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The £2,000 Tony Lothian Prize supports uncommissioned first-time writers working on a biography. The deadline for entries is 31 July 2013. Entry fee: £15 (cheques payable to the Biographers’ Club).

Time to Change is a Mental Health Awareness Association offering full and free advice to writers in all mediums of print, screen and radio to encourage accurate representations of mental health issues. For further information  click here

Now in its third year, the Writers-in-Residence scheme at Gladstone’s Library is going from strength to strength. Following the tremendous success of the last two years, the Library is looking for four writers to take up residence in 2014, following in the footsteps of the 2013 winners: Sarah Perry, Richard Beard, Peter Jukes, Vanessa Gebbie, Katrina Naomi and Angela Topping.

DreamWriters is a new group for writers which will meet upstairs at The Lewes Arms once a week for 10 weeks. The aim is to support each other in producing a piece of writing for publication, with visiting authors, publishers, editors and agents offering advice along the way. Think Weightwatchers with pens.