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

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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 ...

Write On! Issue 22 OUT TODAY

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Write On! 22, sponsored by The Working Class Collective, is out today. Themed ‘Change’ this issue is about looking at life squarely and facing up to what we need to do. Our lead interview with Sara Pascoe reflects this beautifully. The TV star, comedian and bestselling author tells Lucy Kaufman and Michelle ...

Write On! Features: Layering Conflict, Creating Stories

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Though the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is the Foundation’s flagship programme, The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation also supports adventure writing by offering two further awards: the Author Of Tomorrow for young writers and the New Voices award for a work-in-progress or fledgling idea. Alan Stone was shortlisted in 2021 ...

Write On! Features: Opportunity For Aspiring Writers

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by Charlotte Maddox As a wide-eyed graduate, more than a decade ago now, I stepped into my first job in a literary agency. I imagined plucking bestsellers from the unfortunately named ‘slush pile’ every other day and perhaps even finding the next big thing. Don’t get me wrong, we received some ...

Showcase: Short Rains + Locked In + Her Farthest North

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Hello again. I’m Charlotte, your Showcase editor for October. This month, we’re thinking about the themes of 'Reality And Perspectives.' At The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, where I work as Prize Manager, we’re in the business of adventure writing, so you’ll have to excuse the art metaphor, but I’ve ...