Posted By: Richard White, 17 August 2010
Escalator Literature 2010
Take a giant leap towards your first poetry collection with this nationwide poetry prize.
Escalator Literature is not your average poetry competition. Prize winners will enjoy a year-long programme of support with their writing; mentoring from established poets; a summer school residential based at the UEA and support in making an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts bid.
Writers’ Centre Norwich will launch this year’s unique writing prize in autumn 2010.
The prize is open to poets yet to publish a first collection, and for the first time the Escalator Literature prize will be open to applicants from all parts of England.
Sound good? This is just the start; more details will be posted here soon. To be the first to hear, sign-up for e-news at the top-left of this page and we’ll be in touch.
“Thank you so much for providing me with a mentor. Thank you for all the wonderful events and opportunities to learn along the way. These were terrific days, greatly appreciated, always inspirational, and insightfully chosen. Thank you for help with our Arts Council Grant applications. The money has made a huge difference - made everything possible - and above-all makes me feel like a real writer. Thank you for willing us to succeed, and for your ever helpful, friendly, positive words and deeds. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.” 09/10 Escalator winner, Martin Ungless.
Escalator Literature is an
Arts Council England funded initiative and has been running for five years. Many Escalator Literature prize winners have gone on to find agents and get published with writers including Fraser Grace, Helen Ivory, Susan Sellers and Nicola Upson.
Find out how
last year’s winners got on, and read extracts of their work.
