Write from the Heart

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Write from the Heart: Youth edition

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Submissions Call: Stories my Mother used to tell me 2012

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Write from the Heart is looking for contributors to its next issue. We are seeking contributions from writers living, studying or working in Hertfordshire, who use English as a second language, to submit a short story, poem or song from your childhood. We are looking for work that explorers the magic of those very first stories, and that gives the reader a chance to learn about the meaning of stories in other, far away (or not so far away) places. Take this chance to write your own fairy tale, or tells us what meaning stories from your childhood have had on your life. short story (max 3,000 words) poem (max 30 lines) song (max 30 lines) Deadline midnight,March 31st 2012. Contact orode@worldartsplatform.org.uk or go to the how to contribute page to find out how to submit your work
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Creative writing workshops May 2012

We will be running FREE writing workshops at various libraries across Hertfordshire that will feature in the 2nd issue of Write from the Heart. The theme is 'CELEBRATIONS'.
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