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2025 Summer School Programme

PITCH A COURSE

​THE PITCHING WINDOW FOR 2025 IS NOW CLOSED

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEACH, SPEAK OR RUN A COURSE FOR US?

The school is always interested to hear from people with the right skills who would like to run courses, workshops or to act as an evening speaker. Please see below for submission guidelines.

EVENING SPEAKERS

The school has had many well-known speakers over the years and is interested to hear from accomplished speakers, able to engage, inform and entertain an audience. If you would like to be considered, or you have a recommendation or contact with someone you believe would be suitable, then please email the Chariman

and provide more details. ​

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chairman@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk 


Fee £TBA

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​SPECIALIST FOUR PART COURSE

There are normally four or five Four Part (Specialist) courses taught during the the week. Each Specialist Course is made up of four separate one hour sessions.

 

These specialist courses form the backbone of the learning programme, representing around 30% of the total programme and therefore demonstrable or evidenced tutor credibility/experience is an important consideration.


Successful courses must have wide appeal and are in one of the main genres such as Novels, Screenwriting, YA Fiction, Poetry etc. We would probably not consider any subject that we covered the previous year as a four-part course (with exceptions)—other than novel writing or poetry.


Tutor fee £400

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Please send your submissions to: vicechair@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk​

​TWO PART SHORT COURSES
We have up to 16 two-part short courses over the week. These represent over 50% of the learning programme and therefore they must also have sufficient appeal (i.e. are they likely to attract around >30 delegates.

All the main genres and other subjects such as research, editing, KDP publishing and marketing are also considered. We are interested in both non-fiction and fiction.

We often look for contemporary subjects, new areas and modern issues facing writers and are always keen on courses that would appeal to the younger writer market and courses that cover more progressive/topical subjects. For example, over the last few years, we have run courses on Writing for Mental Health and Gender Awareness. Short courses that offer opportunities for practical work are extremely popular as are ‘how to’ type courses. Short courses are normally run in two separate one-hour sessions on the same day.


Tutor fee £200

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Please send your submissions to: vicechair@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk​

WORKSHOPS
We typically have around 12-16 one-hour sessions scattered across the week, and this is an ideal opportunity for tutors new to Swanwick to get to know us. Workshops are often interactive and offer opportunities for practical and creative work and there is a vast range of subjects that we would consider, provided that we think they will attract a big enough audience. Workshops can also cover things that are not necessarily writing based, such as designing book covers, social media marketing and yoga/well-being for writers.

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Tutor fee £50


Please send your submissions to: vicechair@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk​

HOW TO SUBMIT
Email your course details in a WORD or PDF document stating the TITLE of your course. Please indicate if your course is a SPECIALIST COURSE (four parts) or a SHORT COURSE (two Parts) or a WORKSHOP (one hour).

All course descriptions should be no longer than 500 words and your biography (max 200 words) should be written in the third person.

COURSE OUTLINE/DESCRIPTION
Please tell us the TITLE of your course and a brief one sentence outline. Explain what each session will cover. Tell us why people should attend your course. What will they learn? What are the benefits of attending it? Will there be practical exercises within the sessions or opportunities for participants to share their work? The more detail you provide, the better your chance of being selected. 

Course outlines and descriptions should be no longer that 500 words.

BIO
Tell us about yourself in a short bio. Give details about your experience and any other information relevant to delivering your course. If you have a website, then please include a link to it and a recent publicity photo if you have one.

Your bio should be no longer than 200 words.

We reserve the right to edit these for inclusion in the programme, should you be successful in your pitch.

Once complete, send your document as an email attachment to:
vicechair@swanwickwritersschool.org.uk

Once submissions have closed, they will be reviewed and you will be advised whether or not you have been successful before 1st January 2025.

ONE TO ONE SESSIONS

Many tutors offer one to one sessions with delegates, to review a sample of their work and provide constructive feedback. These session help raise funds as a small percentage of the fee is taken by the school. If your course is selected and you would like to run some sessions, then further details will be provided but please tell us on your application if you are happy to consider doing these. Fee £30

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