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  • Medway Open Studios and Arts Festival

    There’s a new festival for Medway in the summer, in which writers and poets are more than welcome to take part. Applications are now open for the Medway Open Studios & Arts Festival, to celebrate all creative communities and artists who live and work locally, and to promote a positive…

  • Greenheart Press Present ‘In the House of Ladders’

    Our very own Emma Dewhurst’s new adventure into book publishing has begun! The first poetry book by Bill Lewis since 2003 has been published by Greenheart Press, an imprint of Emma’s Wow magazine, and was launched on Friday night to a specially invited audience – see more here. Philip Kane, our…

  • Short Encounters: Medway Sci-fi submissions sought

    Medway is known for its creative community and its social commentators – but what about those forgotten minorities, the aliens and monsters? Now’s your chance to give them a voice and tell their stories, and/or share your alternative vision of Medway! Submit in word format to me4writers@googlemail.com by May 1st;…

  • Reed Short Film Competition – The Boss!

    Reed employment agency are running a short film competition, with the theme of ‘The Boss’. Now, while I’m sure there are plenty of Bruce Springsteen fans out there who may be tempted, this is fairly and squarely aimed at   serious film makers, be they an amateur using a mobile…

  • YouTube: Your Film Festival

    YouTube has launched a film festival on line, taking place between 2nd February and 31st March. Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company company, Scott Free Productions, will select 50 finalists from the submissions and ten will make it through to a screening at the Venice Film Festival, where the overall…

  • A Write Good Read!

    A new website has appeared for aspiring writers to showcase their work. Write Good Read should be going live soon, allowing writers to upload their stories to the site and have them judged by fellow writers and readers. Monthly winners will be put forward for publication. I’ve no idea who’s…

  • Wigmore Arts Weekend

    St.Matthew’s Church in Wigmore, Rainham, are hosting an Arts Weekend on the 30th June/1st July and are looking for (preferably) local groups and individuals with an interest in ANY arts subject –  visual, graphic, dance, music, craft and so on, who would like the opportunity to publicise and show their skills…

  • Medway Festival of Music, Speech and Drama

    Entry to the 2012 Medway Festival of Music, Speech and Drama is open, with the deadline set at January 31st, 2012. Founded in 1975, the festival runs for a full day and is open to all amateur performers from Medway and further afield, with classes to suit all ages and…

  • Creative Medway

    The lovely Sarah Jenkin, Community Librarian for Medway Libraries, has created a webpage, Creative Medway, which brings together all the creative networks in the area. Sarah is encouraging the various groups locally to connect and has put together a listing of all the magazines and networks she can find. Please share…

  • 2 Days Laughter Short Film Competition 2012: Comic Genius Required!

    The comedy equivalent of the 2 Days Later competition, the 2 Days Laughter brief has been released! Once again, Beeping Bush Productions are bringing the sound of laughter back to the British seaside with the 2 Days Laughter Short Film Competition. The organisers are inviting filmmakers, comedians and writers to…

  • Medway Adult Education Journalism Course

    With university fees putting off a lot of people who may have thought of taking a course, Medway Adult Education has put together an ‘Introduction to Journalism’ programme, running for 10 weeks from February 22nd next year. That’s a Wednesday evening, 7pm – 9pm at Rochester’s Eastgate Centre. It’s aimed…

  • Two Days Later Short Horror Film Competition “the best and scariest crop ever!”

    The Two Days Later Short Horror Film Competition marked its 9th anniversary with this year’s shortlisted finalists evening screening at the The Theatre Royal, Margate on Saturday 29th October. “From the shadows around the Theatre Royal Margate, on a particularly dark and forbidding Saturday night, a ghostly hoard of vampires, witches and…