Our New Site Turns One!

Amidst another year interrupted by the pandemic and subsequent restrictions, a real source of pride for the W&A team has been the launch of a revamped writersandartists.co.uk. Our new and improved platform officially turns one this month, so we thought we’d put together a post that summarises what we’ve been up to. Meanwhile, our survey offers you the chance to let us know what you like and don’t like, hear your thoughts on potential improvements we can make, and what you’d like to see more of, too!

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First-year highlights

Guidance and advice at all stages of the writing and publishing process

• The W&A community is now over 60,000 strong!
• Free access to hundreds of free articles, now discoverable by category heading and our new creative interest tags
• Log in to make yourself at home by annotating or bookmarking pages
• Monthly discounts available to all W&A site subscribers  

Accessible to All

• Our first ever bursary scheme, with a combined total of £4,000 worth of financial assistance offered across W&A editing services and events in order to present opportunities to underrepresented and low-income writers and illustrators
• Click here for more information, including eligibility criteria and details of how to apply. (Note: our 2022 bursary pot will be announced in March)
• Read testimonials from those writers to have benefitted so far

New & Improved Listings Subscriptions

• We now offer three different types of annual Listings subscriptions: WAYB, CWAYB, and WAYB+
• If now's the time for you to research publishing industry contacts or make progress your writing by searching for details on industry events, writing prizes, self-publishing providers, here’s a handy guide to find out more about our subscriptions

More writing courses than ever before!

• We've rapidly grown our online writing courses in the last year, bringing writers more choice than ever. We've introduced brand new courses - including Writing Better Fiction: Techniques & Skills to Improve Your Stories and Your Novel: Structuring, Editing and Preparing for Submission - as well as our annually popular genre-led courses such as Your Children's Book, How to Write a Page-Turner, and more!
• Our brand new course for 2022, Find Your Voice, has proved so popular that we're running it again this May.

Whether you're a long-term W&A Community member, or have only just created an account, we're so grateful for your support and hope that we’re able to offer a bit of assistance in the progress you’re making with your creative and/or publishing journey. Do get in touch if there’s something you need help with and we’ll do our best to help!

The W&A Team