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Burnley ViewPoint is a community-led magazine and online platform dedicated to sharing the stories, voices and experiences that shape our town. Managed by Burnley Words Festival and supported by a team of volunteer editors, the project has spent the last two years...
Call Out: Men’s Mental Health – Spoken Word & Written Work
As part of Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, Burnley Words Festival is hosting a special evening of film, performance and spoken word at Down Town on Thursday 18th June, 7pm. We’re inviting local writers and creatives to share original work as part of a curated...
Call For Submissions: Your Favourite Book
We’re inviting poetry and creative writing submissions inspired by a book that is meaningful to you. This could be a piece that responds directly to the book, is inspired by its themes or writing style, or creatively reimagines a character, moment, or idea from the...
Call for Submissions: Rhode Island x Burnley Words Festival x Culture Burnley
Why Not Burnley? and A Moment to Yourself Deadline: 9am, Monday 12th January 2026Free to enter We’re inviting writers of all ages from Burnley and the surrounding areas to take part in a new creative project celebrating local voices, everyday creativity, and the...
Writing The Mill – Local Writer Call Out
The Queen Street Mill Young Creatives and The Burnley Mechanics Front Room Promoters are working with Burnley Words Festival to create an exhibition of local writers' work, inspired by the Mill and Burnley’s industrial heritage and the surrounding landscape. We are...
Submissions open for The Burnley ViewPoint – Online and In Print
Spring/Summer - Online To Celebrate Burnley Words Festival and the ‘Wordy Weekend’ (14th - 18th May) The Burnley ViewPoint are looking for submissions to the online Spring/Summer edition around the theme of ‘Things That Shape Our World.’ We want to hear about the...
Burnley Words Festival 2025 – Call Out For Artists, Authors & Publishers
We are inviting proposals for Burnley Words Festival 2025, taking place 15th-18th May in Burnley Town Centre. The festival celebrates the power of storytelling in all its forms and welcomes contributions from writers, artists, publishers, and performers whose work...
Call for Submissions: The Burnley View Point – First Edition – Warmth and Winter (Festivities)
With great thanks to Burnley Words Festival and SPF funding from Burnley Borough Council and BPRCVS, and with support and guidance from Mag North, we are thrilled to announce that The Burnley View Point, a brand new online magazine, celebrating Burnley voices &...
Local Writers Stage Call Out
On Friday 30th June, 7.30pm, we're putting an event together dedicated to local writers! This is an open call for anyone in the Burnley area, who considers themselves to be a writer, to share some of your work with us. Depending on demand everyone will be allocated a...
Are You Listening John Cooper Clarke? by Kathryn Halton – Find out more about our new Shop Wrap and the writer behind it
If you've popped into town this week, you might have noticed our new sign. It's a pretty good size, we thought about going bigger, but decided that would be too much! Back in December last year, we put out our first #NowListenEre call out, for local writers to submit...
Workshop Leaders – Call Out
Over the next couple of years, Culturapedia, (the arts organisation behind the Burnley Words Festival) has amassed a myriad of opportunities for artists to deliver a range of drop-in and one-off workshops. These might be part of our Blackburn and Darwen Markets...
Now Listen ‘Ere – Local Writers Call Out no. 1
In the run up to Burnley Words Festival 2023, we will have a number of commissions, call outs and opportunities for local writers to share, and exhibit their work in a variety of ways. These ‘showings’ may be in print or in person, and will be under the banner of ‘Now...
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