Article Archive: News

Scholarships announced for Vancouver Digital Pathways Summer School

Reading Time: < 1 minute Digital Pathways workshop are offering a limited number of scholarships for the: Pathways: Creating Digital Fiction with Kate Pullinger workshops  June 9 – 13 2014  The Writing Platform editor and award-winning author and digital fiction pioneer Kate Pullinger will be running a Digital Pathways summer school in Vancouver this June; a week-long immersive writing/authoring workshop, aimed at writers who… Read more »

Australia Council for the Arts Digital Writing Residency Opportunity

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Applications for the Cube Production Residency Program are now open to writers with experience in delivering high-quality literary programs whose practice intersects digital media, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The Cube is one of the world’s largest digital interactive learning and display spaces, and is part of the Science and Engineering Centre at Queensland University of… Read more »

Self-publishing platform CompletelyNovel announce collaboration with Greene & Heaton Literary Agency

Reading Time: < 1 minute CompletelyNovel and Greene & Heaton Literary Agency, who took part in The Writing Platform fair and conference last September, have joined forces to give self-published authors the opportunity to be considered by an agent. Each month, details of the most popular self-published titles on a Plus or Pro publishing plan at CompletelyNovel will be sent… Read more »


News: New Partnerships for The Writing Platform

Reading Time: 4 minutes You can download the press release as a PDF here: QUT and BSU partner with The Writing Platform Queensland University of Technology invests in The Writing Platform and Bath Spa University extends its support in 2014  Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has invested in UK project The Writing Platform, becoming its official Australian partner. It joins… Read more »

The Writing Platform Fair and Conference for Writers

Reading Time: 10 minutes in association with       The Writing Platform returns to Rich Mix, London, on 4th November 2013 with a mini-fair and conference for writers. Tickets cost £44/ £39 (concessions), booking is through the Rich Mix box office. Join us for: Discussions about some of the key issues, opportunities and challenges facing writers Advice and practical workshops… Read more »

New Media Writing Prize 2013: Call For Entries

Reading Time: 2 minutes The fourth annual New Media Writing Prize, run by Bournemouth University’s Media School, is now open for entries.  The competition encourages writers working with new media to showcase their skills. It also aims to provoke discussion and raise awareness of new media writing, the future of the ‘written’ word and storytelling. The prize has three categories: Overall… Read more »

Making Day for Writers at MIX 2013

Reading Time: 6 minutes A day of experimentation, collaboration and play for writers looking to learn new skills and develop their creative practice. The Making Day consists of showcases and hands on experimentation for writers, artists and academics interested in learning new skills to help them extend their creative practice. The key themes of the day are: tackling the creative process,… Read more »