Short Stories – Pen To Print

Showcase: The Bike Project + What Makes ME + Dagenham To Barking Banter + Grandma’s Christmas Cake

11 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello and welcome to my second Showcase for December. Things are hotting up out there, and I’m beginning to realise my Christmas card list won’t write itself! Time to crack on then with my first piece, written by Claire Buckle, detailing the work of a brilliant charity, The Bike Project, ...

Showcase: Difference + Blacke Dog + O Christmas Tree + Mabel Goes To Lunch

04 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, everyone. I’m Clare Cooper, your Showcase editor for this festive month of December. I live on the South West London/Surrey borders with my long-term partner and I’m a freelance editor and writer, having previously worked on Woman’s Weekly magazine for many years, where I was Deputy Fiction Editor. Our current ...

Showcase – Quarantine Chronicles And Hayfield In 2020 Vision

14 August 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

It’s August 2024 and as per usual, the Write On! team are enjoying a short summer break. With this in mind, and as the founding Editor, I’m picking some of my favourite Showcases from the past few years. Though they are higgledy-piggledy in terms of season and themes, one thing ...

Showcase: Listen + Definition + Changes + The Child I Was With A Pure Heart Is Still There + When The Game Is Over

31 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan Over the last four weeks we've shed light on the various changes in life: in school, in nature, through death and as writers. In this last July Showcase, I want to conclude that change is not only a natural and inevitable part of life, but also necessary. ...

Showcase: I Won’t Tell + The School Bus

24 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan When James Joyce wrote Ulysses, he said: “I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that is the only way of insuring one's immortality.” I want to focus on the first part ...

Showcase: The Phone Call + Run + Wimbledon Championships

17 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan If we’re talking about ‘change,’ at some point we need to address the deeper questions of life and death. There's no easy way to talk about this, so I’ll start by stating the fact: death is the only thing we know will reach us all at some ...

Showcase: Flowers Are My World + Prophetic Writing + Jupiter

10 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan What do you find beautiful? This is such a broad question, as there is beauty in different things and what one finds beautiful someone else may not. For me, some of the most awe-inspiring beauty can be found in the natural world. But why is this? Why ...

Showcase: When We Were Girls + Number 247 + The Chess Club

03 July 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Clara Khan Hi guys, welcome to my first Showcase. I’m Clara Khan, an English tutor from London. Writing has always been a source of interest for me and these days I’m all about creative non-fiction: memoirs, travelogues, personal essays - you name it. Writing has the power to tell ...

Showcase: Seeking Justice + Broken Pieces + Towards The Light + Meeka And The Moon Baby

26 June 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Helen Aitchison It’s the final Showcase of June and we end with some incredible pieces, bursting with emotion that represent ‘Overcoming’. First, we have Seeking Justice by Sarah. A moving, powerful piece on resilience and overcoming. Seeking Justice Waiting in the witness room, the day was finally here. After nine months and ...

Showcase: Hybrid-Renewal + Life’s Plea + Khadijah In The Petrol Station + Elvis And My Pelvis + Hope

19 June 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Edited by Helen Aitchison For the third Showcase of June, I've selected some diverse pieces demonstrating differing perspectives of ‘Overcoming’. First is an extract from Hybrid — Renewal by Martin Walker. This piece spoke to me about finding our place and people in life and overcoming judgement and societal perceptions. Hybrid - Renewal ...

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