Writing PAD

• Writing PAD is a research project initiated in 2002 with a £275k HEFCE grant over 4 years.
• Formal funding for the project finished in 2006.
• Writing PAD supports different approaches to writing by practitioners
• Writing PAD has a membership comprising 49 Universities (as of February 2009)
• It is coordinated by Julia Lockheart at Goldsmiths, University of London
• See the Writing-PAD website for further details

Writing-PAD Holds Conferences and Events

• Keep up with events? here
• To be announced

Writing-PAD Glossary

• Our Glossary has now been imported into this site.

Our Journal

• This official journal for the Writing-PAD Network was launched at the end of 2007
• It is called the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice
• The publisher is Intellect Books
• See the publisher's announcement
• See our Mission Statement and Editorial Team

Call for Papers

• We will issue new calls for papers every now and then
• We are usually looking for a variety of relevant articles
• These would normally be about the relationship between writing and art, design, or craft

Guidelines for Authors

• See our guidelines for authors
• You are welcome to send submissions to