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Have a look at our Spring season...
Spread the Word hosts work experience student
Eva tells us what it was like to spend two weeks at STW HQ
Free Editorial Reads from The Literary Consultancy
Apply for a Free Read if you're London based and on a low income
London Short Story Prize 2014
Short Story writers - enter now!.
Essential Kit
An opportunity to sort out your writing worries
Spread the Word - a National Portfolio Organisation
Looking forward to 2015-18
London Short Story Festival Website
The go-to place for all things London Short Story Festival
Young Poet Laureate for London has a busy summer lined up
Poet explores notions of beauty and community
LiP
Spoken word project for young people in Lewisham
Spread the Word's exciting new research project is funded by Creativeworks London
Luke Kelly will be researching links between writers and video games developers
Sarah Perry - Soho writer in residence
Sarah Perry shares her Soho experiences so far…
Spread the Word secures funding from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Three-year investment to provide paid opportunities for culturally diverse writers in publishing
Funding
Grants for the Arts advice from Gemma Seltzer of Arts Council England
Bookshelf
Spread the Word writers
Spread the Word Info Sheets - Professional Development
Downloadable docs on a variety of topics useful to writers. These ones are all about your writing career.