By making this donation, you are helping NCW to nurture tomorrow’s writers, today.

Escalator achieves this by providing talented emerging writers from the East of England with bespoke mentoring, skills development masterclasses, industry connections and showcases.

So far, Escalator has transformed the careers and lives of 160+ writers, helping them hone their craft, get published, earn critical acclaim and more.

• ‘Escalator does essential work… Investing in early-career writers means supporting talented and unheard voices, helping create a flourishing literary culture’ – Sarah Perry, NCW Patron.
• ‘Because of the excellent reputation that Escalator has gained, those involved are taken
  seriously by industry professionals’ – Nicola Upson, Escalator Alumni.
• ‘A kitemark of quality across the UK writing world’ – Margaret Meyer, Escalator Alumni.
• ‘As I enter the literary world, I don’t see working-class People of Colour, imposter syndrome is real.
  Escalator gives a much-needed boost!’ – Seema McArdle, Escalator Alumni.
• ‘World has low expectations of working-class women and I felt foolish for imagining I could be a
  novelist… the support of NCW, mentor and other writers, has given me a huge confidence boost.
  My novel seemed hypothetical… now it could get published.’ – Amanda Gibbons, Escalator Alumni.