Calling all current students and alumni of City, University of London’s short creative writing courses, the deadline to submit to this term's City Writes is this Friday, 11th June. They’re looking for your best 1,000 words - fiction and narrative non fiction - to share the virtual stage with alumna, Alex Morrall, whose debut Helen and the Grandbees was published to great acclaim by Legend Press last year. Full submission details are here.

This term's online event with Alex Morrall is on Wednesday 7th July at 7pm. You can register for your ticket here.

City Writes was founded by our very own Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone and is a termly event showcasing the best of City's short courses creative writing talent. Winners of the competition get to share the stage with authors like Kiare Ladner, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Katherine Menon, Harriet Tyce and Deepa Anappara.

Winners of this term's competition will be announced in week 9. Find out how to submit here. Register for the event here. We’ll be going and hope to see some of you there!