In January 2021, CBC launched a major, rolling programme of free opportunities for talented under-represented writers, funded by Curtis Brown Group, its agents and valued partners.
Below are the free opportunities for writers that have taken place since we launched the programme.
2021
- An intensive five-day online Novel-Writing Course for 15 Black Writers.
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 Black writers, which began in March 2021.
- Four sponsored scholarships, providing fully funded places on our selective-entry writing courses.
- An intensive five-day online Novel-Writing Course for 15 writers with Low Income.
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 writers with Low Income, which began in May 2021.
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 talented disabled writers which began October 2021.
2022
- An intensive two-week online Novel-Writing Course for 8 Writers of Colour.
- Nine sponsored scholarships, providing fully funded places on our selective-entry writing courses. This includes brand new scholarships for places on our Crime & Thriller, Memoir and TV Drama courses.
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 Writers of Low Income, which began February 2022 .
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 Writers who identified as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, which began in July 2022.
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 talented disabled writers which began November 2022.
2023
- Six sponsored scholarships, providing fully funded places on our selective-entry writing courses. These scholarships include places on our Writing YA & Children's fiction and TV Drama courses.
- A nine-month Mentoring Programme for 5 talented Black Women writers, in partnership with Black Ballad, which began May 2023.
- A nine-month Mentoring package in partnership with Creative Futures, which began September 2023.
