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Competition 2023

Thank you to everyone who entered our 2023 Writing Competition and to the judges Jane Bailey and Philip Rush. The competition has now closed and the winners have been announced. Copies of the anthology are available to purchase below, where you'll be able to read the winner and runner-up poetry and prose pieces, as well as work from the judges. We are pleased to announce that we will be launching our 2024 competition on the theme of Weather in January. Sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates.

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Gloucestershire Writers’ Network is the hub for all writers and writing groups in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire. We aim to be the ‘go to place’ for Gloucestershire writers – providing a central platform to communicate news, views, what’s on and competitions etc.

If you have information on forthcoming events, courses, readings or open mics that deserve a wider audience, 
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We will upload relevant information as quickly as we can to help market and communicate your events.

Do you have a story to tell? Perhaps you have recently won a competition or have a book launch on the horizon – our News and Events Calendar section will keep GWN members abreast of local events and encourage attendance and access to all things creative. Please contact us on admin@gloswriters.org.uk.

Happy writing!

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2023 Competition Results

Click below to see this year's winners. Thank you to all who entered the competition and to our judges Jane Bailey and Philip Rush.

You can buy a copy of our competition anthology here

We will be launching our 2024 competition on the theme of Weather in January
Click here to see the winnersBuy this year's anthology

Our Annual Gloucestershire Writing Competition

We run an annual Poetry and Prose writing competition in conjunction with The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, the winners of which have the opportunity to read their work at the GWN Prizewinners event. Information about the winners of our 2023 competition here.

Click here to buy our anthologies to read the work of previous winners.

With thanks to our Sponsors:

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We are grateful to The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival for their support of local writers and for creating the opportunity for the winners and the runners-up of our annual writing competition to showcase their work at the GWN event.
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We would like to thank Liggy Webb for her generous sponsorship of our annual writing competition.
www.liggywebb.com

The Latest News & Reviews

December 2, 2023
Competition listings and publication for Christine Whittemore
Extracts from Christine Whittemore’s novel in progress, Vestiges, were short-listed in the 2022 Flash 500 Novel Opening and Synopsis contest, judged by Headline Publishing; and long-listed in the 2023 Jericho Writers First 500 novel competition. Her essay on Carys Davies’s novel West will...
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November 28, 2023
Christmas Drinks Party at The Cleeve Bookshop 7th December
The Cleeve Bookshop, Bishop's Cleeve, will be hosting a Christmas Drinks Party at 6 - 8 pm on 7th December.  Rachel Marks will be signing copies of her festive novel 'One December Day'. Please RSVP to Will Williams if you wish to come along here...
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November 27, 2023
Ecopoetikon - a new ecopoetry website
Kathryn Alderman’s idea for a platform for global ecopoets has been made possible with the help of the development team and the University of Gloucestershire. Together they have launched the ecopoetry website Ecopoetikon, which aims to democratise the editorial process by offering equal voice to e...
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November 22, 2023
'Time to Choose' - the 4th in Cotswold Time-slip series by Jan Turk Petrie
Time to Choose,  the 4th in the Cotswold Time-slip Series by Jan Turk Petrie is now available to buy as a paperback or Kindle ebook on Amazon. Currently it's #3 in Amazon UK’s  ‘Hot New Releases’ chart in Time Travel Science Fiction....
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