The Good Egg Project events and opportunities round-up 🐣 March 9-April 12

Hi! Hello, and welcome to The Good Egg Project newsletter!

Here are the top links from our last prompt newsletter:

• The Glasgow Bell’s article on the last days of the CCA was a top contender for most clicked link, read the full piece by Calum Grewar on their website

• The closure of indie Scottish press Haunt Publishing in 2026 was also big news, read the story on The Bookseller website

• You can become a paying subscriber to access our last prompt newsletter, The Facts of Life, and build character backstories for your work-in-progress

If you’re an event organiser, host, or community member with something to shout about, please submit your listings with this Google Form and I’ll add them to the newsletter across the month

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It’s happening! We’re finally back, eggs!

Come join me and the Good Eggs at Lost in Leith on Tuesday, March 31, for our first Coop of 2026.

After an unexpected hiatus at the start of the year, the Coop is back and better than ever. We’ll be at Lost in Leith with our friendly, hilarious, and curious community of writers, creative prompts to help you get words on paper, our book swap where you can find new inspiration, and as always some (optional) sharing time where you can get immediate feedback from an audience of your peers.

Our tickets are still pay-what-you-can with a recommended donation of £5 to support our community and events. If you can’t afford to pay, please message me and I’ll reserve a space for you, no questions asked, our events are an accessible space regardless of your income.

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On Monday, March 2, The Glasgow Bell reported ‘[a]nother arts centre in Glasgow is in peril, and this time a council-owned organisation is responsible.’

At risk are several organisations based at Glasgow arts hub Trongate 103. This news broke around a month after the unexpected closure of Glasgow’s CCA. The Bell reports the tenants have been told they have less than 28 days to get out after Glasgow City Council’s property company City Property issued a non-negotiable termination of their lease.

Glasgow Media Access Centre’s (GMAC) board chair, Mark Langdon, said charity GMAC was given a ultimatum by City Property to either sign up for a new lease with a rent hike four times its current rate or have their lease terminated.

You can read the full story on The Glasgow Bell website

A petition has been started on Change.org to ‘protect Glasgow’s cultural legacy, safeguard the arts community, and ensure creativity continues to flourish in [the] city’. The petition states:

‘The Arts Organisations at Trongate103 in Glasgow's city centre are facing closure due to their leases being terminated by City Property, following a massive and unsustainable rent increase. Trongate103 is one of the last visual arts venues remaining in the city, especially after the recent closure of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA). Losing it would be a devastating blow to Glasgow's vibrant cultural scene.

Glasgow has long been celebrated for its rich cultural and artistic heritage. The city is home to dozens of creatives, artists, and communities. Trongate103 has been at the heart of this, offering a space for art, creativity, and expression that has enlivened the city centre and contributed enormously to the local economy. With its closure, we risk obliterating Glasgow's creative cultural legacy.’

Sign the petition on Change.org

Scotland’s International Poetry Festival is back in St. Andrews from Friday, March 13, to Sunday, March 15.

The festival includes a wide range of poetry and spoken word this year, alongside workshops, exhibitions, talks, poetry film screenings, and shows.

Highlights include an artist talk with Natalia Bocian and Nazaret Ranea as the pair discuss their processes, contexts, and inspirations related to their ‘Powódź/Flood’ exhibition, Masterclasses with Anthony Joseph on the personal as universal and Terrance Hayes on reading to write and how the poet is never alone, a pop up and drop in with off-page vispo - Glasgow’s annual anthology and exhibition of visual poetry and the poetic visual, an open mic with Jim Carruth, and an online and in-person writing session with Fife Writes.

Browse the full programme and buy tickets on the Byre Theatre website

Community project, Muted Minds, has launched its Kickstarter to raise money for its first print anthology, one.

one is an experimental poetry anthology created across Muted Minds’ event cycles from 2021 to 2025. All work included in one was created through participatory creative practice with stand-alone workshops.

The anthology brings together poems that speak from lived experience, tracing personal shifts, shared encounters, and the language we have found to describe the times we are living in.

one is not only a book of poems. It is a documentation of how a group of different people over the years have been thinking, feeling and responding to the world around them through a safe space of equal voices, tracing the circle’s history so far.

Muted Minds founder and Good Egg community member Io says the sessions are driven by the ‘therapeutic purpose of language when shared equally and explored evenly by recording narratives of the present and hopes for the future.’

one promises to be a unique insight into the creative process and collaborative practice, showing how they can empower our realities and inspire us to tell collective stories.

You can support the one fundraiser on Kickstarter

Thanks so much to Io for sharing this with us! Follow Muted Minds on Instagram to stay up to date with the one fundraiser and their creative writing sessions.

There’s an abundance of events as the first signs of Spring begin to show, but I definitely have more to add over the course of the next five weeks. If you’ve got something you’d like to include in the newsletter updates, please use this Google Form to submit your listings.

Loanhead Women’s Writing Group
Monday, March 9, 7 pm, Loanhead Library, George Avenue, Loanhead

Join Kate Chambers and the Women’s Writing Group for a fun and inspiring Monday evening at Loanhead Library. Maybe you are looking for a new hobby, or want to share book recommendations, or have a writing project you need some time to finish?Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, this group is the perfect place to find your unique voice, share your ideas, and connect. The Women’s Writing Group strives to create a safe and supportive space for all women to explore their creativity through writing, have fun, and meet new people.

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International Women’s Day: Women of courage and endurance
Tuesday, March 10, 7 pm, Edinburgh Futures Institute, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

Scottish PEN invites you to celebrate International Women's Day with Scottish Gazan poet Nada Shawa, author of Indigenous Soul, Gaza and me, and students from the University of Edinburgh’s Creative Writing MSc who will present the work of imprisoned woman writers internationally and some of their own. The event will include work from Amanda Echanis (Philippines); Mahvash Sabet (Iran); Meral Şimşek (Turkey); Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Belarus) and Mikeas Sánchez Gómez (Mexico), and MSc students Eva Hays, Talitha Kaethler, Kim Cullen, Sonya Macdonald, and Natalie Penry.

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Young Writers Workshops Matilda Special
Thursday, March 12, 3.30 pm, McDonald Road Library, McDonald Road, Edinburgh

McDonald Road Library is welcoming the Edinburgh Playhouse and Royal Shakespeare Company for a special young writers workshop based on Roald Dahl’s Matilda and Matilda the Musical! This series of workshops for young people aged 10-14 will focus on playwriting.

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Henscratch Writers Group
Thursday, March 12, 4.30 pm, GMAC, Fifth Floor, Trongate 103, Glasgow

Join this friendly and informal writing group for women, trans, and nonbinary screenwriters and filmmakers in Glasgow. You are welcome to bring a project you are working on, or simply write and explore. The session opens with a prompt which you can respond to, or you can write freely. The first hour will consist of writing, then you’ll be split into pairs or small groups and share your work. These events are supported by GMAC and Girls in Film

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Open Book Creative Writing
Thursday, March 12, 7 pm, 4 Duncan Place, Leith, Edinburgh

Join LGBT Health and Wellbeing and Open Book for this free monthly creative writing sessions for LGBTQ+ people, 16+ in Edinburgh. You’ll be reading stories and poems aloud and using them to create your own writing in a gentle, guided session with Lead Reader, Jess Orr. No experience required! Just a willingness to have a go in a safe and affirmative setting. Jess will be there to greet you and lead the session.

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The haill clanjamfrie: What’s so braw aboot Scots
Friday, March 13, 6 pm, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street, Edinburgh

Join The Royal Society of Edinburgh for an evening celebration of Scots poetry and prose. Through live readings of poetry and prose, alongside open conversation, this RSE Investigates event explores Scots as a powerful tool for creative expression and social commentary. The RSE will be joined by writers Len Pennie, Chris McQueer, and Michael Pedersen, as they share readings from their work, plus reflections on how Scots shapes their writing and the stories they choose to tell. Expect moments of humour alongside conversations on grief, joy, and how language, place, and identity intersect.

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Creative Writing Workshop
Saturday, March 14, 10 am, The Art Project, Pitreavie Castle, Castle Drive, Fife

Head to Fife’s Pitreavie Castle for a morning of Creative Writing where you can unleash your imagination and hone your writing skills! Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, this workshop is perfect for anyone looking to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills in a welcoming and inclusive environment. No previous writing experience is necessary.

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Seaweed Cyanotypes & Nature Writing with Christina Riley
Saturday, March 14, 12.30 pm, St. Andrews Botanic Garden, Canongate, St. Andrews

Head to the St. Andrews Botanic Garden for an inspiring afternoon of creating seaweed cyanotypes with photographer Christina Riley, the founder of The Nature Library and author of the book Looking Down at the Stars. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to create your own seaweed cyanotypes using a photographic printing process first invented in 1842 by John Herschel. This technique gained prominence through Anna Atkins’ 1843 publication Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, a groundbreaking work in botanical documentation.

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Creative Writing Workshop - Memory
Saturday, March 14, 12.45 pm, Palacerigg Country Park Visitor Centre, Palacerigg Avenue, Cumbernauld

Join workshop leaders Dr. Craig Lamont and Amy Devlin for a fun and relaxed creative writing workshop focusing on memory. You’ll be transforming memories into poetry or prose in this welcoming and supportive setting. The session invites you to explore your creativity and gain inside knowledge of the Scottish publishing industry.

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Creative Writing Event
Saturday, March 14, 2 pm, Levels Cafe & Lounge, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Join Chris Wray for the Creative Writing Event where ideas flow and stories come alive in person! At this event each attendee is asked to bring a piece of writing to read out, the maximum is 2,000 words. It can be a poem, short story, section of a novel, piece of experimental non-fiction. After reading there will be a chance for other attendees to give feedback.

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The Writing Clique
Saturday, March 14, 2 pm, Shettleston Library, Wellshot Road, Glasgow

Welcome to the Writing Clique: the ultimate pit crew for your prose. Here, you’ll get sharp-eyed feedback, genius-level editing tips, and the kind of support that transforms decent writing into unforgettable storytelling. Writers need a community to help them strengthen a piece of writing by examining it from different angles - critiquing. From trimming the fluff to strengthening your voice, this community knows how to elevate every word.

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Creative Conversations: Maolios Caimbeul
Monday, March 16, 1 pm, University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Main Building, Glasgow

Scottish Gaelic Author Maoilios Caimbeul will be reading and in conversation about his work as part of the University of Glasgow’s Creative Conversations series. Caimbeul was born in Staffin, served with the Merchant Navy and then studied Celtic and History at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1976. He has taught Gaelic in schools in Gairloch and his native Skye, and published seven novels for young people in Gaelic as well as a novel for adults. He has also published eight collections of poetry, including a selected poems 1974–2006, Breac-a’-Mhuiltein in Scottish Gaelic with linear translations. You can also attend this talk on Zoom if you can’t make it in person.

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How to Read Minds: Aimee Cliff on the Art & Science of Empathy
Monday, March 16, 7 pm, Lighthouse Books, West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh

Lighthouse Books is welcoming Aimee Cliff to the bookshop to discuss her new book How to Read Minds. Drawing on the latest scientific research, her clinical experience, and interviews with a wide range of neurodivergent people, Cliff examines how empathy works in the brain and body, and lays out five pillars that allow anyone to practise empathy. Real empathy fights against constrictive stereotypes, and dares to imagine something new. This wise, humane and quietly life-changing book considers how to understand each other, how to care for and love each other, in a timeless examination of questions that affect us all.

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The Material Mill Open Comedy Writing Group
Monday, March 16, 7 pm, Blackfriars of Bell Street, Bell Street, Glasgow

Join The Humour Mill for an open comedy writing group to share ideas and meet other comedians. Go along to network, get feedback, make pals, write new jokes, and refine your material. Drop-ins are welcome across the evening. All are welcome - from brand new acts to seasoned pros and all styles of comedy.

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Creative Writing Workshop with Elizabeth Kostova: Guided walk and creative writing
Tuesday, March 17, 3 pm, Dunkeld Community Archive, The Cross, Dunkeld

Join Elizabeth Kostova on an inspirational guided walk around the historic Village of Dunkeld before heading to a creative writing session. Each session includes a free follow up session based within the Birnam Arts Centre one week later. Elizabeth Kostova is the author of three novels, The Historian, The Swan Thieves, and The Shadow Land, all of which involve the subject of historical research. The Dunkeld and Birnam Friends of Asheville are supporting during Elizabeth's stay and to the Asheville Sister Cities for Funding the writer in residence post which Elizabeth is filling, which is the first of its kind to take place in the area.

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Mind Yer Head Open Mic Night
Wednesday, March 18, 7 pm, Home Bar, Home Street, Edinburgh

Head to Edinburgh's Home Bar for the chance to share your creative work in front of other creatives in the industry. All kinds of work is welcome and encouraged to share. They want to hear songs, plays, poems, and anything your creative heart desires to share. Sign ups work on a first come first serve basis on the night so grab your tickets to ensure your slot or just come along to check out the talent.

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Sad Song Club
Wednesday, March 18, 7 pm, Sketchy Beats, Great Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh

Scottish women writers in children’s literature
Thursday, March 19, 5.30 pm, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Join the National Library of Scotland to discover the forgotten history of Scotland's women in children's literature. Excavate and explore the lives and works of these writers, from Catherine Sinclair’s critically acclaimed ‘Holiday House’ (1839) to the Shetland folk tales of Jessie Saxby. The National Library is welcoming speakers Lois Burke a British Academy Visiting Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Sarah Dunnigan Senior Lecturer in English and Scottish Literature at the University of Edinburgh, and Petra Johana Poncarová 2023-25 Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Scotland.

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The Poetry Experiment’s Third Birthday
Thursday, March 19, 7 pm, The Alchemy Experiment, Byres Road, Glasgow

Join host and poet Ross Wilcock for The Poetry Experiment’s third birthday celebrations. He’ll be joined by feature poets Dev McMath, Fiona Jane, James Williams, TJ, Kaci O’Meara, and Bliss Wilde. There’ll also be music and poetry from Hannah Doyle and Erin Goodall.

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Hearth Fire Sessions
Thursday, March 19, 7.30 pm, Scottish Storytelling Centre, High Street, Edinburgh

Join host Dougie Mackay on the eve of World Storytelling Day for the first Hearth Fire Session of 2026! An eclectic night of ancient myth, contemporary storytelling, post-folk music, and physical artistry, steeped in the traditions of Scottish storytelling. For the March session Hearth Fire Sessions is celebrating the Spring equinox and World Storytelling Day with guest storytellers Beverley Bryant, Linda Perttula and musician Esther Swift.

Book tickets on the Scottish Storytelling Centre website

Edinburgh Book Fair
Friday, March 20, & Saturday, March 21, InterContinental Edinburgh, George Street, Edinburgh

Scotland’s largest and most prestigious rare book festival celebrating rare and collectable books and book history is at the InterContinental Edinburgh. The fair features dozens of specialist booksellers from around the country.

Find out more on the Rare Books Edinburgh website

‘Energy Stories’ Creative Writing Workshop
Saturday, March 21, 1 pm, Cockenzie House and Gardens, Edinburgh Road, Cockenzie

Join the University of Strathclyde, University of Stirling, University of Glasgow, the Scottish Research Alliance for Energy, Homes, and Livelihoods, and the Scottish Funding Council for a creative workshop exploring the past, present & future of our energy landscape and how we heat our homes as part of the Energy Stories project (more about this in our opportunities section). As part of this workshop, you’re asked to bring along any photos or objects related to the past energy landscape to be used in the workshop.

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Character and Setting Writing Workshop
Saturday, March 21, 2 pm, St. Boswells Village Hall, Jenny Moore’s Road, St. Boswells

The Borders Writers Forum is welcoming writer Maura Kennedy Fair to St. Boswells for a workshop on character development and the use of scene setting in fiction. The 2.5 hour workshop is free for members of the Borders Writers Forum and £5 for guests, all fees will be collected upon entrance to the event on the day.

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The F*** It Writers’ Collective monthly writing workshop
Sunday, March 22, 7 pm, Craws Nest Collective, Lanark Road West, Currie

Join The F*** It Writers’ Collective for an intuitive, expansive writing workshop. These monthly writing workshops are a space to let go of perfection and simply write.
Go and connect, create, and explore your voice alongside a supportive community - no experience needed. Step out of your head and back into your heart - and write alongside others doing the same.

The F*** It Writers’ Collective Monthly Writing Workshop is a recurring creative space where writers come together to reconnect with their voice, their creativity, and one another. You are welcome to drop in once or keep attending - this is an evolving community built around honesty, curiosity, and shared creative practice.

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Develop Your Poetry Writing with Josie Alford
Sunday, March 22, 3 pm, Online

Join Josie Alford and Curious Minds Festival to play, experiment and write boldly in this inspiring poetry workshop. Open to poets of all levels, this online session focuses on loosening up, trying new approaches and reconnecting with the joy of writing. Through playful warm-ups, imaginative prompts and guided exercises, you’ll be encouraged to move past blocks, generate fresh ideas and discover new ways into their work.

Expect a relaxed, supportive space where experimentation is encouraged and perfection is left at the door. There will be opportunities to share writing if you wish, alongside generous, constructive feedback in a welcoming group setting.

Book tickets on the Curious Minds website

Creative Conversations: Isabel Waidner
Monday, March 23, 1 pm, Campus Bookshop University of Glasgow, Fraser Building, Glasgow

Writer Isabel Waidner will be reading and in conversation about their latest book As If at the University of Glasgow as part of the Creative Conversations series. Isabel Waidner is the author of five novels – including Sterling Karat Gold, which won the Goldsmiths Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and the Republic of Consciousness Prize, and Corey Fah Does Social Mobility which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. They teach in the School of the Arts at Queen Mary University of London. There is also a Zoom link to attend online if you can’t make it in person.

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The Graveyard Shift
Monday, March 23, 7 pm, Diggers Leith, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh

For one night only, The Graveyard Shift is coming to Leith! If you haven’t made it over to Dalry for a Graveyard Shift (guilty), then make sure you pop down to Diggers Leith to join hosts David Bleiman, Jay Whittaker, and Stuart Kenny for this one-off special edition of their fabulous night of poetry and music. This month, they’re welcoming Gabrielle Tse, Ricky Monahan Brown, and Cici Chen to the stage. There are some open mic slots left, so get your messages in quickly to secure a 4-minute spot.

For more information, email David, Jay, and Stuart at diggersgraveyardshift@gmail.com

Seeking Sexual Freedom: An evening with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Tuesday, March 24, 7 pm, Lighthouse Books, West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh

Join Lighthouse Books for the Edinburgh launch of critically acclaimed author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom. Part travelogue, part manifesto, Seeking Sexual Freedom is the bold call to pleasure women of all backgrounds need today. While working on The Sex Lives of African Women, acclaimed African feminist and activist Sekyiamah had access to the wildest dreams and spiciest realities of women from around the world. But she noticed something was holding these women back from achieving full liberation and unfettered joy. So, she set out to apply sankofa – which means learning from the past to inform the future – to sex and pleasure, reclaiming African traditions in a quest to achieve sexual freedom.

In Seeking Sexual Freedom, Sekyiamah takes readers across the African continent, from Senegal to Tanzania and beyond, where she meets and trains with gurus, witches, and aunties whose job it is to guide girls through puberty rites and later through marital training. With the ‘interruption’ of colonialism, Sekyiamah explores how western patriarchal norms led to warped ideals of beauty and shame, internalized racism, as well as to state and interpersonal violence.

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StoryTree Poetry Slam
Wednesday, March 25, 7 pm, The Bungalow, Shuttle Street, Paisley

Join StoryTree for their inaugural poetry slam! The evening will feature 10 poets in 3 rounds and crown 1 winner. There’ll also be a special music set by Erin Hephzibah. This event is free with the option to donate. The entire donation pot will be taken home by the slam winner! Competing for the prize is: Emily Briggs, RJ Hunter, Beth Rose, Ross Wilcock, Yolande Robertson-Greene, Ross McFarlane, Hazyn Templeton, Gordon Powrie, Drew Gill, and Sarah Heitler.

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The Alcove Open Mic
Friday, March 27, 7 pm, The Strathmore Bar, Iona Street, Edinburgh

The Alcove is back this month with a stacked line up of poets and performers including Thomas Stewart, Gabrielle Tse, Mike Yuill, Dean Tsang, and many more.

Get more information and updates on Instagram

Guid Crack: On the Edge with David Hughes
Friday, March 27, 7.30 pm, The Waverley, St. Mary’s Street, Edinburgh

Along the line where the walls of old Edinburgh once separated the city from the world beyond, in the convivial warmth of the Waverley Bar you’ll explore the boundaries, walk the line between reality and fiction, wild and domestic, this world and the next... For it is at the edges of things that magic stirs, challenge beckons and change awaits.

Come ye edge dwellers and bring along your stories, songs and offerings that sit on the ragged fringes. Join guest storyteller David Hughes for another fun and friendly session of Edinburgh’s monthly storytelling club.

Find out more on the Scottish Storytelling Centre website

Yin Yoga and therapeutic writing workshops
Saturday, March 28, 3 pm, Blue Morpho Edinburgh, Broughton Street, Edinburgh

A series of three workshops based on yoga philosophy to go deeper into your practice. These workshops are designed to give you chance to delve deeper into specific fundamental elements of yogic philosophy. Each workshop will begin with intention setting and a mudra meditation, then a short discussion of the theme of the workshop. You will then be guided through a 45 minute Yin Yoga practice, followed by a journalling session with optional prompts and the session closes with a guided relaxation. There’s no expectation to share your writing.

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Living Writing: Monthly Creative Writers’ Meetup
Sunday, March 29, 1.30 pm, Leith Depot, Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh

Join Anna Ball for an afternoon of exchanging prompts, sharing opportunities, celebrating joys and challenges alike, and living in creative practice. This is a generative and supportive environment where poets, prose writers, and playwrights can engage in creative practice together. Practitioners of all genres welcome, whether you’re a moonlighter or it’s your vocation by day. The cost of admission is one writing prompt. Bring an exercise in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or playwriting that can be done in 15 minutes. Anna will draw these prompts at random from a hat at the start of the session.

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Intro to Improvised Rap with Will Naameh
Monday, March 30, 6.30 pm, TBC UK Studio, Summerhall, Edinburgh

Join TBC Improv UK for a fun and stress-free intro into Improvsed Rap with MC Hammersmith, aka Will Naameh. The session involves a lot of writing with pen and paper, and not a huge amount of standing up alone and rapping on the spot. This workshop will help you turn any fear of rapping into freedom and fun! Improvised rap is a great skill for anyone currently improvising musicals and songs, or looking to further their musical improv repertoire.

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The Chicken Coop Writing Group
Tuesday, March 31, 6 pm, Lost in Leith, Commercial Street, Leith, Edinburgh

Join me and The Good Egg community for the first Coop of 2026. Come for the prompts, stay for the company. Our writers will welcome you with open arms whether it’s your first time writing creatively or you’re working on your latest project. The Coop is suitable for new and experienced writers alike, no matter your experience, genre, or medium.

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Trans Day of Visibility Writing Workshop with Éadoín Lynch
Tuesday, March 31, 7 pm, Typewronger Books, Haddington Place, Edinburgh

Join Typewronger Books for a writing workshop with Éadaoín Lynch on Trans Day of Visibility! You’re invited to an intimate and very special writing workshop focused around the work of trans writers. You’ll be sharing poems, essays and stories from trans authors as sources for inspiration and discussion before grounded writing time using a selection of curated prompts.

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Moving The Coin: A collection of Working Class Writing Publication Launch
Tuesday, March 31, 7 pm, Strange Studios, Moncur Street, Glasgow

Join the Kelvingrove Writers and the Scottish Working Class Network as they celebrate the launch of their publication. All the writers included in the publication have attended monthly workshops, responding to prompts to create new work and develop in progress writing. Kelvingrove Writers and the SWCN have collated their work into a new publication about and for working class writers, designed by Musheto Fernandez at Good Press and printed by Sunday’s Print Service.

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The Storyteller’s Body: Extended course with Inés Álvarez Villa and TBC Improv
Multiple dates starting Wednesday, April 1, 6.30 pm, TBC UK Studio, Summerhall, Edinburgh

This 6-session course explores storytelling from the inside out — beginning in the body, travelling through emotion, and arriving at the words that carry it all. The Storyteller’s Body is for storytellers and anyone who would like to gain confidence speaking in front of an audience. Whether you are a performer, teacher, speaker, or simply someone who loves stories, this workshop offers a solid foundation in the craft.

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is my love, love? Acts and Imaginings of Radical Love

Writing Women are open to pitches for their first print anthology is my love, love? The project is co-created by feminist writers, artists and organisers that explore the possibilities of love as liberation, practice, and worldmaking. The project is an invitation to reimagine and re-articulate love. They are open to pitches for writing, oral stories, art and illustration, poetry, interviews, photography and photo essays, and other nonfiction narratives. The deadline for pitches is Sunday, March 15.

Get the guidelines on the Writing Women website

Fried Egg Magazine: Queer Kitchen

Fried Egg Magazine is open to submissions of all genres and forms for their next publication focusing on the theme Queer Kitchen. Keep your submissions to no more than five A5 pages. They want work that centres around cooking and food and community. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 23.

Email your submissions to friedeggmagazine@gmail.com with the subject line issue 2

Gutter Issue 34

Gutter is open for submissions of fiction, poetry, and essays for its 34th issue. Gutter is Scotland’s leading literary journal. Twice a year, in February and August, we publish a high-quality print magazine that features short stories, novel extracts, essays, poetry, interviews and reviews. The editors aim to showcase work by emerging and established writers from Scotland and beyond: work that will challenge, move and enliven our readers. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 29.

Check out the guidelines on the Gutter website

HerStory: Motherhood

⁠HerStory are open for submissions of writing focusing on the theme of Motherhood.
⁠They want to hear from the front lines of motherhood. How is it looking out there? What parenting highs have you conquered? What lows have you waded through? They aren’t looking for the sugar-coated stories of parenting, we’re looking for the mess. For the breaking apart and coming back together. Accepted pieces will be published in late May and will receive payment of $20. The $3 reading fee helps keep HerStory’s work going. ⁠Submissions are open until Wednesday, April 1. Please note: the open call also states a preference for true, personal stories.

Read the guidelines on the HerStory website

Paperboats x Energy Stories Creative Writing Competition

The competition asks you to consider the following questions: How might their output be used more inventively and equitably? What might the harvesting and use of energy look like in the future – at best or worst – within our communities and landscapes? They are open to submissions of poetry or prose, fiction or nonfiction, past present or future, tell them your energy story. There is a £250 prize for the winning entry. The deadline for entries is Wednesday, April 15.

Get more information on the Paperboats website

A true smorgasbord of events and opportunities in this newsletter and I can’t believe how much more there is to add over the next few weeks. Make sure you’re subscribed to be the first to know about newsletter updates and to receive creative prompts direct to your inbox as well.

I’m so excited to see the Scottish writing community blooming again as the days get longer and lighter. I hope you all find something to do to fuel your writing and inspire you.

It’s going to be great to be back at our home Lost in Leith for an evening of getting words on paper at the end of the month, right before assessment season kicks off for me! So make sure you grab your Coop tickets to come and witness the madness for yourself.

Just kidding, I’m plotting and planning and writing lots of exciting things, and I’m looking forward to seeing how everything comes together.

I’ll be back in your inboxes with more creative prompts, events, and opportunities for writers very soon.

Until next time, take care of each other,
Naomi

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