Okay team. It's newsletter day. We await your gif with not insignificant trepidation...

Here's our pick of the best writing comps and subs for November. Join the WHQ slubbers club and send your stories into the world. Go go go! writershq.co.uk/5-competitio...

Absolutely appalled to report that it's time to sign up for Five Days of Write-mas already. We know you don’t have time to do the full 24 day shebang, so we’re packing it all into five. writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...

A moment of silence please for the hard work and dedication of all those who work tirelessly to keep writers fully stocked with existential pain

In case you were wondering how serious we are about Write November, @fictionalsarah.substack.com is missing a K-Pop Demon Hunters sing-along to run the Set Yourself Up for Write November workshop at 1pm. It's THAT serious.

Write November starts TODAY! Plus! Also! Too! As well! Here's all the lovely writing events coming up at WHQ this month. Remember, there are no writing retreats in December so get your writerly fix in now. Come hang with the cool kids (that's us. We're the cool kids. Look how cool we are: 67!).

It's that time! How's your writing month been? Tell us your writerly tricks and treats and pick your star ⭐️

Newsletter day, baby! Are you feeling GOOD? Fuck yeah! Let's gooooooo. Wang us yer gif right here in this spot. And remember, Write November starts TOMORROW! Sign your glorious butt up right here writershq.co.uk/write-november/

YESSS! We're going to write so hard we vibrate. Join us, yeah? ⚡️Grow a sustainable, joyful writing practice ⚡️Flexible goals that work for you ⚡️Smash said goals with SEVEN awesome workshops ⚡️Expert guidance and the best community Sign up now writershq.co.uk/write-november/

Name all the WHQers in their Halloween get-up and win an extra gold star ⭐️🦇

It's that time! Got the newsletter? Read the newsletter? Fire under butt duly lit? Wang us your gif right here!

Yes you are. Also come spend November writing with us <marketing jazz hands> writershq.co.uk/write-november/

Writing, tea, friends, joy. Bliss 😍 Let's do this one last time in 2025... Birmingham, 26 Oct & 16 Nov Bradford, 2 Nov Brighton, 1 Nov & 22 Nov Chichester, 9 Nov Edinburgh, 9 Nov Leeds, 8 Nov Walthamstow, 15 Nov SOLD OUT Book now writershq.co.uk/creative-wri...

The in-house 10 year old redesigned the Writers' HQ logo. Should we make it official? Disclaimer: We do not condone 10 year olds swearing in this manner. Follow up disclaimer: Although we do find it mildly amusing.

Read the newsletter? Sacred writing mantra on your forehead? Wang us yer gif!

Hey do you remember when Kathy tried to resign to focus on her PhD and we wouldn't let her... 😅

It's true. And you are doing a great fucking job. Yes you are. You've got this ✊

Unpopular opinion but you need to do what the image says... (And join the WHQ Guide to Productivity, which is FREE, because we like you. Yes we do. writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...)

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But what if the soft animal of my body loves thinking about writing more than it loves actually writing?

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Got the newsletter? Ready to say your writing matters? Send us your rage gif right here!

⏰ There’s still plenty o time to enter our £500 flash fiction contest! In assoc’ with @scrivenerapp.bsky.social 300 words Theme: “a lie” Head of judgery the amazing @fictionalsarah.SubStack.com from @writershq.bsky.social £4 entry fee Deadline midday Fri Oct 24 Info here: failingwriterspodcast.com

Sad about the demise of NaNoWriMo? Do not be afeared! Like most other writing orgs, we've jumped into the vacuum and created our own November writerly thing: Write November. Join us for 30 days of non-stop writerly joy. Complete with a no AI guarantee! writershq.co.uk/write-november/

Why are we like this tho

Looking to get your words into the world but completely overwhelmed by a billionty-hundred-squundred competitions and submission listings? WELL LOOK NO FURTHER. We have distilled a whole bunch of literary opportunities for your glorious self. writershq.co.uk/5-competitio...

Hey hey newsletter peeps. It's time for your gif-based check in. Read it? Got it? Send us your socks!

October means two things: 1. 👻 2. Only two more real life writing retreats left in 2025 PLUS! A workshop on dealing with rejection and the Flash Face Off Halloween Special with the mysterious Madame Morte. Click here for writerly events of joy and wonder: writershq.co.uk/events-calen...

Just for clarity: you won't win 500 of Sarah's knickers.

You are smashing this, baby! Pick your writerly gold star for the end of September and share your writerly wins and writerly woes. #goldstar #amwriting #writingcommunity #wevegotthis #writingmotivation

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Come be judged by @fictionalsarah.substack.com (over and above her usual, daily judging practice)

It's newsletter day! Have you got it? Have you read it? Are you motherfucken zen, bitches? Wang us your finest gif right in this very place. (And if you're a newb get yourself signed up right here for weekly writing pep and prompts writershq.co.uk/flash-face-o...)

Your writing will never be enough. You will always feel doubt. You will always think it’s not good enough. You will always worry. So fuck it... If you feel that way whether you write or not, you might as well write. (Also do this: writershq.co.uk/flash-face-o...)

Just FYI, Writers’ HQ is anti-fascist, pro-immigrant, anti-genocide, well queer, and neurodivergent as fuck. Everyone is welcome here (unless you're an arsehole).

It's the last full week of the Writing as Resistance Festival and we have A THOUSAND BLUNDRED BILLION EVENTS and you should come to them all. (But also they're all recorded if you can't make them all because it's a lot...) 🧵

Swamp goblin here we come!

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It's newsletter day, writertrons! Have you ascended? Are you levitating at the gloriousness of your own words? Or are you trudging through the shit slog trying to find the magic? Either way, wang us your gif right here.

Guys something weird is going on. @kathyhoyle.bsky.social not only has SLIDES for her workshop tonight but she's sent them to us AHEAD OF TIME. What in the worldy world world is this timeline?!

Join our tried and tested method to explode yourself out of your writing rut. Fuck yeah! writershq.co.uk/flash-face-o...

writershq.co.uk/whq-event/st... I’m running a workshop on subverting stereotypical working-class tropes over @writershq.bsky.social this Thursday (18th September) - come and join me!

By popular demand... #amwriting #bingo #writingadvice #shortstories #shortfiction #writingcommunity

This week! Mon 15: Write Along with Mara Livermore & Making The Personal Political with @leoneross.bsky.social Tues 16: Unpacking Heritage: Reflecting on Identity and Privilege with Tunji Offeyi ⬇️

It's newsletter day! Got it? Read it? Finding your balance? Drop your gif right here...

Stories have always been dangerous. That's why the bad guys are so keen on banning books. Come explore writing as radical, rebellious and dangerous with us at the Writing as Resistance Festival. writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...

Coming up this week! TONIGHT! Comedy as Resistance with @judepickledplum.bsky.social Thu 11: Prophetic Writing: Near Future Speculative Fiction as Resistance with @sagetyrtle.bsky.social Fri 12: Inspiring new writing with European art and culture with Beth Daily from @europeana.bsky.social

All the best writers never consider the nature of humanity and all that entails. And that's true all the way back to Plato, who was famously completely apolitical.

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Want to write? We gotcha, with a thousand million blundred writing events throughout September designed to crack the concrete of your writers block and get the words pouring from you like nine trillion gallons of water escaping the Hoover Dam. writershq.co.uk/events