Creative Future
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We make the arts more diverse. We work nationally with underrepresented creatives & specialise in working with writers through our Writers' Award. #CFWA
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And a huge thank you to our partners and prizegivers who make the Creative Future Writers' Award possible!
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
September 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
And a huge thank you to our partners and prizegivers who make the Creative Future Writers' Award possible!
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
A huge thank you to our brilliant judges for the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025!
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A huge thank you to our brilliant judges for the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025!
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
See the announcement of our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
Congratulations to all our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners!
Read the full announcement: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
Read the full announcement: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
September 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Congratulations to all our Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 winners!
Read the full announcement: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
Read the full announcement: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
William Wyld is a poet and artist from London. They are a Poetry Archive Now winner, were highly commended in the Bridport Prize, and have performed widely including at the Queen Elizabeth Hall alongside the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
William Wyld is a poet and artist from London. They are a Poetry Archive Now winner, were highly commended in the Bridport Prize, and have performed widely including at the Queen Elizabeth Hall alongside the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Nathan Steward is from the Cotswolds and currently studying English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter where he is a fiction editor for the University’s literary journal, and the Editor In Chief of the arts and culture magazine.
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Nathan Steward is from the Cotswolds and currently studying English and Creative Writing at the University of Exeter where he is a fiction editor for the University’s literary journal, and the Editor In Chief of the arts and culture magazine.
Beatrice Feng is an agender, aroace poet from Changshu, China. Their work has appeared in Wilderness House Literary Review, Writing Disorder, The Wordarium Journal and other literary journals and magazines. They hold a BA in English Literature, Creative Writing and Practice.
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Beatrice Feng is an agender, aroace poet from Changshu, China. Their work has appeared in Wilderness House Literary Review, Writing Disorder, The Wordarium Journal and other literary journals and magazines. They hold a BA in English Literature, Creative Writing and Practice.
Godelieve de Bree is a poet and critic based in London who has been published in Propel, TATE and fourteen poems. Her critical work has featured in Poetry London, The London Magazine, and LARB.
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Godelieve de Bree is a poet and critic based in London who has been published in Propel, TATE and fourteen poems. Her critical work has featured in Poetry London, The London Magazine, and LARB.
Jasmin Allenspach is an exophonic Swiss writer and award-winning physicist. Speaking seven languages, she writes in English, despite her mother tongue being Swiss German, and her poetry explores multilingualism, sexism, science, and severed roots, both metaphorical and literal.
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Jasmin Allenspach is an exophonic Swiss writer and award-winning physicist. Speaking seven languages, she writes in English, despite her mother tongue being Swiss German, and her poetry explores multilingualism, sexism, science, and severed roots, both metaphorical and literal.
Congratulations to the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 poetry winners:
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Congratulations to the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 poetry winners:
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
Emma Allotey has been published in Peepal Tree Press’s Oluwale Now anthology (2023) and longlisted for the Harvill Secker and Bloody Scotland BAME writer’s competition in 2021 for an excerpt of her novel Grudge. She was longlisted for the SI Leeds Prize 2012.
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Emma Allotey has been published in Peepal Tree Press’s Oluwale Now anthology (2023) and longlisted for the Harvill Secker and Bloody Scotland BAME writer’s competition in 2021 for an excerpt of her novel Grudge. She was longlisted for the SI Leeds Prize 2012.
Abu Leila is a writer interested in love, violence and revolution. Their work, preserving family histories of anti-colonial resistance, was shortlisted for the 2024 Wasafiri New Writing Prize and won the 2024 Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize.
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Abu Leila is a writer interested in love, violence and revolution. Their work, preserving family histories of anti-colonial resistance, was shortlisted for the 2024 Wasafiri New Writing Prize and won the 2024 Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Prize.
Amy Leonard is a writer from Suffolk. She gained her Bachelor's degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University in 2024. This is the first time her work has been published. She is currently working on multiple novels simultaneously.
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Amy Leonard is a writer from Suffolk. She gained her Bachelor's degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University in 2024. This is the first time her work has been published. She is currently working on multiple novels simultaneously.
Eve Naden has an English degree from the University of York and works as a Project Manager for the Civil Service, teaching English in her spare time. Diagnosed with autism in 2024, she writes to make sense of a world that's increasingly difficult to navigate.
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Eve Naden has an English degree from the University of York and works as a Project Manager for the Civil Service, teaching English in her spare time. Diagnosed with autism in 2024, she writes to make sense of a world that's increasingly difficult to navigate.
Laurel Hart is a writer and illustrator born and raised in East Sussex. After completing a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she has been working in museums and medieval castles. She is currently working on her debut novel.
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Laurel Hart is a writer and illustrator born and raised in East Sussex. After completing a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, she has been working in museums and medieval castles. She is currently working on her debut novel.
Congratulations to the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 fiction winners:
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Congratulations to the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 fiction winners:
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed is a research & evaluation specialist focused on gender equality & inclusion. Her essays have been published in Critical Muslim and 3 of Cups Press. Her writing has been featured in New African Magazine, African Arguments, The Republic, and Selamta Magazine.
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed is a research & evaluation specialist focused on gender equality & inclusion. Her essays have been published in Critical Muslim and 3 of Cups Press. Her writing has been featured in New African Magazine, African Arguments, The Republic, and Selamta Magazine.
@matt-taylor.bsky.social is an award-winning creative non-fiction writer, who won ‘A Writing Chance 24/25’ (Substack strand), was longlisted for Fish Publishing’s short memoir competition 2024, was Highly commended at the Life Writing prize 2021 and won Spread The Word’s Scribe UK 2021.
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@matt-taylor.bsky.social is an award-winning creative non-fiction writer, who won ‘A Writing Chance 24/25’ (Substack strand), was longlisted for Fish Publishing’s short memoir competition 2024, was Highly commended at the Life Writing prize 2021 and won Spread The Word’s Scribe UK 2021.
@stephanieytam.bsky.social is a radio journalist, producing content for Freakonomics Radio, New York Public Radio, and BBC World Service. Her writing has been published in The Believer, The Behavioral Scientist and Slate, among others, and she won the Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Competition
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@stephanieytam.bsky.social is a radio journalist, producing content for Freakonomics Radio, New York Public Radio, and BBC World Service. Her writing has been published in The Believer, The Behavioral Scientist and Slate, among others, and she won the Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Competition
gobscure is a mixed-media artist who has toured 'brokenword,' a show about their lived experience of homelessness across the UK. They were a finalist in the Arts and Homelessness international awards and have a permanent text-based mural 'wallriot' at the Museum of Homelessness.
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
gobscure is a mixed-media artist who has toured 'brokenword,' a show about their lived experience of homelessness across the UK. They were a finalist in the Arts and Homelessness international awards and have a permanent text-based mural 'wallriot' at the Museum of Homelessness.
Ellen Rickford began writing regularly eighteen months ago, finding that turning experiences and observations from a sometimes painful world into stories, made life feel altogether warmer and more colourful. Her favourite form is short fiction.
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ellen Rickford began writing regularly eighteen months ago, finding that turning experiences and observations from a sometimes painful world into stories, made life feel altogether warmer and more colourful. Her favourite form is short fiction.
Congratulations to the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 creative non-fiction winners:
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Congratulations to the Creative Future Writers' Award 2025 creative non-fiction winners:
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
#WritingCommunity #Writer #UnderrepresentedWriters #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCompetition #CFWA #poetry #creativenonfiction #fiction #LoveWriting #WritersNetwork #WritingLife #DiverseVoices
Announcing the winners of our 2025 Writers' Award competition for #UnderrepresentedWriters. We received 1,600+ entries from across the UK. THANK YOU, every one of you, for allowing us to read your work. Today, we share our winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
#CFWA #DiverseVoices
#CFWA #DiverseVoices
September 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Announcing the winners of our 2025 Writers' Award competition for #UnderrepresentedWriters. We received 1,600+ entries from across the UK. THANK YOU, every one of you, for allowing us to read your work. Today, we share our winners: www.creativefuture.org.uk/news/2025-wr...
#CFWA #DiverseVoices
#CFWA #DiverseVoices
Applications to our 2025 Writers' Award are now CLOSED!
Good luck to all those who submitted 😊 We can't wait to read your work!
Please be patient whilst we read all of entries submitted.
All entrants will be contacted and the winners announced by mid-September.
Good luck to all those who submitted 😊 We can't wait to read your work!
Please be patient whilst we read all of entries submitted.
All entrants will be contacted and the winners announced by mid-September.
May 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Applications to our 2025 Writers' Award are now CLOSED!
Good luck to all those who submitted 😊 We can't wait to read your work!
Please be patient whilst we read all of entries submitted.
All entrants will be contacted and the winners announced by mid-September.
Good luck to all those who submitted 😊 We can't wait to read your work!
Please be patient whilst we read all of entries submitted.
All entrants will be contacted and the winners announced by mid-September.
📣 There's just 5 DAYS left to enter the Creative Future Writers' Award competition!
Don't let anything stop you from believing in yourself and submitting your work before 11.59pm on 18 May!
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#WritingCommunityt#Writere#Writingn#AmWritingn#WritingCompetitiono#CFWAWA
Don't let anything stop you from believing in yourself and submitting your work before 11.59pm on 18 May!
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#WritingCommunityt#Writere#Writingn#AmWritingn#WritingCompetitiono#CFWAWA
May 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📣 There's just 5 DAYS left to enter the Creative Future Writers' Award competition!
Don't let anything stop you from believing in yourself and submitting your work before 11.59pm on 18 May!
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#WritingCommunityt#Writere#Writingn#AmWritingn#WritingCompetitiono#CFWAWA
Don't let anything stop you from believing in yourself and submitting your work before 11.59pm on 18 May!
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#WritingCommunityt#Writere#Writingn#AmWritingn#WritingCompetitiono#CFWAWA
The deadline for our 2025 Writers' Award Competition is just a month away!
It's completely FREE to enter and 15 winners will receive £20k worth of prizes 🌟
The competition is open to poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction under the theme 'Wild'.
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#Writere#Writingng
It's completely FREE to enter and 15 winners will receive £20k worth of prizes 🌟
The competition is open to poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction under the theme 'Wild'.
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#Writere#Writingng
April 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The deadline for our 2025 Writers' Award Competition is just a month away!
It's completely FREE to enter and 15 winners will receive £20k worth of prizes 🌟
The competition is open to poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction under the theme 'Wild'.
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#Writere#Writingng
It's completely FREE to enter and 15 winners will receive £20k worth of prizes 🌟
The competition is open to poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction under the theme 'Wild'.
Enter now: bit.ly/CFWA2025#Writere#Writingng