Projects

  SUBMISSION PERIOD NOW ENDED – thank you to all who applied.   Are you an emerging poet from a marginalised or underrepresented background who

Beyond The Spectrum is a creative writing project for Autistic writers of all ages and abilities. We’re working with Writing East Midlands to offer creative

In collaboration with Zimbabwe-based digital creative company Kay Media, Writing West Midlands is commissioning a UK-based creative writer and a digital artist from Zimbabwe to

Writing West Midlands is proud to be part of the team presenting the BBC Contains Strong Language festival 2021 in Coventry, as part of City

We’ve appointed Maria Whatton as our socially engaged writer, to write a short story as part of a nationwide project to celebrate the future of

Casey Bailey has been named as the new Birmingham Poet Laureate during a National Poetry Day celebration which took place online, and which also marked

Writing West Midlands has teamed up with Speaking Volumes to collect stories from Birmingham residents who emigrated to the UK in the 1960s from across

Birmingham Poet Laureate and Young Poet Laureate 2018-2020 announced Richard O’Brien and Aliyah Begum were announced as the new Poets Laureate for Birmingham at the

READ ON is a four-year project bringing together seven organisations in six countries working in six languages, funded by the EU Creative Europe programme. Writing