Community Post Type: Callouts

Liverpool Hope University and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival are giving away £1,000 worth of prizes as part of a literary competition for aspiring writers.

Now in its second year, A Day in the Life is a short story and poetry competition open to anyone of Arab heritage living in Liverpool City Region.

Inspired by Liverpool Arab Arts Festival’s 2023 theme of storytelling, entrants are being invited to submit either a poem or short story which tell real or fictional stories inspired by their lives in Liverpool City Region.

Entries can be submitted in both written and video form and the closing date for submissions is 5pm, Friday 2 June 2023.

Following the success of last year’s competition, the 2023 instalment will be open to more people than ever after the entry requirements were expanded to include adults of all ages.

This year’s edition will be split into three categories:

1) Under 16 years old
2) 17-24 years old and
3) 25 years old and over

The top three in each bracket will each receive the following prizes: 1st: £150, 2nd: £100, 3rd: £75..

The competition will be judged by writers/poets from Liverpool Hope University and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, with the winners collecting their prize at the spectacular Family Day event on Sunday 16 July at Sefton Park Palm House.

Terms and Conditions

The competition is open to those living in the Liverpool City Region with Arab heritage.

Any video-based submissions must be either one minute in duration, or less.

Any written submissions must be of a maximum permitted 500 words in length. Entries can be submitted in either English and/or Arabic.

Submit your application through:

https://www.arabartsfestival.com/a-day-in-the-life-competition/

Please also include contact details for either yourself or your legal guardian.

For any questions regarding the competition, please email: admin@arabicartsfestival.co.uk

BlackFest have lots in store for their artists and community this year.

Their opportunities include:

• Pier Head Launch – Varied Disciplines
• Theatre performances – Commissions for national tour #BlackBoyJoyGone
• Rhythms Night – Music artists and DJ
• Spoken Word Poetry – 4 artists.
• Fashion – BlackFest FashionFest – BFF – Various roles
• Visual Arts – 4 spaces available for Gallery Exhibitions
• Celebration Night – Variety of performers, groups, community choirs and artists DJ
• Traders – Various opportunities
• Caterers – Various opportunities throughout the festival

To Apply:

Click here for more information on each opportunity

Please fill in an artist registration form here

Provide 250 words about yourself, your practice and examples of your work.

Provide 250 words why you would like to be a part of BlackFest 2023

Send all entries/applications to email:  festivalapplication@blackfest.co.uk

Applications close: 23^rd April 2023
Shortlisting: 24^th April 2023 – 25^th April 2023
Interviews: 26^th April 2023 – 28^th April 2023

Announcements will be made in July. You must be available for several dates in JULY 2023 where they will be doing individual and group headshots, which will include networking and collaboration with all festival artists involved. You must be available for training, peer to peer networking support August – September.

The Learning Foundry presents… YOUR OWN VISION for 16-24 year olds who are not in education, employment or training.

This is a chance to kickstart a career and play a part in welcoming Eurovision to our region! They’re putting young people at the heart of the action – in hospitality, stewarding, heritage, retail, catering and more.  Try out different sectors, find your passion and choose your path

The 12-week programme includes multiple work placements during Eurovision, work preparation and employability skills.

Tel: 0300 123 8088 or apply online: https://www.thelearningfoundry.co.uk/traineeships

The Liverpool Poetry Prize is returning for 2023, with a £1,000 star prize up for grabs.

Following their highly popular competition last year, 2023’s Liverpool Poetry Prize will celebrate neurodiversity.

Poetry unites us all, and whether you are writing from lived experience of neurodivergence or distilling your thoughts on a neurological condition, we want to hear from you!

Categories for the Liverpool Poetry Prize 2023

For 2023, the Liverpool Poetry Prize has two categories:

• UniVerse: open to anyone in the UK aged 18 or over, writing on any subject.
• NeurodiVerse: for a poem about a neurological condition, neurodiversity or neurodivergence.

They are pleased to announce that the ground-breaking Liverpool-born poet Brian Patten will be judging this year’s shortlisted poems.

Poems must be no longer than 40 lines, and you must be over 18 to enter (under 18s may enter with the written permission of their parent or guardian).

Entry costs £5, and the closing date is 12pm on March 31st, 2023. Entries received after the closing time will not be eligible. You are able to enter a maximum of one piece of work for each category.

To submit your piece of original poetry, please follow the instructions here. You can also attach your poem as a word document or PDF file.

WoW’s FREE 6-week writing development course for unemployed LCR Residents will be running multiple courses throughout the year at various locations across the Liverpool City Region.

Write to Work, has been hugely successful in connecting people with a creative community, getting published, finding work, going into education, or training.

This LCR Culture & Creativity Awards 2023 award-nominated course introduces a range of writing styles, workshops can include the chance to learn more about scriptwriting, memoir, prose, poetry, copy writing, fiction writing and writing for radio.

Participants will become part of a group meeting weekly in-person, working together to learn from brilliant writers and agents, who have often not followed traditional routes into the creative industry or writing themselves.

How to Apply

Next courses are in L8 starting at the end of March and @Bloom Building, Birkenhead starting in May!

To be eligible to apply you must be currently unemployed, eligible to live and work in the UK, live in the Liverpool City Region, be 18yrs+.

To Apply visit: https://writingonthewall.org.uk/projects/write-to-work-directions/

Or email write2work@writingonthewall.org.uk

The public is being invited to be part of a mass participation film for EuroFest, a series of cultural projects for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.

Mass Movement Director Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE with local choreographers Lisi Perry and Grace Goulding are inviting the public to be part of a mass participation film which films part of the cultural events surrounding Eurovision 2023. Individuals over 18 years old and community groups of all ages from 11 years old up are invited to apply.

The film will feature on Culture Liverpool’s online platforms to welcome people to Liverpool for Eurovision 2023. Mass Movement Director Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE has previously worked on events like the Commonwealth Youth Games Opening Ceremony in 2011, The London 2012 Olympic Games, the Rugby League World Cup Opening Ceremony in 2013, and the Queens Platinum Jubilee Pageant in 2022.

If as an Individual you are interested you can sign up here, and Groups can sign up here.

The deadline to sign up for Individuals is Monday 3rd April and the deadline to sign up for Groups is Monday 20th March.

To find out more, visit the Jeanefer Jean-Charles & Associates website.

Physical Fest are delighted to offer two bursaries to female identifying artists from the North West of England.

The bursary will offer a grant of £1500, mentoring support and a performance opportunity at the festival. To apply, please fill in the application form available on the link (below) by March 31st.

Physical Fest is an International physical theatre festival in Liverpool, run by Tmesis Theatre. This year’s festival runs from 29th June- 7th July.

https://www.tmesistheatre.com/physical-fest/femalebursary/

Intact are looking for an artist to develop and deliver a Eurovision themed community arts project with the residents of Ingol & Tanterton (Preston).

Starting Saturday May 13th and culminating in a live performance at SUMMER VISION, a free community event on June 24th.

Starting on Saturday May 13th as a Eurovision Final watch party, our artist/s will lead a series of creative workshops over 6 weeks, culminating in a live performance at SUMMER VISION, a free community event on Saturday June 24th.

They expect their artist/s to develop and deliver a schedule of creative activity, whether that be performance, visual art, dance, music etc. Residents as a result of attending these workshops will star in a performance/showcase at SUMMER VISION which you will facilitate and direct.

*Artists can apply for a commission of up to £5,000.*

Ingol & Tanterton sits in the 10% most deprived postcodes in the country. Our stats show an increasing demand for our services. People have multiple issues affecting their quality of life; many suffer from anxiety, depression and loneliness, with nothing to do and nowhere to go.

SUMMER VISION aims to build skills and confidence through creative practice, using Eurovision as a tool for celebrating diversity. Residents will have ownership and a platform to share their voice. In tumultuous times of economic hardship due to the cost of living crisis, SUMMER VISION aims to act as a positive indicator for looking forward as a community, building bridges, social cohesion, developing new transferrable skills regardless of age, background, disability or employment status.

To apply please submit a proposal (PDF Document or Video) that outlines:

Why you are interested in the commission

Project Plan: What you plan to deliver and how you believe it to meet the project’s
needs.

Three examples of past work/projects you think demonstrates how your practice fits
this brief.

How much you are applying for (no more than £5,000).

Supplementary Artist CV.

Deadline: 10am, 27th April.

Please email your proposal and CV to Rob Gregson robert.gregson@intact-preston.org.uk