Mentoring
Our mentoring service will offer support and advice to writers of great promise and commitment. The scheme will match the selected writers to a sympathetic, established, professional writer.
This relationship will be for an agreed period of time and will focus on developing the work of writers who have reached a critical point, enabling them to step beyond the private process of writing and onto a new level. Ultimately, the service will help writers to develop their work to a publishable standard.
We will require writers to develop a specific piece of work-in-progress. Support will be provided in a number of sessions with an established writer, who will offer constructive criticism to help take the work forward. The mentor will be selected, in consultation with the applicant, from a panel of experienced writers established for this purpose. The mentoring service is delivered in partnership with The Literary Consultancy.
Follow our current mentees’ blogs as they progress through the scheme at http://blog.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/
Eligibility
We will support five writers who are resident in the East Midlands at the time of application and who will continue to live in the region throughout the mentoring period. Writers will not be accepted for the service more than once in any three-year period. The service will be open to published or unpublished writers.
Selection
The deadline for the next round of applications is under review. Please contact Antonia for further details.
Our decisions will be based on a balance of factors:
- The literary quality of the work submitted
- The probability of publication by a bona fide publisher (Preference will therefore be shown to writers who are able to provide evidence of genuine publisher interest in their work.)
- The need to encourage a range and diversity of new writing from the East Midlands
How to apply
Questions on eligibility should be addressed to Writing East Midlands before a formal application is made.
Applications should be submitted BY EMAIL ONLY on a form available from Writing East Midlands. Applicants will be asked to submit a sample of the work in question together with any letter of recommendations from a bona fide publisher.
We will acknowledge receipt of your application promptly. Writing East Midlands cannot take responsibility for the loss of any original documents.
To apply please contact Antonia Bell quoting Writing East Midlands Mentoring Service
