Poetry Competition
Guest post by Olamide Shobowale What is Poetry? Poetry strings words together with intensity to express feelings and ideas using a unique style and rhythm to describe a place or tell a story. It sparks the imagination and resonates with our emotions. Poetry has been in existence for almost four thousand years and is still […]
The Minefield of Creative Writing
Guest post by Lauren Davison Introduction It’s a challenge to give creative writing an exact definition The scope of it is so vast, that it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what something has to be, in order to be categorised under the creative writing umbrella. However, Derbyshire Writing School co-founder Laura Stroud’s description of creative writing as ‘an act […]
Spring 2022 Poetry Competition
The Oakwood Literature Festival spring 2022 poetry competition is now open for submissions!
Flash Fiction
‘Oh no!’ I hear you groan, ‘What on earth does a bloke who writes kid’s books know about writing flash fiction? And what the heck is flash fiction anyway?’