26th July 2006

Litfest, the region’s literature development agency, is launching a digital and print publishing programme to showcase talented yet underexposed writers (poets and prose writers) from Lancashire and Cumbria. 

Litfest's aim is to highlight the contemporary voices of this diverse region of England. They are looking for writers who are as thought-provoking, stimulating and challenging as the culture of the area. Writing that shakes, prods and flips the editor is especially welcome.

Deadline for the prose anthology Friday 4th August, and for poetry Friday 8th September.

See the ‘new writing’ section on their website for more details and submission guidelines at www.litfest.org