Receive professional, editorial feedback on your writing – Free Reads 2025 is now live!

Free Reads 2025 is now open for applications!  About Free Reads  Free Reads offers writers on low incomes the opportunity..

Open Call: 30th Anniversary LGBTQI+ Emerging Writer Commissions

Open Call: 30th Anniversary LGBTQI+ Emerging Writer Commissions Spread the Word is pleased to announce that applications are now open..

Come and work with us as our Finance officer

Our mission is to help London’s underrepresented writers get their work into the world, and to connect communities to words..

Free workshop on Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants Funding

This autumn we’ll be running a free online workshop on applying for Arts Council England’s Projects Grant Fund for London-based..

Free workshops on Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice Fund

This autumn we’ll be running a free online workshop on applying for Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice Fund..

Call out for memories: celebrating 30 years of Spread the Word

This year, our little organisation turns the big 3 0! We’re taking the opportunity to reflect on the brilliant writers,..