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  • Just joined the hub! Hi all.😁

  • Submission Package Winners

    We intimated last week that we’d draw some random winners (and a few were hand picked by mentors, too) for a submission package read through…

    Abi Moore
  • WriteMentor Awards: The Longlists

    We are delighted to announce the longlists for the 2025 WriteMentor Picture Book and Novel Awards, sponsored by David Higham Associates. Firstly, thanks to everyone…

    Nikki Spalding
  • I’m joining in the next sprint but I think it will be more of a dawdle as i try to rewrite my first chapter. Great to know I’m not alone tapping away 😉

  • All systems restored – the reason for the disappearing messages was an overzealous spam filter which had mistakenly categorised a few of your posts as spam! Should be all good on the messaging front now!

    Meredith Vigh, Melissa Welliver and Katina
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  • Sorry folks, it looks like there’s a wee issue with some of you posting today – will look into it once I’m home and post here again when I think it’s sorted!

    Joan Longstaff, Cate Haynes and 2 others
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  • Hey everyone,

    Just popping my head above the parapet for a few minutes to check in and say hi as I’m deep in exam and coursework marking for the examining body up here in Scotland, so any spare time is going into that for the next few weeks rather than writing.

    I hope you’re all getting on well with your writing – the best part of not being able…

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    Fiona Bannatyne, Debbie Roxburgh and 8 others
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    • Definitely, I agree. Health has prevented me from writing at times. I don’t feel right or happy without being able to write and create. Have a good bank holiday Monday. 😁

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      • Yes it’s bank holiday weekend in England too! Hurrah! I’ve been away from writing for a few weeks and hardly had time to even check in on here. Hope to get back to writing next week though. Have a good bank holiday weekend and good luck with your marking.

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      • Does anyone know when this is going to be drawn: Submission packages randomly picked from those who entered their manuscripts, that didn’t get chosen, into the Write Mentor Summer programme?

        • From the blogpost;

          ‘Next week, we will contact the lucky submission package winners from those who are not selected above but applied.’

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          • Yes, as Catherine says we’ll be in touch early next week – we will also publish a list of those who are chosen (most will be random although a couple of the sub package mentors did want to choose) in the newsletter on Monday!

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          • Cut 200 words from an already fairly tight chapter… Snip, Snip, Snip.

            Alexandra Page, Alex Money and 2 others
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            • I couldn’t find your comments but could see you’d liked stuff. Glad to have found you now. Well done for getting rid of so many words 👏

              That’s an eye watering amount when off an already tight chapter. Sounds like it may have been painful 😬

              I’m continuing for another 30min sprint if you’re around 😊xx

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          • WriteMentor Summer Programme 2025: Mentor/Mentee Pairings

            Thanks to everyone who applied for our programme a few weeks ago. Our mentors have spent the interim period reading and have chosen the following…

            Jenny Jones, Charlotte Baudry and 6 others
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