Creative Future | Working With Underrepresented Artists & Writers

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Writers' Award

Congratulations to all twelve winners of our 8^th annual Creative Future Writers’ Award (CFWA). Hear all our winners read their award-winning pieces at our showcase event this October, part of the London Literature Festival.

The Book Makers launches an autumn programme of workshops and events

The Book Makers begins a full programme of workshops in the space programmed by Creative Future, New Writing South, and Writers Mosaic. Engaging with the local community of writers, it will also run a programme of events, talks, and launches.

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The Book Makers, pop-up bookshop launches in Brighton

Creative Future partners on The Book Makers project. A volunteer-run, community pop-up bookshop and learning space where commercially successful writers mentor emerging, underrepresented authors from diverse backgrounds.

Making the arts more diverse

We are an arts organisation and charity. We specialise in supporting creative people, underrepresented artists and communities facing barriers & inequality to opportunity. Our mission is to make the arts more diverse and representative of the world we live in.

What's Happening

Oct 19 2021

Join our Board of Trustees!

Creative Future is one of the UK’s leading organisations for underrepresented creatives—those who face barriers due to health, mental health, disability, identity or social circumstance. ...

Oct 11 2021

We’re hiring!

We're currently recruiting for a freelance Project Assistant, to support our new Impart project--a training, mentoring, and workshop programme for Black, Asian and ethnic minority ...

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.

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