WRITERS CIRCLE CALL OUT

Accidental are hosting a Writers Circle (sometimes referred to as a Writers Critique Group) for writers from September 2023 to March 2024. If you’re looking for an opportunity to immerse yourself in your craft or advance a work-in-progress, in a safe environment with peer support, this is for you. 

Why? You’ll get valuable feedback, have access to peer-readers, get support with your work, grow together as a group, record it on your writing CV, and be part of a writing community. We will be limiting the group to a maximum of eight persons to ensure people have the opportunity to review others work and have their work reviewed in a safe and supportive environment, so all interested individuals will need to apply.

To apply is a two step process. 1) Fill in the form below and 2) send a writing sample of the piece you intend to focus on in the Writing Circle. The sample should be no more than 2,000 words. Please submit before 16th August 2023 as a .pdf or .doc HERE.

Notes on applying to the Writers Circle.

  • We’re inviting non-experimental writers and experimental writers to apply.

  • This group will be restricted to fiction and creative non-fiction only. No horror, poetry or science-fiction. 

  • Writing Circle members must be working on a longer piece (a novel, novella, memoir, etc), whether they’ve recently started, or are nearing their first draft.

  • Circle members should be available to meet once a month, on the second Sunday at 2-5pm. Additionally, members can access space to write every fourth Sunday of the month.

  • Members will also have access to an online discussion and sharing platform between meetings to support one another.

  • There is a small charge of £60 to cover costs of running the Writers Circle. Subsidised places are available for those on low income. When applying, please indicate if you request a subsidised place.

  • Applicants must commit to reading other members work in advance of each session, and come prepared with feedback to generate discussion. 

  • Applying does not guarantee a place. Successfull applicants will be informed in early September.