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Showcase: Am I Enough? + An Ideal Date + Twelve Days Of Christmas And The Difference Time Makes

18 December 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Welcome to my third Showcase following the theme of ‘Difference’. Often, outside forces can make us feel ‘different’ even if we’re feeling perfectly OK in ourselves. I'm using this page to expand on this idea. ***** Our first contribution, by Peter Roe, examines the complexity of emotions brought on by the act of ...

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: Version Ultra + The Map + Shuttlecocks And Shoelaces + My Amazing Flower

27 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

This is hello and goodbye from me! I’m Charlotte, Prize Manager at The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation and, I'm sad to say, this is my last Showcase for November. Over the past four weeks, we’ve explored how difference can divide, how it can connect, and how it can challenge us ...

Showcase: Yesteryear + Greet My People For Me + I Notice… Strongly, Slightly, Not At All

20 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again! I’m Charlotte, your Showcase editor for November. I've thoroughly enjoyed sharing the fantastic writing from our contributors under this month’s theme of ‘Difference’. The pieces have offered the opportunity to consider how difference can arise and manifest, how difference can lead to new connections and understandings, and how ...

Showcase: Breathless Air + O Mapa + What’s The Difference?

13 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello again! I’m Charlotte, your Showcase editor for November. This month, we’re thinking about the theme of ‘Difference’. As Prize Manager of The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, I spend a lot of time reading and thinking about fictional differences: different cultures, different people and different times. In fact, in ...

Showcase: The Selene Project + Odder Still + You’re Not My F*cking Mother

06 November 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, and welcome to November’s first showcase! I’m Charlotte, and I’m the Prize Manager at the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, which is awarded by The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation. Established in 2015 by the late adventure author Wilbur Smith and his wife, Niso, the Foundation champions literacy and ...

Showcase: Legend Of The White Hanky + I Was Almost Asleep + Bad Relations

30 October 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, I'm Zoe Molloy, a writer from east London, with an interest in people and their stories. Welcome to my final October Showcase. I've so enjoyed sharing some fantastic writing that has been contributed under 'Difference.' As we step into Autumn, with visible differences in the colour of the leaves and ...

Showcase: Difference + Duality + I’m Still One Of You + The Home For Lost Souls

23 October 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, I'm Zoe Molloy, a writer from east London with an interest in people and their stories. Our theme remains 'Difference' and I have an exciting range of four compelling pieces for you to enjoy this week, from poetry and prose to novel excerpts. First up, is this powerhouse work of ...

Showcase: Summer + A Glimpse + Royal Pestilence

16 October 2024 News, WriteOn Showcase

Hello, I'm Zoe Molloy, a writer from east London, with an interest in people and their stories. Welcome to week three, where we continue with our theme of Difference. The three pieces are very different in style and form, but all possess vivid imagery, providing a rich emotional landscape to ...

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