ABC Writers Network
URL:
www.abcwritersnetwork.co.uk
The online community of the Armagh Writers' Group in Northern Ireland.
Academy of Children's Writers
www.childrens-writers.co.uk
Correspondence courses.
ACS Distance Education
Distance learning including some creative writing courses
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/courses/product_listings.aspx?query=creative+writing
Alliance for Lifelong Learning (AllLearn)
For more details click here.
URL: www.alllearn.org/course.jsp?C=301
Alternative Writing Circle
http://alternativewritingcircle.t83.net
Birmingham Words - an online community. Have a look at this excellent site - you don't have to live in Birmingham (UK) as good writers from anywhere are welcome! www.birminghamwords.co.uk
Blaze Online Writing Classes (University of Strathclyde, Centre for Lifelong Learning)
Centre for Lifelong Learning,
University of Strathclyde,
Graham Hills Building,
40 George St,
Glasgow G1 1QE
Tel: 0141 548 4803
Email: learn@cll.strath.ac.uk
Web:
www.cll.strath.ac.uk/alp/classlists/joint.htm
The Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow launched Blaze Online Writing Courses in January 2005. The courses have proved to be a popular edition to our existing portfolio of attendance based classes and are attracting participants from across the globe. There are two classes, "Kindling" for beginners and "Feeding the Flame" for those who have been writing for some time. The courses are fully supported by a published author, Elizabeth Reeder, are offered three times year and all you need is internet access in order to take part. They consist of exercises designed to improve your writing and stimulate your imagination and creativity. You may also submit some work which will be critiqued by both the tutor and class members. In short, our Blaze courses are designed to spark your imagination and fuel your writing.
Brighton Writers
www.brightonwriters.com
Brighton Writers is a friendly online community for anyone in and around Brighton who
wants to
write. The work posted is generally unpublished and membership is all
about
improving your writing through shared analysis of each others' work.
The site
also provides a bookclub, information on literary events, an online
collaborative story and a list of resources for writers.
CourseBridge.com
CourseBridge.com offer a variety of quality online courses forpersonal and professional enhancement. Full details at www.CourseBridge.com
CyberScribe Corner
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/CyberScribe_Corner/
A corner in cyberspace for writers and poets from all over Northern Ireland where, in a supportive environment, they can discuss writing, post their work and give and receive feedback, where writers can share and read current information that is of interest and of benefit to them. They can also add and view relevant links to any writer, poet, playwright, publisher, theatre and any writing/poetry organisation from Northern Ireland. New members are encouraged to introduce themselves (hopefully they’ll have a sample of their work to share in the group) mentioning some personal stuff, as well as any publishing credentials they may already have acquired and all the types of writing in which they are involved. This is so the group knows who they are and it gives them an insight into their writing, which will help them to help each other in a more effective way.
Dublin Writers Workshop
www.dublinwriters.org
Email: info@dublinwriters.org
Emilia di Girolamo
www.emiliadigirolamo.co.uk
Author Emilia di Girolamo tutors one to one in creative writing, playwriting, writing television drama and film online via Wordschool www.wordschool.co.uk
For details of Emilia's courses held throughout the year in London phone 020 7079 2855 or email: info@44portlandplace.org.uk.
hEar4Words
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/hEar4Words/
LetsWrite - online writing community
My Writers' Circle
My Writers Circle
National Extension College
Distance learning creative writing courses.
Details at:
www.nec-courses.co.uk/courses/product?product_id=857&category_id=3312
The NEC is an educational charity dedicated to providing learning opportunities for all. We offer a range of distance learning writing courses including Creative Writing, Writing for Money, Writing Short Stories, Copywriting and Essential Editing.
The Michael Young Centre, Purbeck Rd, Cambridge CB2 2HN
Tel: 01223 400350
Email: info@nec.ac.uk
NYK Writers
Online Jotters
http://nar8or.blogspot.com
The online community for Felixstowe Scribblers, Suffolk.
Open Spectrum
www.theopenspectrum.co.uk
Online community, Open Spectrum, is a unique and free-to-join website that provides the platform for Writers and Film-makers to converge, collaborate and produce. Its main aim is to provide opportunities and help to film, television and theatre writers in the UK and therefore boost the UK film, television and theatre industries.
The site operates on a peer reviewing system – writers upload their scripts to the site and then all members review and rate the scripts to produce a Monthly Top Ten. Producers and film-makers then search through our filtered archives to find the writers and scripts that they want. Not only does it provide previously rated scripts and writers, but it offers the writer invaluable, impartial feedback on their work which will contribute to future drafts.
As a community, Open Spectrum is also designed to bring people in the industry together and as the UK Short Film Industry, in particular, starts to gather momentum, we hope to be riding at the very forefront of that wave.
To celebrate the launch, Open Spectrum and all its services is completely free for a limited time and we want as many as possible to reap the benefits of this free period. To try out the site for yourself please visit
www.theopenspectrum.co.uk
and sign up for free.
Oreen Scott and A Circle of Women Writers
The community where mature women meet. Writers' circle for women born between 1946 and 1958. See their website at www.oreenscott.com
Pleasure Dome
Poets and Storytellers.com
www.poetsandstorytellers.com
A welcoming and friendly community for writers of poetry, stories and articles to show off their creative writing abilities to the online world.
Sling Ink
www.SlingInk.co.uk
The Sorcerers Writers' Circle
The Sorcerers Writers' Circle are a group of writers who meet by email. The circle emerged from members of the first Open University Short Course - Creative Writing. If you want to join send an email to ABACAN@BayChambers.com Click here to read more about the Sorcerers.
Spoiled Ink
www.spoiledink.com
StoryWar
www.storywar.com
A battleground for short stories.
Today's Woman
www.todays-woman.net
Today's Woman is a supportive online community for men and women over 18. Our goal is to help writers succeed in the writing industry. We offer a useful selection of services including author interviews, regular columns , interactive forums, and a place to share your writing for critiques by your peers.
Trace online courses
UnheardWords - for 'people of colour', new writers to sharethoughts experiences, ideas and work.'
Whisper from the Heart Poetry Club
www.whisperpoetry.com
Whisper from the Heart have a pen pal club: snail mail and email.
Writability
WriteAway
http://WriteAway.co.uk and its little sister site www.LettersToTheEditor.co.uk
This independent, online writing community is now thriving and, at the end of 2005, is well into its second year. Here, writers old, new and aspiring, help one another get published. Life membership provides permanent access to your @WriteAway email address, the columns of Letters to the Editor for your letters and articles plus the use of all other WriteAway services.
WriteAway Subscriptions, Dept. DHM/JV, Unit 4, Park Farm, Inworth, Colchester CO5 9SH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1376 571711
Fax: +44 (0) 1376 570125
Writergrrls
Writergrrls are professional women writers in London. We are journalists, tech writers, copywriters, fiction writers, editors and writing teachers. Some members are freelancers, others are staff writers. Writers of all levels are welcome, however this is not a group for hobbyists. You must be a working writer. Join us to discuss the craft and the day-to-day work of being a writer in London. Periodically we will meet for writing-related events, or just a cup of tea.
Londonwritergrrls-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
The Writer's Academy
www.thewritersacademy.net
Distance learning.
Writer's Café -
The Writer's Café is a place to be creative offering software for fiction writers and where you can meet other writers in the forums
Writers Croft
Cultivate your creative seeds at
www.writerscroft.com. Three month online courses in
a supportive writing circle.
Writers Billboard
http://writersbillboard.net
Writers' Bureau
Distance Learning courses
www.writersbureau.com
Sevendale House, 7 Dale St, Manchester M1 1JB, UK
Tel: 0845 345 5995
Writersdock
www.writersdock.co.uk
Writers' News and Writing Magazine
Distance learning courses
Please contact Writers' News for full details of their creative writing courses at:
Writers' News and Writing Magazine
Home Study Division
Fifth Floor
31-32 Park Row
Leeds LS1 5JD
www.writersnews.co.uk/homestudy/default.asp
Tel: 0113 200 2917
Writers on the Net
www.writers.com
WriteThisMoment
Write this Moment is a web community for creative non-fiction writers, which launched in October 2004. The site focuses on providing a jobs board featuring paying writing opportunities. If you're a writer of non-fiction, you'll find WriteThisMoment.com a useful resource with plenty of features on site to include a forum, resources library, member profiles and news feeds to help you in your work. Visit www.writethismoment.com
Writing-Fiction.com - online courses by Pamela Mann
Writingclasses.co.uk
Based in Edinburgh, Writingclasses.co.uk offer a varity of writing courses