5th NWC National Short Story Competition Opens…
The 5th NWC National Short Story Competition is open for entries from the 1st February to the 28th February. This year's theme is the Seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter- choose one. This year we have made a few changes to the rules of entry, so please read the rules in the entry pack to check […]
Competitions: Do’s and Don’ts
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOur February speaker meeting is Competitions: Do's and Don'ts. There are numerous writing competitions running every year, so how do you avoid scuppering your chance of being in contention when you do enter? NWC Scribe editor Jill Walmsley, and Prose Secretary Carol Bevitt will be giving you a helping hand to get the most out […]
Saturday Afternoon: Romance with Clare Harvey…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOn Saturday 17th February join us for an afternoon of romance with our guest, local author Clare Harvey. Clare Harvey ©Simon Buck Clare is a former winner of the Romantic Novelists Association's Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers. We're delighted to preview the format for our Saturday afternoon session. Introduction: Brief introduction from Clare, […]
February Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamMEETING CANCELLED The NWC Committee decided that with the current and predicted weather- snow and freezing temperatures- the February Read & Write night should be cancelled. Please see our calendar for our March meetings.
2018 Verse of the Year Competition…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamMarch is our annual Verse of the Year Competition. Full members have the opportunity to write a poem in any form up to a maximum of 16 lines, and by use of a pseudonym anonymity is maintained. This year our verse theme is Disaster. Readers perform the entries on the night, and then the winner […]
March Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our March Read & Write night where we'll be catching up on the writing exercise from February's snow-hit meeting. This month we have lines of dialogue for you to open your story with. Who is speaking and to whom is up to you... If you prefer non-fiction use the opening lines to […]
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Read & Write Night – Behind the Door…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our April Read & Write Night where our exercise topic and discussion is Description- Behind the Door. Whether you are a prose, poetry or non-fiction writer description is an important part of your readers enjoyment and understanding; but too much description can be off-putting. So our exercise this session is to go […]
May Speaker Meeting – C.J Tudor
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe're delighted to welcome our guest speaker this month, local author C.J Tudor. Her debut novel, The Chalk Man, published by Penguin in January this year, has garnered lots of attention, especially since Stephen King tweeted 'If you like my stuff, you'll like this'. The book has been described as 'creepy' and 'a thriller'. So […]
May Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamFor our Read & Write night this month we're focusing on backstory, including visual prompts to get everyone thinking and writing. The aim of the writing session is to identify when the backstory ends and the story really starts... Each writer can work at their own pace, whatever their level of ability. There will also […]