Next deadline
We are now accepting submissions for the August event, on Monday 9 August 2010. The deadline
for submissions is 5 p.m. on Monday 26 July. We’ll let you know whether your piece has been selected by Monday 2 August.
Who can submit
Please note that only students from Birkbeck’s creative writing courses, past and present, can submit work to writLOUD. If this means you are not eligible, we hope you will still join us as a member of the audience.
Submissions policy
- Any Birkbeck creative writing student, both current and previous, MA and Certificate, can submit work for consideration.
- There is no restriction on the type of work. You can submit a short story, novel extract, poetry, life writing, adapted screenplay etc.
- Submissions should be unpublished. However, previously published work will be considered in some circumstances.
- Length:
Prose: up to 3,000 words
Poetry: up to 150 lines
- The writLOUD team will decide which submissions to select and the running order of the night. There will be 3-4 readers per event.
- No editorial input will be provided. Work will be selected as it stands.
- No significant changes can be made once the work has been selected.
- You should submit only one piece of work each month. However, you can submit to as many months as you wish, whether or not your previous submissions have been selected.
- Please make sure you are happy with your work before you submit it. The team
reserves the right not to accept an updated, replacement version, even if it arrives before the deadline.
- Submissions should be sent as an attachment to writloud@aol.co.uk.
- The deadline for submissions is usually 5 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the event.
- You will usually be advised whether your submission has been selected at least one week before the event.
Selected work
Selected work will be read at the next event.
If your work is selected, you will be asked to provide a brief biography (up to 100) words, to include on a handout and publish on the website.
Subject to the author's permission, a podcast of the reading will be made available on the website. Copyright remains with the individual author.
Coaching
For writers who would like to receive coaching on reading their work aloud in front of an audience, there will be at least one workshop each term. Please look out for a separate email about the next workshop.
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