Creative Writing – Pen To Print

Showcase: When My Dad Died + Worry + The Key That Opens The Door + Endless Search + Barking Mad

07 May 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello and welcome to this month’s Showcase. My name is Danny Baxter, I’m a creative artist living in Barking and Dagenham, east London and I’ve been spending my time regularly contributing illustrations and poetry to this magazine over most of its lifespan. I’ve enjoyed being involved! In this, my first Showcase, ...

Showcase: The Rise Of The Machines + Carousel Of Chaos +Skip Valentine + We Are The Dregs + What Are You Being?

30 April 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to the fifth Write On! Showcase of April; the final one for National Poetry Month. Thank you to everyone who has made submissions on the theme of ‘Misunderstandings’. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your work and hosting these pages for the past five weeks. For this final week, we ...

Showcase: The First Wednesday After Easter + The Barrier + Maiden, Mother, Crone

23 April 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to the fourth Showcase of National Poetry Month and our continuing exploration into the theme of Misunderstandings. This week, I’m introducing three distinct literary pieces that encapsulate this theme. Each underscores the multifaceted nature of misunderstanding, reflecting how perception shapes — and sometimes distorts — our relationships with ourselves ...

Showcase: Iamb A Chameleon + I Want To Publish Your Poetry + When I Approach A Poet And Say…“I Would Really Like to Publish Your Poetry!” + Sink Or Swim

16 April 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Here we are in the middle of National Poetry Month, my third Showcase of five. Since this is the middle of the month, I feel we should celebrate with poetry. Back in week one, I said I would share my Chameleon poem. I wrote this in 2021 during the 200th ...

Showcase: At My Mother’s House + Do The Right Thing? + Confusing Urban Slang + Her Right + A Night Of Sirens And Searchlights

09 April 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to the second Write On! Showcase of April. I'm overwhelmed at the response to my first week as guest editor during National Poetry Month. The theme of ‘Misunderstandings’ obviously resonates with many of you. For this Showcase, I'm going to talk about language, culture and the power of words. A ...

Showcase: Performance + Lunchtime Rainbows + Tim + Truth

02 April 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello and welcome to the first Showcase of April. My name is Peter Roe and I'm a poet, writer, lead editor and director of The Jawbone Collective CIC. We are a small press poetry publisher, workshop and events organiser based in Dorset. I am thrilled to be guest editor of Showcase ...

Showcase: Reputation: Rise Of The Serpent + What Would Woolf Do? + Influential Female Writers + Antoine’s Escape

26 March 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again. It’s Jilly and I’m back with the last Showcase page for March. What a journey of discovery it has been, presenting so many amazing poems and stories this past few weeks by so many fabulous poets and authors! Not only have I been faced with so much talent, ...

Showcase: The Special Child + Perceptions Parts 1-6 + Have I Got ADHD, Mummy?

19 March 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, Jilly here. I'm very honoured to have the opportunity to highlight Neurodivergent Week (17 – 23 March) in today’s Showcase, which aims to help address the issues of conditions such as autism, dyslexia, later-life brain injury and ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), among others. It's also the chance to celebrate the ...

Showcase: The Engine Of My Mind + Mountains That Empower

12 March 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again and thank you for joining me – Jilly – as we acknowledge International Women’s Day 2025, with my second Showcase of the month. It's so important women are celebrated in this way because we all have a great deal to offer. What’s the old saying? Behind every successful ...

Showcase: Lessons From Nature + Mirror + On The Last Night Late

05 March 2025 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hi, I’m Jilly and I’ve had an amazing time since I joined the Pen to Print and Write On! team last year. It's quite incredible that, one year on, I'm here again in March to present another set of Showcase pages. So hello and welcome! Back in 2007, I had my ...

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