First Draft

Brand new art in unusual places. Drama, music, comedy, poetry, fiction and more...

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

We're so thrilled that with our @ace_national funding we've been able to support these fantastic writers' residencies at @McrWritingSchl & @MMUSpecial. Don't miss them in action on 9 Nov! @amoRbackwards, Lydia Hounat & Merrie Joy Williams

https://t.co/sg4ThjF10H

[Fat Roland @FatRoland]

I've got a great workshop lined up for @LITmacclesfield, and it's only a 20-minute train ride from Manchester Piccadilly. Pep up your performance — aimed at short story writers, but perfectly suitable for poets and novelists too. https://t.co/8adiLwnGKM

[David Hartley @DHartleyWriter]

Hey hey #spokenword friends. My spoken word night Big Words, what I run with that playwright fella Ali McDowall, is BACK on the 28th November. Fancy 5-7 on our invisible microphone inside @vinyl_fiction? Gimme a shout. https://t.co/spwYHjphrj

[Nine Arches Press @NineArchesPress]

💙💛💖Happy publication day to The Craft and the 24 poets who contributed essays & editor @BetaRish - so proud of this awesome writer’s handbook! The perfect desk companion, packed full of ideas on making & shaping poetry today. Order here: https://t.co/z0nvEE3yg5

[Yvonne Battle-Felton @YBattleFelton]

Nov. 21 I'll be in Manchester reading from Remembered and enjoying a potluck supper. The meal celebrates #community #Sharing. I hope you join me and bring a dish to share at this free event. https://t.co/L9KrqMMNlF @joannuski @realstoryuk @commapress @cultureword @VerboseMCR

[Splice @thisissplice]

Next up from our anthology contributors is Abi Hynes (@AbiFaro) with "Rosie", in which a close encounter between the human and the animal finds a dark, inchoate, primal kinship between them: https://t.co/TX1YAZtTh2. The whole piece is available on our website.

[Janneke Geene @jannekeg]

#poets + #museums = magic
Today we have come together to launch the zine publication #LetTheArtistsIn Poets In Residence Merrie Joy Williams, Lydia Hounat & Roma Havers inspired by @MMUSpecial @ManMetUni supported by @ace_national @thewritingsquad & @FirstDraftMcr

[The Writing Squad @thewritingsquad]

Great to hear @lymhlymh sharing her new weave written out of her @FirstDraftMcr residency @MMUSpecial and @McrWritingSchl this summer. Here she reflects on her experience in a photo-essay. https://t.co/5xX3tC2pLz

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

"Death is a next-door neighbour
Who visits far more often than grief."

Read 3 new poems by the brilliant @r_awolola, inspired by the history of @NewcastleCastle

https://t.co/8ZSaSfEpDP

#LetTheArtistsIn @ace_thenorth

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

In case you missed it - last week we published 3 poems by @r_awolola that mix the history of @NewcastleCastle with contemporary politics.

You can read them for free here! https://t.co/8ZSaSfEpDP

#poetry #spokenword #newcastlecastle #LetTheArtistsIn

[FLIM NITE @flimnite]

@GulliversNQ @hauntMCR @HalloweenMcr Joining us on Monday 7th October at @GulliversNQ is ABI HYNES @AbiFaro, drama & fiction writer extraordinaire! A Channel 4 Screenwriting 2018 grad, Abi’s short fiction has been published widely, & she is one of the masterminds behind @FirstDraftMcr.

Tix: https://t.co/XnssokXxqS

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

JUST PUBLISHED: Three new poems by @r_awolola, originally commissioned for and performed at our #FlyingDonkeys event @NewcastleCastle.

Read them here: https://t.co/8ZSaSfEpDP

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

In case you missed it: Last week we published a beautiful new poem by Fahad Al-Amoudi, commissioned for our event @NewcastleCastle and inspired by the building's bloody history.

Read it here: https://t.co/TOo1xKLvjK

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

They tore down my auntie’s building,
kicked out her great grandchildren,
stone by stone
this terradome had never known
such growing pains

Fahad Al-Amoudi's moving poem inspired by @NewcastleCastle's history

https://t.co/TOo1xKLvjK

@thewritingsquad @ace_thenorth #ACEsupported

[First Draft @FirstDraftMcr]

New on our blog: a fantastic poem by Fahad Al-Amoudi of @thewritingsquad, commissioned for our #LetTheArtistsIn event @NewcastleCastle.

Read it here! https://t.co/TOo1xL36bi

[English at Manchester Met @MMUEnglishDept]

Join us for an evening of readings from the poetry and prose of Tania Hershman and Rosie Garland, two acclaimed Manchester-based writers who are currently working in the Gothic mode - in conversation with our Professor Dale Townshend https://t.co/dWNzyC8uu9

[ROOT-ed Zine @ROOTedZine]

REMINDER: We’re still looking for #submissions from creative people of colour from, or currently based in, the North West of England!

‼️ DEADLINE: Tuesday 1 October

Please RT 🙏🏾

[Origineurs @origineurs]

The Costa Short Story Award is open for entries until 1st August. Submit up to 4,000 words for a chance to win £3,000. It's free to take part. https://t.co/8uZMDa50gz @CostaBookAwards #writingprize #writing #shortstories

[Jackie Kay @JackieKayPoet]

Aged 11-17? Send me your poems by 31 July in the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award! I’m judging this year’s competition with @RaymondAntrobus and can’t wait to read your writing. Help us spread the word and enter now: https://t.co/iTzENmulzk

[Royal Court @royalcourt]

If you're a writer aged 18-25, you can still apply for the Lynne Gagliano Award.

An opportunity to be attached to the building for a year with a writing assignment to create a new piece of work. The deadline to apply is Friday 19 July.

More info: https://t.co/z7fQrmUTLL