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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!

August 1, 2025September 18, 2025Blog, Past Opportunities

Call for Pitches: Creative Balance – SBWN x WAHS

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SBWN and We Are Here Scotland are seeking pitches exploring what constitutes nurturing, safe, and generative creative spaces for BPOC individuals.

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

Call for Blog Pitches! – for April-June 2025

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

June 25, 2024August 5, 2024Past Events, Past Opportunities

Call for Blog Pitches! – for August – October 2024

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

August 1, 2023August 23, 2023Past Opportunities

Open Call for Blog Pitches! – for September-December 2023

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

February 1, 2023February 23, 2023Past Opportunities

Open Call for Blog Pitches! – for February-May 2023

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

September 5, 2022September 22, 2022Past Opportunities

Open Call for Blog Pitches! – for September-December 2022

Image: a group of people of colour with different skin tones, hairstyles, and clothing reading against a yellow background. Text: Open Call: Blog Pitches. Deadline: 16 September 2022. For Black writers and writers of colour based in Scotland (or normally based in Scotland outside of COVID-19)

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

April 16, 2022May 19, 2022Past Opportunities

Open Call for Blog Pitches! – for May-August 2022

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

April 16, 2021July 20, 2021Past Opportunities

Open Call for Online Workshop and Blog pitches!

Take a look at these upcoming opportunities by SBWN for writers of colour in Scotland – to write a blog post or host your own workshop!

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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

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

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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

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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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