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Neurodivergent Writing Workshops

Deadline: 22/06/2020

Venue: Zoom (online workshops)  |  City: Zoom online  |  Region: London  |  Country: United Kingdom  |  Elinor Rowlands

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Honour your truth & deepen your writing practice by connecting with the Neurodivergent creative process. Join Magical Women's ND writing workshops in relaxed spaces where you'll have time to focus on your writing practice and learn ND writing skills to discover exciting new ways of journeying and writing.

Making Space for Neurodivergent Writing Workshops: Learn how to let the words flow through you like rain.

Neurodivergent stands for: dyslexia/dyslexic, dyspraxia, dyspraxic, ADHD/ADD, ASD/autistic and other SpLD and Neurodivergent traits.

Magical Women is a group of neurodivergent women artists, creating empowering and relaxed spaces designed to remove the risk found in neurotypical and mainstream environments. 

Our new series of Neurodivergent Writing Workshops will journey you to new and unique ways of being, seeing and doing using neurodivergent techniques in relaxed and transformative ways.

If you find it difficult to access spaces, struggle with social communication and interaction, feel isolated or are experiencing writer’s block, we invite you to join us!

You do not have to have a formal diagnosis of any of the neurodivergent traits but we encourage those who identify as neurodivergent or who identify with the description to apply. In addition to four weekly workshops, participants will have the opportunity to perform their work to audiences in relaxed Open Mic events.

Magical Women's online writing programme takes place 1st - 22nd July 2020 (Wednesdays at 7:00pm - 9:00pm). Spaces are limited, and will be allocated based on your writing and the application form below (please link us to 3 examples of your writing to us). If you are successful, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to purchase your ticket.

Costs

£35 for the total of 4 writing workshops (£8.75 per workshop). We also offer scholarships but only to those on low income or who are unemployed.

Materials for workshops: Zoom (downloaded) and writing materials (pens, pencils, paper)

Writers will have the opportunity to perform in an Open Mic event and will also have the opportunity to publish their work in Magical Women's literary and arts magazine. (Both these opportunities are optional for writing workshop participants).

Deadline for applications is Monday 22nd June, Midnight.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We write uncensored and topics might come up relating to being neurodivergent that needs to be honoured and held, not judged or looked at with suspicion.

 

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Who is eligible for this opportunity?
This opportunity is open to Neurodivergent and/or Survivor female writers and artists who are looking for more experimental and accessible ways into their practice. You do not need a formal dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism or ADHD/ADD diagnosis but we need writers to understand that these workshops are led by a Neurodivergent female artist/writer in a relaxed space. We write uncensored and topics might come up relating to being neurodivergent that needs to be honoured and held and not judged or looked at with suspicion. In this space your experience is your truth and we honour that.
When is the deadline?
Monday, 22nd June, Midnight.
How many works can I submit?
3 pieces of writing (approx 800 words maximum), any examples are welcome from poetry, prose, novellas, stories or even more academic writing or artistic texts. We want to hear your voice the way you express yourself through writing.
When is the delivery date?
First Workshop is on 1st July, Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00pm
Second Workshop is on 8th July, Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00pm
Third Workshop is on 15th July, Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00pm
Final Workshop is on 22nd July, Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00pm

You will receive information and a schedule on the workshops 3 days before the first date.
Where do the workshops take place and how much do they cost?
£35 for the total of 4 writing workshops (works out to £8.75 per workshop)

We do offer scholarships but only to those on low income or who are unemployed. If this is you there is a section on the form for you to answer.

Online (Zoom). Participants will need to download Zoom and the workshops will be delivered online.
Are there any opportunities for the writers to perform or publish their work after the workshops?
Yes! Writers will have the opportunity to perform in an Open Mic event and will also have the opportunity to publish their work in Magical Women's literary and arts magazine. (Both these opportunities are optional for writing workshop participants).
What materials do I need?
Writing materials such as pens, pencils, paper, notepad etc and we also encourage some art materials if you have any as these are expressive workshops but art materials are not necessary if you do not have them.
What happens if my application is chosen?
You will be sent a link to pay the small fee and then you will be sent a confirmation of your place.
We will send a schedule and information in a little more depth about what to expect at least 3 days before the first workshop.
What kind of participants/writers are you looking for?
We are seeking to hear from neurodivergent female writers who might have experienced exclusion, discrimination or feel they do not have a space of belonging to focus on or explore their writing.

We are also looking for writers who write outside the margins, who explore, experiment and want to play. There will be some journeying and transformative awakenings in your practice.

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