Work With Us
Occasionally, we are looking to add to our small team. We’ll advertise opportunities here when they come up.
Year-round, we need volunteers to help with the Spark Young Writers groups, and with the running of our public events including the Birmingham Literature Festival (each Autumn) and our National Writers’ Conference (each Summer).
Volunteer for Spark Young Writers
We are looking for Assistant Writers for our Spark Young Writers groups.
Writing West Midlands runs the largest number of creative writing workshops for young people in the country. For 10 years our groups have been growing, and we now run more than 240 writing workshops a year.
We are looking for emerging writers to help inspire the next generation of creative writers. You will help lead one of our Spark Young Writers groups for 10 monthly sessions (2 hours per session), under the guidance of a professional writer.
This is a voluntary post, but we will cover reasonable travel expenses.
Volunteer to steward at our events
Each Summer we deliver the National Writers Conference, an event which gathers writers from across the country for a day of industry guidance, panel discussions on a range of topics and networking opportunities.
In the Autumn we deliver Birmingham Literature Festival, a leading festival in the Midlands, showcasing the very best writers, speakers, thinkers, activists and artists from the UK and across the world.
Our teams of volunteers are vital in the smooth running of these events, helping us with stewarding, looking after our speakers and more. If you would like to apply to volunteer for either of these events, click below.