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Introduction
Become a BWA community member About BWA for communities Rise to the challenge The part you can play Community membership benefits Sign up to be a BWA Local Literacy Leader
How do you feel your school will benefit from holding a mini BWA competition?
"We have an extremely culturally rich school. Therefore it would be great to channel this into their creative writing. To promote writing as an enjoyable, exciting and rewarding activity would raise it up to the level of importance that it deserves."
Paul Carless Assistant Head Teacher St James Junior School  "Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted" - Jules Renard |
BWA for communities
Welcome! This area of the Brit Writers' Awards website is reserved especially for community organisations & projects. The Brit Writers' Awards is an exciting initiative designed to encourage and inspire new writing talent in people of all ages, backgrounds and beliefs. We want to unleash the hidden literary talent in the UK population, and show how creative writing is an exciting and powerful way to increase your literacy skills, enhance your capacity for self-expression and turn your dreams into reality. In order to do that, we have set up the only high-profile stage – and the biggest ever cash prize – for unpublished British writers. And now it's time to get your library, community organisation or social group involved in this huge initiative. We're encouraging organisations like yours from all over the UK to nurture the hidden creativity in their members and encourage people to submit stories, poems or songs to our nationwide competition. The finalists will attend our glittering awards ceremony in 2011, and their group will also get to shine in the media spotlight. Libraries, community organisations & projects throughout the UK have signed up to be part of this new venture – and we'd love you to get involved too. To take advantage of all the benefits that this exciting new initiative can bring to your community organisation and its members, please call our Communities Team on 0871 237 4442 or email us at: communities@britwriters.co.uk. Being part of the BWA helps libraries of all sizes to support their local schools and also enables all of their members to enter the Brit Writers' Awards for free. For further information, download our information pack for libraries. |
From the team
Message from our CEO We've received thousands of entries! The deadline has now passed, and we're over the moon about the popularity of the first ever Brit Writers' Awards. Read the BWA team blog... Latest
Local Leaders
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