FROM FIRST DRAFT TO PUBLICATION

Your Creative Writing & Poetry Toolkit

Inspirational writing courses, information and events to help spark your imagination, hone your craft and realise your publishing goals.

WELCOME TO WORDBOX

Empower your writing with carefully crafted creative prompts, deep-dive courses and workshops, one-to-one mentoring and all the latest submissions news and publishing opportunities.

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starting
to write

the complete beginner

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your WORDBOX writing journey starts here

Which writer are you?

Whether you are a complete beginner, an emerging writer or a seasoned professional, Wordbox
courses, events, tools and resources will help you raise your game and realise your writing goals
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the emerging writer

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learning
your craft

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the professional writer

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publishing
your work

Get ready for the
Summer Fling!

DAILY WRITING INSPIRATION

30 Days of Play

A brand new Wordbox 30-day writing event
for August 2023 celebrating the dog days of
Summer and the power of creative play!

What Wordbox Writers Say:

  • "Beautifully put together, visually clear and easy to navigate."

    An excellent course which will help you develop your draft poems into something clearer and stronger,
    that you can feel is beginning to really sing. Angela has put together a wonderful range of tools,
    inspiration and knowledge to help you grow as a writer.

    A O’Gorman, Ireland

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Behind the scenes at wordbox

Hey there, I’m Angela Carr, a poet and educator…

…who firmly believes in the redemptive power of creative writing. Wherever you are on your writing journey, the act of recording your thoughts and ideas has a power and agency all of its own.

Your voice and your creativity belong in the world and helping writers tell their unique stories is at the core of everything I do as a teacher and mentor.

AWARDS:
Arts Council Literature Bursary Award 2021
Shortlisted for Arts Council Next Generation Award 2020
Winner of the iYeats International Poetry Prize 2019
Winner of The Poetry Business Laureate’s Prize 2018

wordbox news and events

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and bursaries, plus other creative writing, poetry and publishing news.

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words of wisdom

“All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising…”

— joseph conrad