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A world where the arts are inclusive, diverse, representative and accessible to everyone.
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2025 Writers’ Award winners announced
The Creative Future Writers’ Award 2025 received over 1,600 entries from underrepresented writers across the country. We sincerely thank each and every one of you for giving us a chance to read your work. We’re pleased to announce those selected: Creative Non-Fiction Platinum: Ellen Rickford, Letter to Bobby Gold: gobscure, invisibled Silver: Stephanie Y. Tam, … Read more
Get your donation DOUBLED in the Big Give’s Arts for Impact campaign!
Creative Future are taking part in the Big Give’s Arts for Impact campaign to raise £5,000 in just 1 week! These funds will be used to help keep the Creative Future Writers’ Award free to enter. For 12 years the Creative Future Writers’ Award has helped over 140 writers take their first steps in their … Read more
Announcing Our 2025 Writers In Residence
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of our 2025 Writers In Residence. This annual programme selects emerging underrepresented authors from past winners of the Creative Future Writers’ Award. It aims to engage new audiences, new writers and local people in non-traditional spaces and in new ways. Since 2023, we have brought the residency to the … Read more
Creative Future Writers’ Award
A writing development programme and competition showcasing the work of underrepresented writers
Founded in 2013, the Creative Future Writers’ Award is an annual development programme for talented writers from a wealth of backgrounds. It includes the UK’s only national writing competition for all underrepresented writers, alongside a series of workshops in hubs throughout the UK.
With the support of our leading literary partners, winners are selected by a panel of industry experts and are given the opportunity to develop their work through training, mentoring, assessment and coaching.
