Open for applications: Friday March 8th to Tuesday April 2nd 2024.

Entry-Level Fiction workshops are aimed at people who have only recently started writing fiction. They will be suitable for anyone who feels they will benefit from being part of a group with other early-stage writers. Over the course of five days, participants will complete writing exercises aimed at generating ideas for new work. They will also study various aspects of writing craft. Complete beginners are very welcome to apply.

To help you decide which workshop to apply for, workshop leaders have written up brief workshop descriptions, which are available to download here.

No more than ten places will be available on the in-person workshop, and no more than eight places will be available on each online workshop. Everyone applying for these workshops will be asked to submit 1 to 2 pages of a short story they have written. (This work will be read by the workshop leaders to help them select participants for their workshop groups. It will not be shared within the workshop groups.)

Before the workshops commence, participants will be provided with links to a selection of short stories that they will be expected to read in advance. During the workshops, participants will be encouraged to share some of the new work they have written.

These workshops will run from 1st to 5th July 2024, 2 - 5pm each day.