Hello, all. Just a quick newsletter to let you know about the upcoming opportunities for Winter Writing Cheer! I’m excited to be partnering with Alzheimer's Research UK - the UK's leading Alzheimer's research charity once more, with the hope of raising £1000 during the months of January and February. There’s more about the initiative here: Winter Writing Cheer – The Story Godmother

Here is what’s coming up:

Online events

Winter Writing Cheer Fundraising Event: Agent Panel Q & A Tickets, Mon 26 Jan 2026 at 20:00 | Eventbrite
£11 + Eventbrite admin fee

The Agent panel is limited to 90 tickets, so please get in quickly before they all go.

Winter Writing Cheer Fundraiser: How To Write A Series For Children Tickets, Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
£10 + Eventbrite admin fee

Winter Writing Cheer: Ask Me Anything - FREE event Tickets, Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
FREE event

The money from all ticket sales (minus the Eventbrite admin fee) goes to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Special Offer: Opening Chapter feedback

I’m offering 5x Opening Chapter feedback at a special price!

Chapter Books (One Chapter <1000 words) - £20
Usual price is £25;

Lower Middle-Grade (One Chapter <1750 words) - £25
Usual price is £35;

Upper Middle-Grade (One Chapter <3000 words) - £35
Usual price is £45.

PLEASE NOTE: This is for a single opening chapter, not for sending the maximum word count specified.

If you’d like to be in with a chance to win this special offer, please email: wwc@storygodmother.co.uk with “Opening Chapter” in the subject

You will be entered into a lucky draw, and if you’ve been picked as a winner, I will let you know how to donate the fee and how to send over your work.

Closing date: 2359 GMT on 31^st January 2026.

Good luck and thank you for entering!

You can check out the progress of this year’s Winter Writing Cheer campaign (or donate if you’d like to!) here: Amy Sparkes is fundraising for Alzheimer's Research UK

Thank you again for taking part and supporting Winter Writing Cheer and raising funds for this charity.

With writerly love,

Story Godmother
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