Freelance Writing Jobs: the monthly round-up

All the upcoming deadlines you need to know about.

Hello! How are you doing today? I’m trying to get back on schedule again, working for at least two hours a day on my novel. Regular readers will know that I’ve been here before. It is much harder to keep momentum going after the initial burst of excitement has worn off (my gym membership tells a similar story).

I’m at the stage where the words need to get on the page, but rather than enormous word targets, I’m just aiming for consistency. Sometimes showing up is all we can ask of ourselves and that’s enough.

This month’s round-up is a particularly great issue for under-represented writers and features nearly 30 opportunities, from Québec to the west coast of Scotland. I hope it brings you something wonderful.

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Closing before the end of March (last day to apply after the link):

• Final reminder for this one as it’s a goodie: entries for the Fitzcarraldo Editions essay prize close at midnight tonight. (17th, eeek, that’s today!)
  
  

• The Curtis Brown breakthrough scholarship for screenwriters of colour also closes at midnight. (17th, be quick!)
  
  

• Previously published authors, there’s still time to submit a story to the BBC Short Story Award. (18th)
  
  

• The Good Agency is open to submissions from under-represented writers. (21st)
  
  

• Outspoken’s emerging poets developement scheme is open for submissions for a few more days. (22nd)
  
  

• Literary agency Green & Heaton’s mentoring project Greene Door is still open for applications from unagented writers from under-represented backgrounds. (22nd)