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A multitude of entries this time round – a great many of which came from members of the All About Writing community, which is very gratifying. Songs do appear to be excellent story triggers – and [...]

All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 / £ 150 or a voucher to the same value to use on one of our courses or [...]

Post-apocalyptic is the new normal, it sometimes seems. And the introduction of heady doses of sex into science and fantasy fiction – think Game of Thrones and The Handmaid’s Tale, among others – [...]

Hey ho, to the winner’s podium we go for the April/May Writing Challenge. (Here are the details on our June/July Flash Fiction Challenge). What we asked you to do, if you remember, is “write a [...]

All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 / £ 150 or a voucher to the same value to use on one of our courses or [...]

Remember our February/March writing challenge? We imagined that someone in his or her final year of school is tempted to forego the path laid out by a parent and instead join the circus. The [...]

All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 or a voucher to the same value to use on one (or more) of our courses or [...]

The winners of our December-January Writing Challenge are…  We had a great sheaf of entries for our Challenge which went like this: Describe a seaside holiday house, from the perspective of a [...]

All About Writing’s latest writing challenge offers the winner a literary assessment on 5000 words of writing worth R 2750 or a voucher to the same value to use on one (or more) of our courses or [...]

A happy new writing year from all of us Start the year as you mean to continue – writing. We’ll be here for you through the weeks and months, when it flows and when you feel as though you’re [...]

The Wigtown writing challenge is the culmination, for me, of two and a half years of anticipation. That’s how long Trish and I had to wait to take up our place as stewards of Booktown’s Open [...]

Write, daydream – and make the world a better place What we do – you and I – is not a luxury. No matter what state the world is in, don’t cut back on your creative work. It’s essential for [...]