As ever, these events and themes may chop and change as the year develops, so please do check back often, or contact us directly 🙂 Note – the Themes are just suggestions for those who need inspiration, we will cheerfully listen to/critique anything you bring.
| March | |
| 31st | Last Day for Subscriptions |
| April | |
| 7th | – |
| 14th | – |
| 21nd | – |
| 28th | – |
| 30th | Public Workshop @ Art House |
| May | |
| 5th | Open Mike Night |
| 12th | @ Write Blend/ Joan Nicholson Awards |
| 19th | Theme: Tit-For-Tat |
| 26th | Theme: A Dark Joke |
| June | |
| 2nd | Theme: Clandestine |
| 9th | Theme: Circus Fun |
| 16th | Lindsey Holland/Poetry Competition Judging (To be rescheduled) |
| 23th | Theme: Unholy Alliance |
| 30th | Theme: Remembering |
| July | |
| 7th | Theme: Pudding |
| 14th | Lindsey Holland/Poetry Competition Judging |
| 21st | Theme: Animal World |
| 28th | Theme: Holiday Snaps |
| August | |
| 4th | Theme: Police Drama |
| 11th | Theme: Kings and Fools |
| 18th | Theme: The Best of Politics |
| 25th | Guest Speaker: Sally-Anne Tapia-Bowes |
| September | |
| 1st | Â Theme: Oddity Rex |
| 8th | Theme: Joy and Favour |
| 15th | Theme: Lonesome |
| 22nd | Autumn Open Mike |
| 29th | Theme: Triumphant |
| October | |
| 6th | Theme: Planets Suite |
| 13th | Theme: Foreign Lives |
| 20th | Theme: Jewels In The night |
| 27th | Halloween Spooktacular – Scary stories encouraged |
| 31st | Last Day for Short Story Competition Entries |
| November | |
| 3rd | Theme: For The Birds |
| 10th | Theme: Dangerous Times |
| 17th | Guest Speaker: Stephen Beattie |
| 24th | TBC – Public Workshop |
| December | |
| 1st | Theme: Romance In Unlikely Place |
| 8th | Theme: Yellowbelly |
| 15th | TBC – Short Story Awards Night |
| 22nd | Christmas Readings / Last day till New year |
| January | |
| 12th | First Day Back/ theme: Shining Stories |
| 19th | Theme: Open Your Eyes |
| 26th | Theme: A New Outfit |
| February | |
| 2nd | Theme: Painful Reconciliation |
| 9th | Theme: Joyous Interlude |
| 16th | Valentines Verses |
| 23rd |