Up to £150 available for locals to share their experience of the Royal Docks Originals Festival

Are you participating in Royal Docks Originals, as a volunteer, musician or festival staff member, or are you planning to attend one of the events?

We’d like to invite you to share your experience in your own style, whether through words, images, or other creative expression you can share. We're inviting submissions such as blogs, vlogs (video blogs), photos, zines, poetry. No professional experience is required.

Questions you might want to respond to:

• What did you visit, see and do at the festival?
• How did an event or art installation make you feel?
• Are there any stories or ideas from the festival you’d like to share?
• What would you like to tell and share about your experience?

To support you in this process, you’re invited to a zine-making workshop with artist Ioana Simion (Artizine UK) on Saturday, 27th September at the Royal Docks Originals Festival Hub (Pump House). For the latest updates visit our What’s On page.

Apply

£75 is available for shorter form content. Up to £150 is available for longer form content submissions. An additional £50 is available for printed materials you may have created in response to the festival, such as zines.

Please complete the short form to apply by Friday, 12th September! We will start responding to applications in August until the festival dates (15 September to 4 October). If you are successful, we will send you instructions on how to send your content.

If you are aged under 18, please include a parent or guardian’s contact details on the form. If you need any assistance please email royaldocks@london.gov.uk.

How will your work be used?

Your content will be shared across our website and digital channels. Printed material may be displayed at Compressor House - an exciting new events and community space.

Your work may also inspire our trainee Cultural Producers and could be featured (with credit) in “Our Docks,” a collaborative visual timeline celebrating the people and stories behind the festival and its community legacy.