Literary Lancashire Award 2019
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The Literary Lancashire Award is a new and exciting award run in partnership with student media societies at Lancaster University, including SCAN and Bailrigg FM, alongside the Department of English Literature & Creative Writing.
Our team will visit local schools and host creative writing workshops to encourage young people to engage with writing, both on an amateur and professional level. We will also use this as an opportunity to promote our competition and to discuss creative writing as a degree and career option for people of all backgrounds.
“We wanted to create an award that celebrated creative writing at our university. It was about giving young writers, like ourselves, an accessible competition to help build some accolades for the CV, with a little bit of prize money on the side. However, very early in the planning process, we realised that an opportunity like this shouldn’t just be given to an insular university community, but a wider one.
The Literary Lancashire Award is about celebrating young writers and celebrating the importance of creative writing. Lancashire is a wonderfully beautiful and diverse place, tucked away in the Northern reaches of the country. We want to see something of this inspiration and potential in the writing we receive.
We are asking for any help you’d be willing to give us. We are not a registered charity or official organisation; we’re just a group of students wanting to give something back to the community, using the skills we’ve gained in our education to introduce young people to a creative sector we’ve learnt to love.”
- Lara Orriss and Ruth Walbank
The Literary Lancashire Award is led by a committee including Lara Orriss, Ruth Walbank, Alex George, Georgia Service, Andrew Williams, Isaac Rolfe, Katie Marrin, Connie Jordan-Turner, Lottie Ingham, Sruthi Chilukoti
For more information about the award, head to our website https://theliterarylancashireaward.weebly.com
Our team will visit local schools and host creative writing workshops to encourage young people to engage with writing, both on an amateur and professional level. We will also use this as an opportunity to promote our competition and to discuss creative writing as a degree and career option for people of all backgrounds.
“We wanted to create an award that celebrated creative writing at our university. It was about giving young writers, like ourselves, an accessible competition to help build some accolades for the CV, with a little bit of prize money on the side. However, very early in the planning process, we realised that an opportunity like this shouldn’t just be given to an insular university community, but a wider one.
The Literary Lancashire Award is about celebrating young writers and celebrating the importance of creative writing. Lancashire is a wonderfully beautiful and diverse place, tucked away in the Northern reaches of the country. We want to see something of this inspiration and potential in the writing we receive.
We are asking for any help you’d be willing to give us. We are not a registered charity or official organisation; we’re just a group of students wanting to give something back to the community, using the skills we’ve gained in our education to introduce young people to a creative sector we’ve learnt to love.”
- Lara Orriss and Ruth Walbank
The Literary Lancashire Award is led by a committee including Lara Orriss, Ruth Walbank, Alex George, Georgia Service, Andrew Williams, Isaac Rolfe, Katie Marrin, Connie Jordan-Turner, Lottie Ingham, Sruthi Chilukoti
For more information about the award, head to our website https://theliterarylancashireaward.weebly.com
Fundraising team: Literary Lancashire Award (2)
Ruth Walbank
Organizer
Raised £145 from 6 donations
England
Lara Orriss
Team member
Raised £35 from 2 donations
This team raised £2,767 from 6 other donations.
