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Oct 28 2019

Expose your Humanity: Mahsuda Snaith’s speech at our CFWA 2019 showcase

Below is the incredibly inspiring speech by our guest writer Mahsuda Snaith at our 2019 Writers’ Award winners’ showcase event held at the Southbank Centre.  When I was first asked to talk at these awards over a year ago, I was so excited I went straight to my computer and wrote 90% of what you’re […]

Oct 2 2019

On my experience as Writer in Residence – A blog by Emma McGordon

Preston Park Recovery Centre is a fantastic and crucial resource for the clients who use it. It has a real community almost family feel  and I’ve always been made very welcome.  Having a room that over-looked the park for my own writing time has been a luxury.  I soon developed rituals on my journey to […]

Sep 1 2019

CFWA 2019 Showcase Event

We’re super excited to announce this year’s CFWA Showcase Event will be at the Southbank Centre as part of London Literature Festival, on Friday 25 October, 7pm. Hear lesser-told stories from writers selected for the Creative Future Writers’ Award at an event hosted by author Kerry Hudson, with poet Anthony Anaxagorou. This year’s Creative Future […]
Creative Future Artists Open Houses exhibition

May 21 2019

The launch of ‘thirteen’ at Artists Open Houses

We teamed up with Barker and Stonehouse to exhibit work by thirteen of our regional artists inside their Hove store as part of Brighton’s Artists Open Houses. The free festival is perfect for art lovers with 1500 artists spread across the whole city. We launched on Saturday 4th May to a crowd of guests and […]

May 3 2019

Barker and Stonehouse hosts a Creative Future art exhibition

Independent furniture retailer, Barker and Stonehouse, has partnered with Brighton based arts charity, Creative Future, to host an exhibition in its Hove store, as part of Artists Open Houses. Launching on Saturday 4 May, the exhibition will showcase work by thirteen local artists and will be displayed in the store’s on-site café, the Queensbury Coffee […]

Apr 30 2019

‘thirteen’ launches in Brighton’s Artists Open Houses

We are thrilled to launch thirteen our latest exhibition, part of Artists Open Houses 2019 in Brighton & Hove. thirteen features an eclectic mix of artwork from thirteen regional artists, ranging from abstract to figurative to landscape, showcasing some of our incredibly talented emerging and diverse artists featured on our online shop. thirteen runs from […]

Mar 25 2019

Announcing our 2019 Writer In Residence: Emma McGordon

We’re pleased to announce our 2019 CFWA Writer In Residence is Emma McGordon. Emma McGordon is an award-winning writer and performer published by Tall Lighthouse, Penned In The Margins, Handstand and Blacksuede Boot. She is the recipient of two Arts Council Awards, a Northern Writers Award and the Julia Darling Fellowship, which allowed her to […]
How peer coaching can support your artistic practice

Feb 21 2019

How peer coaching can help with your artistic practice

Are you a writer or an artist that sometimes struggles with self-belief? As in, “I love creating artwork/stories/paintings/photographs/novels but are they any good?” Or maybe you have a million ideas and you can’t decide which one to focus on? Or perhaps you’re facing the opposite dilemma; the blank page, the unmarked canvas; will you ever […]
CFLA Showcase 2018

Feb 11 2019

CFWA 2019 writing competition open for entries

Annual Creative Future Writers’ Awards 2019 opens for entries from under-represented writers The UK’s only national competition for all under-represented writers opens today (11th February) featuring over £10,000 in cash and writer development prizes. And this year, there’s a name change. The Creative Future Literary Awards becomes the Creative Future Writers’ Award. Director Jane McMorrow […]

What’s In A Name: Why We’re Changing The Name of our Award for Writers

Given that we’re about to launch our award for writers, it feels apt to use the words of Shakespeare to ask; “What’s in a name?” Well, actually, a huge amount. The famous line implies that names aren’t all that important, but we beg to differ. Names can have a significant impact on someone’s expectation and […]
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Jan 23 2019

CFWA Writer in Residence Scheme Now Open for Applications

The Creative Future Writers’ Award (CFWA), New Writing South (NWS) and Preston Park Recovery Centre (PPRC) are offering a unique development opportunity for a talented, emerging under-represented writer who is interested in working with vulnerable adults and/or in a social care setting. We are accepting applications from talented under-represented poets or fiction writers. The residency […]

Free ways you can donate to Creative Future through your online shopping

Did you know there are a number of ways you can donate to Creative Future through your online shopping, at zero cost to you? AmazonSmile You can support Creative Future every time you shop online at Amazon. Just choose us as your charity to support, and Amazon will donate a portion of your eligible purchases at no […]

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