Opportunities Archives - Scottish BPOC Writers Network

August 28, 2026August 28, 2026Blog, Events, Opportunities

Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Workshops with Hannah Lavery – Autumn Term 2026

Multicoloured text on a dark brownish red background with photo of Hannah Lavery. Text: Writers of Colour Poetry Writing Group with Hannah Lavery. Online + in person - Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. September 10th. October 8th. November 12th. December 10th. 2026. All workshops 12pm - 1:30pm. Suggested donation £40-£80 (£10-£20 per workshop). Access: free tickets, captions + Travel, data & carer bursaries. Scottish BPOC Writers Network and IASH logos in top left corner.

Join us from September-December 2026 for our Writers of Colour poetry writing group!

August 25, 2026September 1, 2026Blog, Events, Opportunities

SBWN Professional Development Day – 30 October

Join us for a professional development day event in-person and online to help writers develop their skills and more.

June 29, 2026June 29, 2026News, Opportunities

Submission Call for Emerging Writers & Critics for Books from Scotland

White text on a background image of a notepad with handwriting on the page. There are SBWN and Books from Scotland logos on the top right. Text: SBWN x Books from Scotland. Open Call for Emerging Writers & Critics. Open to Black writers and writers of colour in or from Scotland. Deadline: Rolling.

We’re partnering with Books from Scotland to commission SBWN members emerging writers for review and feature writing on Scottish books for their website.

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 29, 2023June 29, 2023Opportunities

Floris Books x SBWN – Children’s Book Submissions

We are thrilled to announce our new collaboration with Sally Polson and Floris Books! Sally is the Editorial Director at Floris Books and submissions of children’s books are now open to Scottish BAME Writers Network members!