Sturminster Newton Literary Festival- March 2025
World Book Day and the launch of a writing competition
Our 2025 programme will be launched later this month. We’re confirming the final few events and then you’ll be among the first to get the new programme. The Friends of Sturlitfest will have priority booking and a 20% discount on tickets, followed by you, the subscribers, with a 10% discount on early bird bookings. We’re excited about the 2025 programme and have quite a few surprises for you.
The 2025 Sturlitfest Writing Competition
On World Book Day 2025, we are delighted to launch our Festival Writing Competition, which has the theme of HOME. You can submit poetry or a short story, and all the details and information are on our website here. There are classes for adults and children, and entry is free. We are very grateful to Dorset Council for funding the competition and to the Hayward family of writers who are the 2025 adjudicators. There will be a prizegiving event at the festival on Sunday 8th June at 4:30pm.
This is Where we Find Ourselves- A Cultural Event
As part of the 2025 literary festival celebrations we’re delighted to introduce a cultural event for the Bulgarian and Central European communities. This event is free and funded by Dorset Council.
Places to Eat and Places to Stay
We have several evening events and days with several talks on the same day this year (there will be day tickets). There is already an accommodation list here. However, we plan on adding places to eat. This is free for local businesses. If you’d like to be included, send us details at info@sturlitfest.com.
Friends of Sturlitfest
Our new Friends of Sturlitfest was recently launched to support the festival programme. Although we’re still working on benefits, anyone signing up as a friend gets:
Advance delivery of the festival programme to your door
Advance priority booking of tickets
(including for those sell-out walks and workshops)Discount on ticket purchases (20%)
Opportunity to become involved with the festival.
Vote on a sponsored Friends event.
As the friend's scheme develops, we will add more benefits. Membership costs £10 a year (subscriptions run from January to December). For further details, email info@sturlitfest.com.