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This week's creative prompt for writers 🐣
Hi! Hello, and welcome to this week’s prompt newsletter!
Here are the top links from our first prompt newsletter of 2026:
There’s still plenty of time to check out more events and opportunities from January’s bumper edition of the newsletter. On this week: Argonaut Books’ Book Clubs are back starting tonight, Monday, January 26, the Drafted! open mic returns to the Canons’ Gait on Wednesday, January 28, Glasgow Zine Library is hosting an Anti-Capitalist Writing Workshop on Thursday, January 29, and Howl Poetry and Prose Open Mic is back in Perth on Sunday, February 1. Plan the rest of your writing month with the Good Egg Project newsletter
And Other Poems are still open for submissions of poetry until Saturday, January 31. Find the guidelines on the AOP website
If you’re still looking for some structure and guidance with your writing, you can get your own copy of one of my go-to resources, The Creative Writing Workbook, on the Bloomsbury website
Our first prompt of 2026 came from MakeShift’s Creative First Aid, you can get a copy of the book on Bookshop.org and learn more about MakeShift on their website
Are you an events organiser, promoter, or community member with something to shout about? Submit your listings for The Good Egg Project Newsletter in February 2026 with this Google Form
I’ve been updating the events and opportunities round-up across the month, so click the button for more events for Scotland-based writers and creatives up to February 1!
If you’re an organiser or a community member with events or publishing and performance opportunities to highlight, please submit your listings for the newsletter with this Google Form. I’m looking for events for across 2026, but particularly in February and March right now.
This week’s prompt for paying subscribers
Our first creative prompt of 2026 was Cut and Paste, adapted from MakeShift’s Creative First Aid by Caitlin Marshall and Lizzie Rose. I hope it helped you get some words on paper (or screens).
This week, we’re sticking with Creative First Aid for another exercise promoting well-being. You can upgrade to a paid subscription to access the prompt and our archive of prompts.
