In these challenging times, it is our aim to galvanise writers and ordinary people to come together around things that matter to them. With this in mind, the Write On! Extra Showcase highlights wonderful writing, while also demonstrating how the power of creativity can positively influence people’s lives across different communities.
From February, our Showcase will be run by rolling editors. With the support of Dan Cross (original Showcase Editor and a Write On! associate editor), monthly editors will be picking out from the wonderful creative writing submissions you send us! We are on the look out for poetry, short stories, flash fiction and script and book extracts.
Submissions should be no longer than 2000 words and, if possible, fit the themes, as announced on the home page in The Editor’s Introduction. Please submit any images you have permission to use and that illustrate your work. Write On! Extra also accepts video or audio content. Do include contact details and any relevant social media IDs, such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. See below for further submission details.
If you have any questions or ideas, please get in touch with pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk or our Editor, Madeleine White on Insta/Twitter: @madeleinefwhite
Showcase: Do You Want Salt And Vinegar With That…? + Only Human + American Role Model + One Glimpse
- 24 September 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Edited by Claire Buckle Here we are at week four and the final Showcase on the theme of ‘Reflection.’ I’m...
Showcase: Reflections On My First House Job + Reflection In My Eye + Twin + Urban Reflections + Rule Of 21
- 17 September 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Edited by Claire Buckle In this, my third Showcase, we begin with a piece by Dr Afsana Elanko that captures...
Showcase: The Earth Poem + Memories Of An Aussie Inbetweenie + The Teacher’s Mirror + Life And Death In The Void
- 10 September 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Edited by Claire Buckle Hello, and thank you for joining me for week two of the ‘Reflection’-themed Showcases. The following...
Showcase: Reflections From The Estuary + In The Hall Of Mirrors + Ode To The Shipping Forecast + Reflections On The Seasons + Two-By-Two + Bridges We’ve Dreamed
- 3 September 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Showcase: Don’t Be Silly + Thank You To A Stranger + The Monument + How Can I Not + A Weighty Matter
- 20 August 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Showcase: We Rise + Be Anything + How We Are Changed + Sunday Walkers
- 13 August 2025
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Showcase: An Unknown Soldier + Something For Everyone + The Rose Thief
- 6 August 2025
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Showcase: Awander With The Rain Woman + Ascendancy + The Fourth Trimester + Bumbling About In The Stacks + Grow
- 30 July 2025
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Showcase: Mindset + The Conduit + Silent Vindication + Rightfully Mine
- 23 July 2025
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Showcase: The Call Of The Wild And Ancient + A Reckoning + Last Train + Just For Today
- 16 July 2025
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Showcase: Reflectability + To The Man On The Train Who Moved Seats Because He Thought I Was Mad + Art Work + Your Presence
- 9 July 2025
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Showcase: Seen From Above + Mirrors + Light + Midnight Becomes Eclectic + A Journey In The Lakes
- 2 July 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Showcase: Observations On The Synthetic Beast + Who’s Anxious? + Ultimate Mindset + A Sonnet: To The Love Of Light + Fleeting Words
- 25 June 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Showcase: Deer John + A Dagenham Morning Commentary + Goodbye, Hello
- 11 June 2025
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Showcase: No Drink For Me + Keep An Open Mind + Happiness, Difficult To Catch! + Unlearning
- 4 June 2025
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Showcase: They’re Building Us Up + Changes + Invisible Misery + Regeneration Spills Out + The Revival Rooted Here
- 28 May 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Showcase: A B.A.D Influence + Old Dagenham + Coal + East (Street) Of Eden + Rising With Alfie
- 21 May 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
Showcase: No Fuel No Fire + Where Do You Come From? + The Final Seven In Texas
- 14 May 2025
- News, WriteOn Showcase
