Significant Ink: Newcastle
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Significant Ink: Newcastle
Thank you for your interest in applying to Significant Ink: Newcastle. 3 writers will be selected in July and will receive a £1000 bursary, mentoring and development opportunities with partners.
Applications are open for global majority writers who are aged 18+ and who permanently reside in County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside or Sunderland. You may have some experience writing or you may be brand new. You should so far have not published a full-length work (a novel, memoir or poetry collection) but may have published individual short stories or poems, or a poetry pamphlet. You should not be in full-time education by the time the programme begins (September 2026).
The deadline for submissions is 12 Noon on Thursday 16th July 2026. All submissions must be made through Submittable.
Before you apply you might consider attending some of our free workshops. You don’t have to live in a particular local authority to attend. The four workshops cover short stories, life writing, ‘from idea to page’ and writing for young people. It is a great way to meet other emerging writers and have a go at different genres of writing. The workshops details are:
- From Idea to Page with Marcia Hutchinson at West End Library, Wednesday 24th June, 12.00 - 14.00
- Writing for Young People with Ashley Thorpe at One Strawberry Lane, Wednesday 1st July, 12.00 - 14.00
- Life Writing with Nadine Aisha Jassat at One Strawberry Lane, Wednesday 8th July, 17.30 - 19.30
- Short Stories with Shazia Altaf at The John Marley Centre, Wednesday 15th July, 17.30 - 19.30
If you cannot attend our free workshops, you are still welcome to apply. The application will ask for a short sample of your writing of up to 10 pages. Your submission could be fiction or narrative non-fiction. For example, this could be an extract of your novel or a couple of short stories. You will also be asked to give a short answer to two questions and to complete some monitoring questions.
The entries are judged anonymously at all stages of the process. The reading team and judges will not see any of the monitoring information you submit, which is an important part of ensuring the judging process is fair and even.
You will need to include your name when you register but please leave it off your application questions and don’t include it on any part of your submission, such as the title page or as a header or footer, or in the document file name.
Submissions will be read internally at New Writing North. A shortlist will then be passed to writers Emily Low and Ashley Thorpe to find the three winners.
Applicants will receive a response to their submission by the end of August.
If you have any questions or need support with completing the application form, please contact emilylow@newwritingnorth.com.
Please note, due to funding from the North East Combined Authority, you must permanently live in County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside or Sunderland.