WriteNow is our award-winning programme which aims to find, mentor and publish new writers from communities under-represented on the nation's bookshelves.

Through WriteNow we host free workshops for talented writers, offering information and inspiration about how to get published. Participants are given the chance to hear from published authors and literary agents, and receive personalised one-to-one feedback on their work from an editor. We then take forward the most promising writers onto our year-long mentoring programme - pairing them with one of our editors to help develop their manuscript, with the ultimate aim of publishing their work.

• 450 writers at 9 regional workshops
• 98% said the workshop had increased their confidence
• 33 writers mentored
• 8 book deals and counting

So far, we have published eight writers through WriteNow: Charlene Allcott, Geraldine Quigley, Emma Morgan, Emma Smith-Barton, Elizabeth Jane-Burnett, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Manjeet Mann and Gareth Peter.

In 2019 we ‘did a Glastonbury’ and took a year out to give ourselves the opportunity to re-group and focus on the 32 current and alumni mentees on the programme. But don’t worry – we will definitely be back this year.

Keep an eye on this page for news and updates. In the meantime, you can sign up to our WriteNow newsletter below to be notified when we open applications.