This weekend, I headed to How To Win a Novel Award, a talk at Bath Literature Festival. Here are the key highlights from the discussion to help any aspiring writers pitch their work just right...

It's Start Your Arts Award Day! Here are our top tips for getting going with Arts Award...

Doing your Arts Award gives you a whole range of experiences and teaches you new skills. You need to make sure that when you are writing your college/university or work application that others can see what you have learnt.

This month we have rather naughtily put creativity and education up against one another - but obviously in a dream world they would be best pals. So, how do you really make the most of both?

Here's a handy guide to writing reviews for the web by A Younger Theatre's Editor Jake Orr.

You'll get a lot of people telling you that writing a review is easy, but the simple fact of the matter is that if you've never done it before, it definitely isn't going to be. We'll all have done some textual analysis in school for English but after that exam, it escaped our memories quicker than, well… you can remember.

So you're thinking about traveling and you want to take your camera with you. Why not make a film while you're there?

The theme this month is art takes a trip, but it's often the case people take a trip to see the art.

Shakespeare Schools Festival is the largest youth drama festival in the UK! Whether your school is taking part or not, there's no reason why you can't get to a performance in your area. Here's a simple guide to reviewing a performance yourself.

This is a guide for those of you who want to know how to make a great video, showcasing the method you used to put your portfolio together.

Last week, I attended a screen printing workshop with Illuminate. Illuminate is part of Nottingham Museums and Galleries for 16-24 year olds and we meet weekly every Wednesday, getting up to lots of creative activities and munching on Jaffa Cakes!

In Part One you learned all about the logistics of festival writing, but how do you come up with the goods? What makes a great festival review?