Posted by Jonathan on April 21st, 2008
A new pages has been made, link at the top, for useful writers’ resources and a few links to TV company submissions websites have been included to kick things off.
The companies in the first two links, BBC and Five, are usually happy for you to send ideas directly to them. Independent companies that supply material for ITV and C4 etc often prefer to hear from you first before you send them anything, so if you can get in touch with them by phone or email and ask if they’re interested in your idea and they say yes, you can then go ahead and send your synopsis with a “as requested” written on it to reduce the chances of it being thrown straight in the bin. Note, do not be tempted to send it with an “as requested” if you haven’t spoken to anyone and you don’t have a name to go with it just to try and slip through the net, they’ll be onto you right away and you will have blown any future chances of being accepted.
Posted by Jonathan on March 23rd, 2008
Begins Monday 21st April 2008, bookings must be one week in advance.
Ongoing expert tutor support over 10 weeks with an innovative delivery for today’s writer.
More information:
Tel: 01904 434620
email: lifelonglearning@york.ac.uk
www.york.ac.uk/lifelonglearning
Posted by Jonathan on January 13th, 2008
Waterstones book shop in York is hosting a poetry competition aimed at all ages of new and upcoming poets.
The poetry competition is in part to mark the start of York’s Literature Festival for 2008.
Poets who enter will have their work judged by best-selling author Gervase Phinn.
Wasterstones’ senior book seller had this to say for York Press: “It’s open to everybody who wants to put pen to paper and we’re leaving the topic completely open, so it’s totally up to you to decide what you write about.
“We will accept all styles, including things like limericks and sonnets, but there will be a word limit, because although it would be great to have an epic like Paradise Lost, we might not have the time to get through them all.”
The poems entered will be split into three categories according to the age of the poet: under-11s, 11 to 16s and over-16s.
Selected staff at Waterstones will make a shortlist of chosen entries that will be sent on to Gervase Phinn for final judging.
The poetry competition closing date is 17th February, please call in at Waterstones in York for an entry form.
Posted by Jonathan on January 9th, 2008
The York Literature Festival runs from the 1st to the 15th March 2008.
See full info here: http://www.yorkfestivals.com/metadot/index.pl?id=3693&isa=Category&op=show
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