seeks Writers


'Moving Manchester' is a research project based at Lancaster University, focusing on the writing of migrant communities in Manchester since 1960.
We have now established an online Writers...

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Wordsworth Trust Programme announced

Fancy a trip to the Lakes?
These poets will be reading at the Wordsworth Trust this summer:
Patience Agbabi, Moniza Alvi, Simon Armitage, Paul Batchelor, Gladys Mary Coles, Wendy Cope,...

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Split The Lark Poetry Competition

SPLIT THE LARK POETRY FESTIVAL
DEAL AND DOVER POETRY COMPETITION
JUNE 2008FULL STORY

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