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Writing West Midlands Reveals the 2025 Cohort of Room 204

We are thrilled to announce the new cohort of 15 Room 204 writers-in-development. The programme started in 2012 and they will join 205 others who have been part of the scheme since its inception.

Each year, Writing West Midlands opens for submissions from emerging writers from across the West Midlands region, writing in all genres, from poetry to screenwriting to fiction and narrative non-fiction. 

The initial Room 204 meeting took place on Saturday the 19th April 2025 at the Writing West Midlands offices in Birmingham. The new cohort had the opportunity to meet each other and staff members Jonathan Davidson, Shantel Edwards and Suzie Evans where they learnt more about the year to come.

The writers will be embarking on a year of support through workshops and one to one meetings with Jonathan Davidson, our Chief Executive.

This year we’re excited to welcome 15 talented new writers from the region into the fold. The writers’ interests and experience span a wide range in genre and style including poetry, short-stories, screenwriting, fiction, flash-fiction, non-fiction and playwriting.
 
Over the coming year, they will attend training sessions, one to one meetings looking at their personal development, as well as opportunities to get to know the other members of Room 204.
 
Room 204 is in its 14th year, offering development opportunities to members through one to one mentorship, training, and support. As membership never expires, the scheme has expanded and acquired a variety of experienced and up and coming poets, authors, script writers and more, working in many genres and forms.
 
Room 204 sees writers, years after their initial development year, continue to support each other by sharing resources, asking for advice, and networking beyond the programme itself.
 
The Room 204 programme, which has been running since 2012, now has 220 writers involved.
 
The new cohort are listed below, but you can find out more information about them here.
 
Congratulations and welcome, writers!

The 2025-26 Room 204 Cohort:

Lucy Andrew

Louise Aust

Faduma-Zahra M. Gure

Abigail Johnson

Helen Loney

Carol Lucas

Lucy Marcovitch 

 

  

 

 

 

Francesca Millican-Slater

Ken Preston

Poppy Kamel Sall

Ronin Sansara

Carinya Sharples

Ruth Stacey

Oscar Stainton

Eleanor Trigg

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