Fosseway Writers: based in Newark UK, helping writers everywhere

  • Letter Writing Competition Winners

    Letter Writing Competition Winners

    Our last competition of 2018 tasked entrants to write a letter to someone who influenced you, whether for good or bad, intentionally or unwittingly, true or fiction. Historical Fiction author Clare Harvey kindly judged the pieces and here they all are for you to read – enjoy!

  • Poetry Competition 2019: “Edge”

    Poetry Competition 2019: “Edge”

    We’re delighted to announce that our first competition of 2019 is up and running. The genre is poetry and the topic is “Edge“. Hard copy entries of poems up to 40 lines in length must be submitted by 16th March 2019. The judge is Martin Grey, a regular on the Nottingham poetry scene and who won…

  • 2019: Time to Get Writing?

    2019: Time to Get Writing?

    Why not make 2019 the year where you start writing? Come and join us on Thu 3rd Jan where we will hear a talk on Blogging and Social Media for writers.

  • November Informal Readout: Plotting in the Pub

    November Informal Readout: Plotting in the Pub

    Just a quick note to remind our regulars that we’re in the back room of the Organ Grinder pub tonight where we will be going through our new collaborative project – characters, plot lines, maps and everything! We’ve narrowed our choice for our Christmas meal so we’ll also be getting some definitive booking info (don’t…

  • Letter Writing Winners with Clare Harvey

    Letter Writing Winners with Clare Harvey

    We enjoyed an entertaining evening with historical fiction author Clare Harvey on Thursday 1st November. Clare was the judge of our recent letter writing competition and, as well as announcing the winners, kindly added a few comments to each entry. The aim of the competition was to write a letter to someone who had influenced…

  • Next Meeting: Historical Fiction Author, Clare Harvey

    Next Meeting: Historical Fiction Author, Clare Harvey

    Don’t forget that on Thursday 1st November we will be welcoming Clare Harvey back to Newark. Clare is the author of three books set during the Second World War (The Night Raid, The Gunner Girl and The English Agent) and is about to release her fourth, The Escape, which weaves between the final months of…

  • 2018 Poetry Competition Winners

    2018 Poetry Competition Winners

    We announced our winners way back in June but held off posting them on here to allow one of the authors to submit their work to another publication. We can now present to you the top three poems on the subject of ‘flight’ as decided by our lovely judge, Leanne Moden.   In Third Place,…

  • We’re Going Down The Pub…

    We’re Going Down The Pub…

    Just a quick note to remind everyone that tonight’s informal read-back meeting is at the Organ Grinder pub on Portland St, just off the Beaumond Cross / Robin Hood Hotel traffic light junction. We will have a run through anything written to the last prompt (“a series of cascades to rival the falls“) or anything…

  • Flash Fiction Results!

    Flash Fiction Results!

    The winning entries of our Flash Fiction competition (announced a few weeks ago at our AGM).

  • October Meeting: “Fears & Monsters” with Alex Davis

    October Meeting: “Fears & Monsters” with Alex Davis

    We’re delighted to welcome Alex Davis back to Fosseway Writers this Thursday (4th October). Alex’s sessions are always entertaining and informative and this time around we’ve arranged for him to attend in early October so that you can be inspired to write something dark and scary in time for Halloween.

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