#WriteCBC – how to join in our monthly writing competition on Twitter
BY Anna Davis
29th Jun 2018
Curtis Brown Creative runs a monthly writing competition on Twitter – it happens on the first Thursday of every month, join in and potentially win a free place on one of our six-week online writing courses. Here's how to play ...
On the first Thursday of every month we post one writing tip and one writing task on X/Twitter and in our CBC blog. The tip is a delicate pearl of wisdom to help you in your novel-writing. The task requires you to do a nifty bit of writing in under 280 characters. (#WriteCBC takes a summer break for the month of August. In December #WriteCBC transforms into a longer festive competition.)
Each month the tip and task come from a special guest – this could be one of our creative writing tutors, a literary agent from Curtis Brown or C&W, a publisher, or one of our published alumni.
The tip and task are tweeted at 11 am (UK time) – and are also posted in our blog, where you can get some extra writing advice to help you with the task.
To take part – just have a go at the day's task, and post the results up on X/Twitter – tagging @cbcreative, and including the hashtag #WriteCBC
The competition closes at 10 am (UK time) the next morning – Friday. We choose a winner and two runners-up, and tweet and post the results in our blog at 11 am (UK time).
The winner gets a free place on one of our four- week or six-week online creative writing courses (worth up to £230). The two runners-up get a £50 discount off the price of one of our short online courses. (See below).
Easy? Well, let's just see ...
A few rules ...
- Only one entry per person per month, please.
- Over-18s only.
- This competition is just on Twitter/X – there isn't another way of taking part.
- Winners and discount winners can redeem their free place/£50 voucher for use on any of the short online courses listed on this page. Prizes are not eligible for use on courses that are not found on that web page.
- If you're in receipt of more than one discount offer, you can only trade in one per course enrolment.
- Discounts and free place valid only on courses running 2024-25.
- Winners and runners-up cannot exchange their prize for cash.
- If a winner has already paid and enrolled on one of the applicable courses (yet to run), we will refund the £230 fee/£50 discount (as relevant).
- If a winner or runner-up has already taken all relevant courses, they may gift their discount or full fee (as relevant) to another writer.
Blog last updated November 2024.