Washington: Fact, Fiction and Folklore

CALLING ALL CREATIVE WRITERS AND LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCHERS – Help tell stories of Washington Fact, Fiction and Folklore

Washington: Fact, Fiction and Folklore - Sunderland Culture

Writers’ showcase event Thursday 5th October

PRIZES for best creative writing and historical pieces

Calling all creative writers and history researchers. Washington Heritage Partnership are working with Arts Centre Washington and The National Trust’s Washington Old Hall to develop an arts project built around Washington’s multi-layered history. We’re looking for a new take on a well-known Washington story or something that sheds light on a lesser-told or hidden history.

Your work (or an excerpt of it) will be showcased at this event – either read, or displayed or printed. You will be invited to perform your work, or we can ask someone to read it for you. This work will, in turn, be used by the visual artists within The Sunderland Indie’s network as inspiration for artworks to be shown at an exhibition in 2024.

All submitted work will be considered for a publication due in 2024. All project participants will receive a copy.

We’re seeking submissions of under 2,000 words from…

Creative Writers
(work can be fiction, poetry, songwriting, comics, drama, excerpts from a novel – we’re open to all kinds of creative writing)

History Researchers who wish to engage a wider public
(work should be well researched and referenced but geared to a wider, non-academic readership. Oral histories and video/audio pieces also considered)

There will be prizes!

Prizes will be decided by a combination of panel and public votes (50% weighting for each) at the event. There will be two sets of prizes: for creative writing and for historical research

£300 First Prize
£100 Second
2 x Runners up of £50

Deadline for submissions via this link (https://sunderlandculture.org.uk/events/washington-fact-fiction-and-folklore/):
5pm 27th September 2023