The Writing Well

#writingworkshops UK & beyond; Spoken Word events, #writingforwellbeing & drop-in Online Writer’s Group Host @kate_oldfield_

[The Writing Well @TheWriting_Well]

Fulfil your fiction-writing goals & make 2025 the year you write that book!
A whole month of generative prompt sessions, writer’s craft workshops & offline Sunday reflections. Sign up for everything or mix and match All levels welcome. https://t.co/0cQZJSTGkv #WritingCommunity

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Starting to load up forthcoming #poetry workshops for the new year. Cant wait for this corker with the lovely @PoetSarahDoyle https://t.co/nI7TqcHROS
Take a keek… #WritingPrompts

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Announcing the winners of the @CanalOxford Poetry Competition. Judge @rmcfarlane63. What an amazing day in the Spoken Word Tent. Read the poems and more about the poets here: https://t.co/kGgyInbAJn Thank you @PoetrySociety & @CanalRiverTrust

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Congratulations to the Shortlisted Poets in the Under 12s and 12-18s categories @CanalOxford Poetry Comp. Thanks to fab judge @rmcfarlane63. We have been overwhelmed by the amazing response from some very talented young poets.
See website for more https://t.co/bQDWnt8Pq4

[Helen Angell @helen_angell73]

Very grateful to be shortlisted for @CanalOxford poetry competition judged by @rmcfarlane63 🌞. Congratulations to the other shortlisted poets.

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3/3 Shortlist continued…

@estherdaponte I dropped Simon Armitage in the Bath
Leanne McClements A Canalside Jamboree
Beth McDonough Sounding out the Firth
Sujatha Menon Swimming Lesson III
@Sax_Joe.Reynolds A Hoar Frost
Sukie Shinn The Old Marlin and the Sea

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2/3 shortlist continued…
@helen_angell73 Two Ways with Water
@petedevonald Let the River Run Free  
Kristina Diprose Ask me about my Theory …
Kristina Diprose Minthe the Malevolent
@PoetSarahDoyle  Sea Dreams
@dragontripper The Stir Beneath a Fall of Willow

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1/3 Congratulations to Shortlist Poets for @CanalOxford 18+ Poetry Comp. Judge @rmcfarlane63
Canal laureate. Winners announced at festival Sat 21st Sep. Prizes include feedback from Oxfordshire poet @nessalampert

[The Poetry Society @PoetrySociety]

Happy #SealeyChallenge!

Today Dawn Sands recommends Raymond Antrobus' (@RaymondAntrobus) All Names Given (@picadorbooks).

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The 2024 National Poetry Competition is now open. The competition, run by The Poetry Society, is one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for a single unpublished poem.

More information at https://t.co/JZ5hJT2nt1

[Kate Oldfield @kate_oldfield_]

Only 1 week to go… encourage all those young poets to get their watery words in! #poetry -#poetrychallenge @CanalRiverTrust @PoetrySociety @CanalOxford @rmcfarlane63

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Still a couple of places left on this #writing for #wellbeing #workshop on the edge of @NorthYorkMoors - as part of their Mindful Month. Includes fabulous food from High Paradise tearooms. 15% off workshops this bank holiday Code BANKHOL15
https://t.co/mC2lxgm6jh

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15% off all writing & wellbeing workshops at https://t.co/T65oev0ITw this bank holiday weekend. Use code BANKHOL15. Next up Mindful writing in North Yorkshire with @kate_oldfield_ and Zuihitsu with @CorrinTachibana and much more…!

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Join us for a #writingforwellbeing day at beautiful High Paradise Farm. Sun 1st Sep. Wild #northyorkmoors behind and ‘the most beautiful view in England’ [James Herriot] below
Small, supportive group – all levels welcome Fab food, local ingredients https://t.co/mC2lxgmE8P

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We’re extending the 2 Under 18s categories for OxCanalFest24 Poetry Comp until end August!
Please pass to all budding young poets!
Judge @rmcfarlane63
Winners invited to read (optional!) at @oxfordcanalfest, Sat 21st Sep. #poetrycommunity https://t.co/fr45Bm7DHx @PoetrySociety

[Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana @CorrinTachibana]

After sellout July workshops on Zuihitsu and Japanese Women's Poetry @poetrybusiness & @TheWriting_Well, I'm enjoying designing materials for 6 weeks in Sept!

Onegaishimasu 🙏

@Writing5chool @A_J_Lester @Nettie31 @Tamiko_Dooley

https://t.co/wDE1OxJo6z

[𝔑𝔞𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔢 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔢 🦋 @PoetryNatalie]

~lovely way to spend a Saturday morning 🌸 thank you ⁦@CorrinTachibana⁩ and @TheWriting_Well for delivering such a fab workshop about Japanese women's poetry. I'm now feeling inspired, with the beginnings of 3 new poems~ ✨

[Hideko Sueoka / 末岡 秀子 @hidekosueoka]

So honored and delighted that you introduced my poem with great poets and writers Sei Shōnagon, Kimiko Hahn, @Tamiko_Dooley in your workshop.
Many thanks, Alex-sensei @CorrinTachibana ! @TheWriting_Well
https://t.co/zM0MLdRdcz

[Alison Jean Lester @A_J_Lester]

Thank you to ⁦@TheWriting_Well⁩ for hosting ⁦@CorrinTachibana⁩ 's workshop on Japanese women's #poetry. A terrific intro to zuihitsu past and present -- Sei Shōnagon, Kimiko Hahn, ⁦@Tamiko_Dooley⁩, ⁦@hidekosueoka⁩. Perfect prompts, deep feelings. 🙏

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@CorrinTachibana Only 1 place now…!