It’s HERE! Tickets are now on sale for Megaphone’s first ever IN PERSON writing conference: A THOUSAND STORIES. This is an opportunity for people of colour with an interest in writing for children or teenagers to come together, hear from professionals and connect with other writers. Attendee tickets are limited to 35 in this first year and are selling fast. Check the website for full details and the programme: https://megaphonewrite.com/a-thousand-stories/
The conference is in central Birmingham on Saturday July 11th and thanks to sponsorship from ALCS and support from volunteers, the tickets are just £10. This includes lunch and refreshments. To make it fully accessible, we can also offer a pay-as-you-can option, contact us if this is relevant to you.
- Serena Patel on going from unpublished to a bestseller in children’s literature
- Megaphone debuts Abena Eyeson and Mayo Agard-Olubo on their experience of publishing, Kereen Getten and GM Linton on creating writing for contemporary children that’s inspired by childhood and heritage
- Literary agents Safae El-Ouahabi (RCW Literary Agency) and Louise Lamont (LBA Literary Agency) on going beyond the first draft to editing, polishing and selling your book.
- WRITING COMPETITION: Stephanie and Leila are offering editorial feedback to ticket-holders who send in up to 2,000 words of their writing for children by May 31st. There will be a prize for our favourite piece of writing, which we will award on the day.
BUY TICKETS: The webpage is now live on the website, where you can see all the information and programme: https://megaphonewrite.com/a-thousand-stories/ You can click through from there to the Ticket Tailor site to buy tickets.
THANK YOU! Special thanks to the Birmingham-based volunteers who’ve helped so far – Michelle Wales, Ayesha Khan, Charlotte Bailey – and to Reyhana Ismail who has designed the wonderful logo, and of course to ALCS whose funding has made this possible and to Stephanie King!
ALCS is a not-for-profit organisation started by writers for the benefit of all types of writers. Owned by its members, ALCS collects money due for secondary uses of writers’ work. It is designed to support authors and their creativity; ensure they receive fair payment and see their rights are respected. It promotes and teaches the principles of copyright and campaigns for a fair deal for writers. It represents over 130,000 members, and since 1977 has paid over £750 million to writers.