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We have an exciting Grand Raffle.
There will be a Grand Raffle, with tickets on sale to all attending the
2011 Festival of Writing.

Tickets will be on sale throughout Friday and Saturday until the Draw  on Saturday afternoon.

New for 2011 – at our all new venue Nottingham University, a free and open to all delegates ‘Talk by Linda Lewis’.

What do ‘TAKE -A- BREAK’ want?

Linda Lewis is a full time writer, making a living from selling short stories to a variety of magazines including My Weekly, Woman’s Weekly, and Yours.
She writes the Short Story Success column in Writers’ Forum where she passes on her tips and experience. She has been selling stories to Take-a-Break  and their sister magazine, Fiction Feast, for ten years. In this session she will be looking at the kind of stories they publish and how to increase your chances of making a sale to this profitable market.

There will be an opportunity to ask any questions and handouts will be available to anyone who leaves their email address.

If you have written a story for Take a Break, why not bring it with you to the Festival? Linda will be happy to give you some feedback. www.akacatherinehoward.weebly.com
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Further updates for the Nawg Festival of Writing

Bookings are now coming in steadily and I urge you to book your place soon to avoid disappointment. Advertisements are coming out in the July issue of two Writing magazines, but we want to make sure that the needs of you, our members are satisfied first.

One-to-Ones

We have organised with the tutors this year, a series of One-to-Ones, giving delegates the chance of detailed feedback of work in progress.  All the four tutors are happy to do this for £30 a session. (Open to delegates only)  They will take place during the 11.30 – 12.30 talk by Linda Lewis (se above) on Saturday morning (sorry that you might miss a little of this) and in the afternoon during the hour timetabled as ‘Writing Time’.

Book your spot with Anne Steward, either directly or with your booking. Contact for more details, casualwriter@hotmail.com or, telephone 01484-769930

Once you have booked your slot you will need to send, directly to the tutor a sample of your work.  You will then be given a 20 minute slot during one of the times given above for a One-to-One session with the tutor.

Requests for sending your manuscripts, asked for by the tutors:
James Nash: Work to him by last Monday in August before the festival. 5 x 40 line poems / one story /other prose up to 2000 words.

Tim Wilson: Maximum 5000 words, and submission 4 weeks before the festival.

Julie Bokowiec:  Play samples should be around ten pages – preferably opening scenes of a large play or complete ten page short scripts. One month before the Festival please.

Steve Bowkett: Maximum, a 2000 word piece. Send scripts at least a couple of weeks before the Festival. He is happy to look at children’s fiction including poetry for children, children’s / adult SF, fantasy, horror, educational ideas / proposals / series concepts, general fiction.

Remember – these sessions can only be booked by delegates attending the Festival of Writing in Nottingham.  If you haven’t booked yet see details on Festival Page. 

Another request to those who are going to the Festival

On Saturday evening, after all the excitement of the Gala Dinner, you can let your hair down and take part in our ‘After Dinner Sparkles’ your four minutes of fame! If you are coming to the Festival with other members of your writing group – why not prepare a short sketch for our entertainment? Or, if you are a solo artiste, get yourself prepared beforehand.  Names will be collected over the course of the festival for the event at approximately 9.30, on the Saturday evening, after the Gala Dinner.