Writing Wrongs is a writing programme for local year 12 and year 13 students which supports young writers from widening participation backgrounds to explore issues related to social justice and to improve their storytelling and writing skills.

Last year’s programme was a great success with over 50 young people taking part and receiving one-to-one support and tailored feedback across a series of weekend workshops. Students worked with a team of tutors, consisting of professional journalists, authors, and postgraduates from the Warwick Writing ProgrammeLink opens in a new window. Tutors held one-to-one sessions with each participant, exploring their story ideas and giving feedback on their initial plans, various stages of drafts and their final piece.

The Writing Wrongs Programme is led by Mary Griffin, Warwick Law School Teaching Fellow and Editor of Lacuna MagazineLink opens in a new window:

“Last year’s programme was such a success. As usual we were so impressed with the passion shown by our young writers and their ability to work with the feedback they receive from us to create brilliant final submissions. We had a huge range of story ideas that covered issues as diverse as the Ukraine war, LGBTQ+ stereotyping and intergenerational differences in British-Asian communities. The final pieces were excellent.”

Our two 2024 winners were Muna Alzuhairi and Oneli Hadgie who reworked their stories during a paid summer internship. These pieces will be published in Lacuna MagazineLink opens in a new window soon. We are delighted that Oneli was shortlisted for the Orwell Youth Prize 2024Link opens in a new window.

Applications for the 2024/25 Writing Wrongs Programme are now open.

The deadline for applications is Thursday 28 November 2024. For more information see the Writing Wrongs webpage.