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Category: Past Opportunities

September 3, 2026September 14, 2026Blog, Past Events, Past Opportunities

Bloody Scotland x SBWN – Ticket Giveaway 2026

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Bloody Scotland has partnered with SBWN to offer tickets to SBWN members who may otherwise be unable to attend.

July 2, 2026July 23, 2026Past Events, Past Opportunities

Sandra George Exhibition Writing Workshop with Hannah Lavery – 10 July 2026

Background image: a series of cameras against a gallery wall. Headshot photo of Hannah Lavery looking away from the the camera. There is a SBWN logo in the left upper corner of the graphic. Text: Sandra George Exhibition Writing Workshop. Fri 10 July.11-1pm, City Art Centre. For Black writers and writers of colour, in collaboration with City Art Centre. Writing workshop with Hannah Lavery.

Join poet and playwright Hannah Lavery on 10 July for a writing workshop inspired by the remarkable photography of Sandra George.

May 14, 2026June 2, 2026Past Events, Past Opportunities

SBWN x The Edinburgh Bookshop

SBWN x The Edinburgh Bookshop. Enter for a chance to win a free ticket to Eirinie Carson’s launch of her book, Bloodfire, Baby! 19 May 2026 | In Person | The Edinburgh Bookshop. Background image: A bookshelf in a bookshop. SBWN and The Edinburgh Bookshop logos are in the top left corner.

The Edinburgh Bookshop has partnered with SBWN to offer weekend passes to SBWN members who may otherwise be unable to attend.

May 5, 2026July 23, 2026Past Opportunities

We’re hiring a Digital & Social Media Assistant!

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We’re looking for a creative, bookish digital content creator to join the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) team!

May 5, 2026July 2, 2026Blog, News, Opportunities, Past Opportunities

We’re hiring new committee members!

A geometric, 90s-style banner with text reading: SBWN is hiring! Dark-skinned finger-pointing emojis point at the job titles 'Co-Director' and 'Digital & Social Media Assistant'. Text at the bottom of the image reads: Could you be our next team member?

We’re looking for a new Co-Director and a Digital & Social Media Assistant to join the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) team!

May 5, 2026July 23, 2026Past Opportunities

We’re hiring a Co-Director!

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We’re looking for an enthusiastic, creative Co-Director to join the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) team!

April 15, 2026April 28, 2026Past Opportunities

SBWN x Cymera 2026

CYMERA FESTIVAL x SBWN. Enter for a chance to win a weekend pass to Scotland's festival of science fiction, fantasy and horror writing! 5-7 JUNE 2026 | Online | In-person. Background image: A blue and white abstract painting. SBWN and Cymera logos are in the top left corner.

Cymera has partnered with SBWN to offer weekend passes to SBWN members who may otherwise be unable to attend.

January 28, 2026August 13, 2026Past Events, Past Opportunities

Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Group with Hannah Lavery – Feb-Jun 2026

Multicoloured text on a dark green background with photo of Hannah Lavery. Text: Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Group with Hannah Lavery. February - June 2026, online + in person - IASH, University of Edinburgh. February 12th · March 12th · April 23rd · May 14th · June 11th · 2026. All workshops 12pm - 1:30pm. Access: free tickets, captions + Travel, data & carer bursaries. Scottish BPOC Writers Network and IASH logos in top left corner.

Join us from February-June 2026 for our Writers of Colour poetry writing group!

November 13, 2025November 27, 2025Blog, News, Past Opportunities

Call for Blog Pitches! – for December 2025-February 2026

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Upcoming paid opportunities for writers of colour in Scotland to contribute to our blog!

October 24, 2025November 28, 2025Past Opportunities

Call for Consultations

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Have your say in helping us build creative programming that builds justice-focused and greener futures in Edinburgh!

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Featured Events + Opportunities

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Sandra George Exhibition Writing Workshop with Hannah Lavery - 10 July 2026

Floris Books x SBWN: Children's Book Submissions

On Demand

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Telling Tales: Tradition/Transition - a new audio series

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Creative Balance Commissions: SBWN x WAHS

Text: Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia. An Audio Interview Series. A series exploring liberatory futures through fiction featuring writers Zoe Lorimer, Arianne Maki and Chris Lau Manson. Listen on demand. There is a SBWN and Book Week Scotland logo. Image: background photo of space.

Futures and Freedom: Writing Hope in a Dystopia – Book Week Scotland 2024

Author photos of our co-facilitators. Top row: Vahni (Anthony Ezekiel) Capildeo, Samaneh Moafi, Nina Mingya Powles. Bottom row: Amanda Thomson, Churnjeet Mahn

Our Time Is A Garden Series

Scottish BPOC Writers Network Survey Report 2022. Perceptions and experiences of writers of colour in Scotland's literary sector. "What are we, as a sector, doing to support and inspire current and future generations of Scottish and Scotland-based Black and POC writers?"

SBWN and EDI Scotland Publish Literary Sector Survey Results 2022

Photo of a Middle Eastern woman with a multicoloured headwrap and a long-sleeved black top standing against a fence, looking to the right. Text: SBWN Networking Conference 2021: Staying Connected. Keynote: Leila Aboulela. introduced by Jeda Pearl Lewis. Captions by Collective Text (Sarya Wu, Bea Webster, Emilia Beatriz, Camara Taylor, Nicole O'Reilly)

2021 Networking Conference: Keynote - Leila Aboulela – Watch on our YouTube channel

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2021 Networking Conference: Closing Reading - Andrés N. Ordorica – Watch on our YouTube channel

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Afrofuturism: Present Realities, Possible Futures – Watch online

Anthologies

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2022 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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2021 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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Metaphors for a Black Future Zine

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2020 Mixtape: Writers of Colour

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