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March 11, 2025March 11, 2025News

Meet our new team members!

Black text on a light blue background with an upper border of confetti. Photos of Sumayya Usmani and Layne Whittaker. Text: Meet our new team members!

Announcing new additions to the SBWN team!

February 28, 2025March 19, 2025Blog, News, Past Opportunities

Call for Blog Pitches! – for April-June 2025

Clip art of people of colour using laptops and writing. Text: Call For Blog Pitches. Deadline: 14 March 2025. For Black writers & writers of colour in/from Scotland.

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

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024News

We Keep Each Other Safe

We need to keep each other safe. We ask everyone to be vigilant, look out for each other, check in with neighbours and turn up to counter protests and support initiatives where you can.

May 17, 2024May 18, 2024News

Space to Thrive Programme SBWN Announcement

SBWN is extremely honoured to have been awarded Creative Scotland funding for their Space to Thrive programme.

December 11, 2023December 10, 2023News

Change is coming to SBWN!

The way we run the Scottish BPOC Writers Network is undergoing some significant – and positive! – changes.

October 31, 2023November 8, 2023Blog, News

SBWN and EDI Scotland Publish Literary Sector Survey Results 2022

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?"

Scottish BPOC Writers Network and EDI Scotland publish literary sector survey results on the perceptions and experiences of Black and PoC writers in and from Scotland.

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022News

Perceptions and Experiences of Black Writers and Writers of Colour in Scotland’s Literary Sector – 2022 Survey

Images: clip art of three dark-skinned women in hijabs hugging, two men with different skin tones embracing, a dark-skinned man and woman with two children, and a medium-brown-skinned person in a wheelchair. Text: Scottish BPOC Network Survey 2022. Perceptions and experiences of Black writers and writers of colour in Scotland's literary sector. bit.ly/SBWNsurvey2022. Deadline: 13 November 2022.

Our annual survey, co-produced with EDI Scotland and Simranjit Kaur Sahota, which seeks to capture the experiences of BPOC in Scotland’s literary sector.

October 10, 2022December 1, 2022News, Past Events

SBWN Community at Push the Boat Out – 4th-6th November 2022

Photo of a microphone against a dark blue and purple background. Text: SBWN Community at Push the Boat Out Poetry Festival. 4th-6th November. Summerhall, Edinburgh.

Where to find our writers at the Push the Boat Out poetry festival.

October 1, 2022October 28, 2022News, Past Events

Metaphors For A Black Future – Glasgow, 22nd Oct 2022

Abstract illustrations of Black people and cream text on black reads 'Metaphors for a Black Future with Irenosen Okojie, 22 Oct 2022, Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD

Metaphors For A Black Future will be an in-person, day event at the CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. It includes a speculative writing workshop with Irenosen Okojie, induction to the Publication Studio (optional), beverages, light refreshments, snacks and one meal (dinner), and space and time to meet and connect with Black writers/artists/creatives based in Scotland.

August 8, 2022October 1, 2022News, Past Events