Write On! magazine Issue 6

 

Guest post from Madeleine White, Editor of Write On!

An exclusive interview with global fantasy icon Ben Aaronovitch sits at the centre of the Write On! Bumper edition, out 28th October in print and online.

We are delighted that Issue Six will see us moving into print again. Based on writing and artwork drawn from Write On! Extra Season Two, it is themed ‘A Kaleidoscope Of Colours’ and forms part of a 48 page ‘Bumper Print Magazine’ that includes issues Four and Five.

Write On! Extra, the online daily digest, was launched in early April. It has been a vehicle that has allowed writers from the local community to share experiences, encouraging other writers to reciprocate with their own. Issue Six draws from the voices that have turned Write On! Extra, our digital daily digest for these unprecedented times, into a must-read for thousands of users from Barking and Dagenham, the UK and 120 other countries across the world.

 

Our new Write On! Extra season starts on 1st November. Themed around ’Hope’, we will continue to publish four features a week. Regulars will be ‘The Showcase’, on Wednesday, ‘Features ‘on Friday and the ‘Interviews’ on Sundays. Additionally, one of ‘Monday Moments’, ‘Tuesday Thoughts’, ‘Thursday Connectors’ and ‘Saturday Spotlight’ will feature on a weekly basis. We are also launching ‘Writer Of The Month’ from November, kicking off with local poet and historical fiction writer Pasty Middleton on 25th of November. 

Published end of January 2021, Write On! Seven will be in its pre-COVID format, with regulars including ‘Spotlight’ and ‘The Big Debate’ returning to their normal spots. It will be the culmination of our ‘Hope’ theme and Mark Haddon – the Whitbread, Dolly Gray Children's Literature, Guardian and Commonwealth Writers Prize – award-winner is featuring as our lead interview and cover star. 

 

We welcome contributions, treasuring new writing and ideas. We also welcome partnership discussions with organisations wishing to contribute, so the voices of their beneficiaries and teams can be heard:

 

If you have something to share, please do get in touch at: pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk  

To advertise online or in the next issue please see: Our Media Pack

For further details around Write On! Extra, please see: The Editor’s Introduction.

To see our Website: pentoprint.org

 

If you would like to have a discussion around how we might be able to work together, joining organisations such as the Wilbur and niso Smith Foundation,Writers and Artists' Yearbook and Penguin's Write Now, please do get in touch!

Best wishes

Madeleine

 

Madeleine White, Editor

Write On! Magazine

madeleinefwhite@hotmail.com

07904 835188

Website: Pen to Print   

Guest Post: Introducing Write On! Extra

Introducing Write On! Extra: daily posts for unprecedented times

by Madeleine White, Editor, Write On! magazine

Hello, I’m Madeleine and I’m the editor of Write On! magazine, a quarterly magazine published by Pen to Print. When we introduced Write On! nearly a year ago we did so based on the following ideas and ideals:

“Publishing lies at an intersection of entertainment, information and education and is the method by which we record our culture. Our culture is shifting and diverse communities such as the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, supported by the Arts Council under the Project Banner Pen to Print, are creating structures that ensure everybody can participate. “

Sadly we will not be printing Issue 4 of Write On!, as all the distribution points, including libraries, are shut down. However, you will still be able to flick through the pages online from the 2nd April. Alongside this though, our team of volunteer writers and editors will be working with you, our loyal readers and contributors, to extend the reach of the printed magazine into a daily online digest – Write On! Extra. We are aiming to bring people together to share their experience strength and hope, as well as having a bit of a laugh!

Kick-off is next week (week commencing 30th March) and our initial plans are for Write On! Extra to be a one month pilot. We are hoping to extend this beyond the crisis though. For those of you who had been looking forward to your printed editions, we are aiming to publish a bumper edition in June, comprising issues 4 and 5.

Write On! Extra extends the current weekly offering of showcased creative writing, features and interviews on our website into a comprehensive daily schedule which everyone is invited to participate in, whether as readers or contributors. We are happy to accept video or spoken extracts/ snapshots as well as written pieces.

Monday Memoirs – Stories and experiences from the past to inform our future.

Thoughtful Tuesdays – Thought for the day, mindfulness, inspiration, quotes and spiritual ideas shared to create leadership and hope to see us through the week.

Write On! Showcase – This creative writing showcase will include poetry, short stories, flash fiction and book extracts, all reflecting the weekly theme.

Thursday Connectors – How is your country/community coping with the crisis? Everyone and everywhere has different experiences and different ways of dealing with what is happening. Here we pull these together in one place.

Write On! Features – Essays, opinions and features. In Write On! Extra the subject matter  will be extended beyond the current focus of publishing and writing to include content from different sources that are relevant to our times.

Saturday Spotlight – Books are still being launched at the moment, with many publishers too committed to pull back now. Spotlight will therefore shout out a book launch a week as well as a roundup of releases, with social media activity being used to showcase the post as well as inviting other launch tags.

Write On! Interviews– This section usually features writers, publishers, editors and agents. In Write On! Extra this Sunday profile opportunity will also be extended to council and front-line staff, creative project leads and Arts Council England representatives as well as local organisations.

All will be aligned to a weekly topic. Illustrated below, these month’s themes will be starting from next week (WC 30th March),

From Head in the Clouds to Feet on the Ground – making sense of it all.

We Need You!– coming together for a purpose, how and why.

Then and Now– what is was like, what it is now, how are we going to describe this to our grandchildren when its all over. What are the core lessons that we’ve learned the core values.

Keep Calm and…..?-  what are we learning, how can we use what is happening to renew our way of life in order to grow into a better, stronger community.

Submissions should be no longer than 2000 words and if possible, fit the weekly themes. Please submit any images you have permission to use and that illustrate your work. Write On! Extra will also happy to accept video or audio content. Please also include contact details and any relevant social media IDs, such as Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Submit via pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk, adding in the day you are submitting for in the subject line of your Email. Further guidance can be found on the themed pages. All submissions are subject to Pen to Print terms and conditions. 

Our culture is shifting at the moment. The worlds we create do therefore not just serve us. Make a difference to your community from your own four walls and get creating and writing.

We invite local people get in touch. We also welcome partnership discussions for organisations wishing to contribute, so the voices of their beneficiaries and teams can be heard. Details will be published on pentoprint.org.