Opening on 1st December, our novel award returns, this year judged by literary agent, Alice Williams.

With a £500 prize, and a guaranteed place on the WriteMentor summer mentoring programme, it is well worth the £10 entry. Open to writers of children’s fiction (from PB to YA).

We also offer 30 free entries for marginalised writers (no evidence needed).

Spark is our paid, ongoing mentoring service, where you are paired with one of our mentors, to work with them on a 1-2-1 basis.

Each month, you will work on an agreed numbers of words (we have several levels) and have an email consulation to discuss any issues.

Starting from £25 a month, it’s very affordable and we also offer, partial and full manuscript, developmental editing as part of our Quick Spark service if you’re in a hurry!

Two of our Spark mentees are now agented, and we offer great value for money, comparatively, so do enquire if you’re interested in ongoing support for your writing.

We think our newsletter is well worth signing up for.

Each week we give you a free blog post on an aspect of writing from a published author, we celebrate the successes of those in the community, we offer discounts and offers on everything we do, including scholarships and giveaways.

You also have the added benefit of being the first to know about our new courses and events, and get first dibs on all places. 

And if you sign up, you get, not 1, but 2 free writing craft guides, contrbuted to by the WriteMentor mentors of 2018 and 2019. Seriously, why wouldn’t you?