CLICK IMAGES TO LINK TO EACH SITEWRITERS AGAINST WRITING Website created by a small group of writers from Edinburgh with the ethos of Pro expression. Non judgment. Free speech. No sell out. The group is against writing for profit; against writing that embraces compromise; against writing for the market; against writing that has been sold, will be sold, is designed to be sold; against writing that has been artistically emasculated, therefore everything contained on the site is a true representation of their artistic endeavour. The only artifice employed is honesty. One of the group's founders is Brian Cuninghame, whose showcased poetry on this website can be read here. APOGEE MAG apogeemag.com was created in response to the fact that there are amazing people in the world who are doing incredible things that we may NEVER hear about. The goal of the webzine is to change that. The mainstay of apogeemag are interviews with people who are breaking out of the mold of everyday existence and making their lives what they want them to be. The contents of apogeemag.com are also comprised of reviews, comics and writing.  The Unheard Words mission is simply to encourage a vibrant online writing group. And, to provide the opportunity for the words of new writers to be heard. The idea is that people of colour share the contents of their, so far unshared, thoughts and feelings via the medium of the site and that their words emerge to shape a creative dialogue. It's about the new writer, the interested reader and hitherto unheard words.
MOMAYA SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2007 Momaya Press's Short Story Competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English, and also offers the opportunity for winners to be published, in the Momaya Annual Review 2005. 1st Prize - $200 (�110) - 2nd Prize - $100 (�55) - 7 honourable mentions. All ten winners will be published in the Momaya Annual Review 2007. Entries may be up to 2,500 words long. Any subject or style is welcome. The competition is open to writers from all countries, but entries must be written in English. Closing date 30 April 2007 THE LEMMING Multi-media website of creative writing, digital images of painting, sculpture, drawing, and other visual media, shockwave shorts, comics, photography, .mp3's, reviews, essays, rants, jokes, sketches, skits, editorials, opinion pieces, travel writing, community announcements regarding film, theatre, comedy, random bits of eloquently relayed information, and any other art form that awaits invention. PULP BITS Pulpbits is an uncensored electronic bookshop and self-publishing venue selling highly-screened, often controversial, literature and comics from contemporary authors and illustrators. Authors and readers are brought together into a multi-dimensional literary experience through online chats and message board discussions. Literary, comic and graphic novel submissions are being accepted on an ongoing basis. TOOWRITE.COM A unique website which gives you the opportunity to showcase your writing talents and be in with a chance to win a �1,000 prize! You can write up to five true stories about any experience in your life and each one will be featured here on Toowrite.com for the world to read. It�s free to enter and several times a year they give away �1,000 for the best story. The deadline for this first competition is midday (BST) on Thursday, April 5, 2007. Entries must be written in the first person and be previously unpublished. THE POETRY VANDALS Click image for the website of Newcastle based poetry ensemble group the Poetry Vandals. The PV's have been performing in the North east and beyond for the last four years and are gaining an impressive reputation for going places were poets don't normally go. WORDSINHERE Wordsinhere is an international collective of writers based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They host a monthly performance night in Amsterdam called The Open Stanza, publish the literary magazine Versal, and generally work to promote writing and literature in the Netherlands and elsewhere. VISIBLE INK WRITING GROUP Visible Ink Writers' Group meets every Tuesday from 7-9pm in The Meeting Room at the Nelson Hall Community Centre, 5 Spittalfield Crescent, Edinburgh EH8 9QZ (Tel: 0131 667 8838 Fax: 0131 667 5045 For more details, selections of writing from the group etc on the Official Visible Ink website, click logo. THE BOOK TRUST Click logo to visit the website of The Book Trust for information on forthcoming writing prizes, publishing news, access to The British Council's comprehensive writers profiles, recommended reading, tips on setting up book groups etc QueerLit contest celebrates and brings media attention to unpublished authors of queer writing and opens doors for publication of their work. The contest is open to any unpublished author of an English-language novel with queer and/or bent content. For details click logo.  THE FEDERATION OF WORKER WRITERS & COMMUNITY PUBLISHERS - A non-profit making umbrella organisation for writers� groups and community publishers, who wish to share their skills and work with their communities. The FWWCP publishes Federation Magazine and a Broadsheet, which includes writing by members and friends. They run an annual Festival of Writing, organise training, develop networks, and encourage people to express themselves. Click logo for more details
 THE BIG READ - The Big Read is the country�s biggest ever celebration of the magic of reading. BBCi have created themes from books the public voted as their Top 100 to aid reading enjoyment. Click image to visit the site.SMOKE A magazine about London literature, architecture, music, photography, TV, ale, transport, lives, deaths, secrets, stories, seeks submissions  WRITEWORDS An online magazine offering support, advice, interviews, articles, writing jobs, competitions and newsLIT-NET - Click image for a virtual literature centre for the West Midlands and beyond. A fantastic array of literary links and easy-to-use to add your own links to anything to do with writing. Indispensible
 CESTA - The Cultural Exchange Station in Tabor, Czech Republic, an international non-profit centre,
established to foster cultural understanding and tolerance through the arts. Click image for more details plus information about forthcoming festivals, exchanges etc
 THE BURRY MAN WRITERS CENTRE - A worldwide community of writers, providing freelance job links, resources for fiction and nonfiction writers, working professionals and beginners, with particular support for writing about ScotlandFor information on what's new in the arts in Scotland and details of available funding for crafts, dance, drama, literature, music and visual arts projects, plus many great arts related links, click image. WORDS INC - An organisation of working writers in the Highlands of Scotland, formed in 1999 with the aim of raising the profile of writing in the North and providing information and resources for writers. The site includes links to writing magazines, festivals and resources; contact details for Highland writers etc. Click image to visit site KETTILLONIAA publisher of pamphlets based in Fife, Scotland. It aims to put original, adventurous, neglected and rare writing into print, published as pamphlets at �3.00 per volume. If you want to keep your finger on the pulse of Scottish writing, Kettillonia is an excellent pressure point. Click image to visit site Storyglossia is edited by Steven J. McDermott and includes a vast archive of classic short stories; a weblog which explores the short story craft by considering individual stories; new short stories by some of the finest writers around, and access to Steven's own work. Highly recommended BIRMINGHAM WORDS - Birmingham Words is an online writers' and readers' community; a vibrant blend of the global and the local, united by a love of the written word. Although based in Birmingham, the site have visitors, contributors and members from all over the world. Birmingham Words is also home to Birmingham Words Magazine, an online magazine in PDF format for new writing. 
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Independent publisher which aims to bring old and new fiction together in a tradition that is original in its subject matter, style and social concerns. They believe that the marginalised fiction of the past can be as relevant and exciting today as when it was first published, and their classic reprints will reflect the language and politics of tougher eras, while their new fiction will focus on emerging writers with something to say and a novel way of getting their messages across. While their foundation is the real London of everyday men and women, there are no boundaries, no limitations to what they will publish. They will also be releasing non-fiction titles that take their fancy. Founded by two authors, London Books are unusual in that they are doing this for love rather than money, and therefore remain beyond the profit motive. This means they are free to print what they want, when they want. A new independent publisher of cutting-edge literary fiction, poetry and non-fiction whose aim is to provide an antidote to the bestseller culture that�s prevalent in so much contemporary publishing: they are prepared to take a chance on writing that is accessible and marketable, but that has the courage to be different from the mainstream. Two Ravens operate with no geographical boundaries: they publish authors from around the UK and overseas. But are firmly based in the North of Scotland and so aim to promote Scottish writers � in particular, those from the Highlands and Islands, both new and established.
The Great American Poetry Show (www.tgaps.net) is a hardcover serial poetry anthology open year-round to submissions of poems in English on any subject and in any style, length and number with a SASE. Email poems only by one attachment to: [email protected]. They have four editors who can handle a lot of submissions so please send a lot of poems. If they do not accept your poems, please send us another group to go through. Simultaneous submissions and previously published poems are welcome. Response time is usually 1-3 months. Each contributor receives one free copy of the volume in which his/her work appears. Volume 2 of the Great American Poetry Show is now taking submissions by email ([email protected]).
New publishing company set up to provide quality writers fresh opportunity of having original work published as well as an entry in to and involvement with the world of literature. Although fiction is the preferred genre, all English language ideas and submissions will be considered. Relish Books wants to put something back �in� to the UK community of writers whilst obviously operating as an upstanding & successful independent publishing company. Relish is not a vanity publisher and is not a self-publishing agency, but exist to invest in writers, publish quality works by quality authors who have not tried before or who perhaps have struggled in the past to be recognised. It's founder, J R Endeacott is a member of the Writers� Guild of Great Britain and therefore Relish Books� Terms & Conditions for writers are generally the same as used across the industry. Ultimately, the Aim of Relish Books is to produce entertaining & commercially viable works, the consequent profits to be utilised in helping the next new author get on the ladder of literature, and the next, and the next...
Hesperus Press is an independent publishing house specialising primarily in Classic prose and poetry - lesser-known works by some of the most famous names in European and American literature; this year will see it's expansion into contemporary fiction, featuring both original works and exclusive translations of prize-winning foreign works. The Hesperus website includes the full catalogue, a monthly online magazine, competitions, forums and much, much more...
Total �4,100 in prizes - Open Section: 1st Prize - �1500, 2nd Prize - �1000, 3rd Prize - �500, 4th Prize - �100 & Ten Prizes of �50 Each / 15-19 Age Group Section: Five Prizes Each of �100 / Judges:
Gerard Benson ~ U.A. Fanthorpe ~ Peter Scupham ~ Harry Chambers / CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 1st March 2007. Click title for more details and entry form.
BOOKCROSSING.COMBookCrossing is a global book club that crosses time and space. The concept is basically, when someone reads a book they enjoy, they click into the BookCrossing website and register their comments, then print off a sticker, attach it to the book and leave it in a public place. Then, the book will hopefully be picked up by someone else, read, and they will register their comments etc etc. Sounds weird but it seems to work as the many reviews and fascinating details of where the books were found or left seem to suggest. I've personally been left lying around Italy twice and once in Birmingham city centre, which I have to say, excites me greatly. It's also a fascinating exercise in fate, karma, or whatever you want to call the chain of events that can occur between two or more lives and one piece of literature. The ultimate aim of a writer is to be read. This is a lovely idea to help that process along
WORD POWER BOOKSHOPWord Power is Scotland's independent and radical bookshop. Their online bookshop is an alternative to corporate bookselling chains and some online companies which ban trade unions. You can buy any book in print from Word Power - their online catalogue only represents their core stock. To link to the excellent Word-Power website, click title.
Fiction wanted � Route is a publisher that specialises in contemporary fiction from new writers with a fresh and original voice, generally from writers between ages 20-40. Generally they are looking for contemporary fiction. They are interested in original voices concerned with and connected to modern day living. No rehashing of old ideas. They will generally not consider sci-fi, romance or horror writing � unless it is spectacular. If you writing is fresh, your observation good and your ideas strong, then there is every chance they will be interested.They have just published their latest guidelines and are inviting authors to submit. You can find the guidelines by clicking the link. If you are unfamiliar with the work of Route, it might be worth your while having a poke through the site to see what kind of work they do. If you would like a printed version of the guidelines, please send an A5 SAE to: Factsheet Request, Route, School Lane, Glasshoughton, WF10 4QH.
 East coast spoken word performance collective based in Edinburgh. It's members come from a variety of backgrounds and histories of publication. All it's material is original. The group holds events approximately every 3 months, so check their website for forthcoming events
Award winning website of my award winning publisher. Following twelve months of prizes, accolades, mayhem and late nights, Canongate was officially chosen as UK Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards on 23rd February 2003. Website includes details of Canongate's forthcoming publications, along with extensive archive. Also, view an online interactive movie for Booker-winning 'Life of Pi.'
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