Clayfields House Film wins Koestler Writers award

Puppet Live Action Film, Directed and Produced by NWS member Marcus Clarke of Hands Up Productions Limited and entitled, ‘Clayfields House Film’ has won a Koestler Award. The film was made by Marcus with only the help of the young people and staff of Clayfields House Secure Children’s Home in Nottinghamshire

Artform
‘Off-the-Cuff Speaking’

Award
Writers in Prison Network, Under 18’s Special Award

Hotdesk Offers and Office to Rent at NWS

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! WORD OF MOUTH (NWS members only)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! WORD OF MOUTH Nicola Monaghan is curating the next Word of Mouth, to take place on November 11th. She would particularly like to hear from new voices in the studio and people who haven’t performed before at this event, but submissions of recent work from past contributors will also be very welcome. We’re planning to have mulled wine and an autumn/winter feel to the evening, so some pieces that explore this kind of theme would be very welcome, although that isn’t at all a requirement of submissions. Please send your pieces, maximum 15 minutes when read aloud, to Aly Stoneman at nottinghamwritersstudio@gmail.com by Friday 25 September 2009. Aside from gaining critical feedback from Nicola Monaghan, we have lots of exciting opportunities for the people whose work is selected, including the opportunity to have work performed by Royal Company actors, free training by a professional actor at the Royal Centre for those who would like to read their own work and the possibility of your work being featured in local media including radio and podcasts. WOM will also be featured as a podcast on our shiny new NWS Website (due to be launched in October!) with links from our Facebook site, so your work will have a global reach! For new members and those who haven’t attended yet, Word of Mouth is an evening of spoken word run by Nottingham Writers’ Studio upstairs at The Royal Centre in Nottingham (next to The Royal Concert Hall.) There is a tram stop right next to the building (the Theatre Royal stop) so you can always park at the Forest park and ride if you’re from out of town. The evening includes a 15 minute interval and is very friendly. We usually have between six to eight writers reading – work can range from poetry to script, short stories, extracts from forth-coming novels or even journals or academic essays and reviews. New writing is preferred. The curator will also read – on this occasion Nicola will read from her novel-in-progress Blind, Following - something of a coup as it is not yet published.  The event is open to the public and we are keen to attract a larger audience so even if you don’t wish to submit, do come along and enjoy the performances and social evening – you never know who you might meet! Please send your pieces, maximum 15 minutes when read aloud, to Aly Stoneman at nottinghamwritersstudio@gmail.com by Friday 25 September 2009.