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Writing competition for under-represented writers. The image shows Internationally bestselling author, Kit De Waal at the 2017 CFLA Showcase.

Jan 8 2018

Kit De Waal On Diversity in Literature

“Take the pen, no one is going to give it to you. The Creative Future Literary Awards celebrates everyone who does that.” Kit De Waal Here’s the video of Kit De Waal’s inspiring speech on diversity in Literature at our 2017 awards ceremony View all our award winner videos here You can also see our […]

Jan 3 2018

Interview With Alan Morrison in Viva Magazine

The latest issue of Viva magazine features a full page interview with Alan Morrison. We’re hosting a free ‘Meet The Writer‘ event with Alan on the 18 January 2018 where he will discuss how poetry has been a medium through which he has been able to explore and try and make sense of his own obsessional […]
CFLA 2017 anthology

Nov 15 2017

Buy the CFLA 2017 anthology eBook for just £2.99

The 2017 Creative Future Literary Awards anthology features award-winning poetry and short fiction from outstanding under-represented writers, alongside work from internationally bestselling author, Kit de Waal, guest poet and playwright, Sabrina Mahfouz, and writer in residence, Dean Atta. The theme of ‘Important Nothings’ was inspired by a quote from Jane Austen, to celebrate her 200 year […]
Tight Modern

Oct 3 2017

Support Under-Represented Artists Via Our Tight Modern Crowd Funder

Help stamp out stigma, increase arts diversity: support the Tight Modern Winners’ Tour, a national showcase of 15 under-represented artists facing barriers of mental health, disability or identity. The Tight Modern is the world’s smallest pop-up art gallery—an 8’ x 5’ replica of the iconic Tate Modern. A tiny art gallery with a big impact, it’s showcased hundreds […]

Sep 25 2017

We support the #NOFREEWORK campaign

Creative Future supports the #NOFREEWORK campaign – that all creative freelancers should be paid. Unpaid work is any scenario where a business exploits an individual for commercial gain by not paying for labour or services that have been provided by that individual. Unpaid work can have a damaging effect on the relationship between freelancers and […]

Sep 12 2017

New Workshop Programme Announced

We’ve got a whole host of new workshops and courses starting this September. View all our workshops and book your place here
Creative Future Literary Awards - writer in Residence scheme now open for applications

Jul 31 2017

Announcing the 12 winners of the Creative Future Literary Awards 2017

The UK’s only national competition for all under-represented writers announces its 12 ‘outstanding’ winners.

Jul 10 2017

Creative Future selected for the Arts Council funded Creative United ‘Prosper’ programme

We are proud to announce we have been selected for the Arts Council funded Creative United ‘Prosper’ programme that will enable us to benefit from free business support along with other cutting edge artists, innovative library services, enterprising museums and much-loved arts organisations. For further details see the Creative United press release: www.creativeunited.org.uk/about-us/news/prosper-organisations-announced/

Jul 1 2017

July Newsletter

Our newsletter for July is now available to view here

Jun 15 2017

Why you should enter more writing competitions: The Future Bookshelf

Our Creative Future Literary Awards competition has been featured on the Future Bookshelf blog. Creative Future Director Dominique De-Light and Project Manager, Sarah Juckes, introduce the Creative Futures Literary Awards and explain why you should be entering. Read the full blog here

May 30 2017

June Newsletter

Our June newsletter is now available to view, with all the latest updates on our activities. View our June newsletter here
Michelle Porter - Creative Future Literary Awards

May 17 2017

An interview with Michelle Porter – CFLA winner 2016

We interviewed 2016 Gold Prose award winner, Michelle Porter, on what it’s like to win the Creative Future Literary Awards.

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