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WELCOME TO FRESHER PUBLISHING

Fresher is a publishing press, established at Bournemouth University to nurture the publishing talent of the future and support writers everywhere. It is also central to the university’s MA in Creative Writing and Publishing.

The Bournemouth Writing Prize is an annual, international competition open to any writers of fiction and poetry. Judges each year include senior figures from the publishing industry, who offer a one-to-one or feedback on winners’ work as part of their prize. We also run the Writing Wizardry Prize for children of 11 years and under.

Please do keep in touch here, or via Facebook/Twitter/Instagram, for details of the Prize, our publications and other special writing-related events.

Please note, we do not currently accept any other work for publication. Unfortunately, as we are a very small publishing house, we are unable to offer any work experience placements.

Best wishes – Emma
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Entering the Writing Wizardry competition? Here’s a useful story worksheet to get you started

in Children's Inspiration, Updates on 02/02/21

Since we haven’t been able to visit schools with our team of Writing Witches this year, we thought we would share the worksheet we use in our sessions to help pupils get their ideas flowing and their stories planned.   This worksheet will help them create their main character and setting in depth through writing and drawing as well as provide a story mountain… View Post

What makes a winning poem?

in Poetry, Updates on 18/01/21

Entering competitions is a great way of setting yourself targets and deadlines to work to. The Bournemouth Writing Prize Poetry Judge, the wonderful Antony Dunn, has shared some hints about what makes a good poem and what he looks for. Watch here.

Picador Commissioning Editor, Ansa Khan Khattak, reveals what she likes to see in a story

in Fiction, Short Stories, Updates on 14/01/21

Click here to watch Ansa Khan Khattak, one of the The Bournemouth Writing Prize judges, share her thoughts on what makes a great short story. Short story entries can be on any theme, and in any genre. The only stipulation is that they are less than 3000 words. For more information on how to enter, click here . And don’t forget… View Post

The Fresher Publishing Podcast: In conversation with last year’s Poetry winner Sigrid Daniel

in Poetry, Updates on 07/01/21

Fresher Publishing’s Editorial Director, Emma Scattergood, talks to last year’s poetry winner Sigrid Daniel about her writing journey and the very personal backstory to Sigrid’s winning poem, Brother. Click here to listen to the interview and Sigrid reading Brother. Or click here to just listen to Brother.

Literary agent Sophie Scard joins The Bournemouth Writing Prize judging panel

in Updates on 05/01/21

We are delighted to welcome United Agents’ literary agent Sophie Scard to the judging panel of this year’s Bournemouth Writing Prize. Sophie, whose clients include Tessa Hadley, Susannah Dickey and Chris Brookmyre, is no stranger to writing competitions as she has judged the White Review Short Story Prize three times, and co-runs the Pat Kavanagh Prize. “I am interested in… View Post

Story starters for children

in Children's Inspiration on 05/01/21

Struggling to come up with a great way to start your Writing Wizardry entry this year? Take a look at our long list of starters for characters, settings and plots to get you going and get that imagination flowing. Use any of the below individually or maybe put two together for an exciting and original combination. Be as different and… View Post

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Capture by Emily Dinova

Capture by Emily Dinova

Capture by Emily Dinova won the scriptwriting category of the Fresher Writing Prize 2015.

Copies of the play are available for £4, including postage. Please send a cheque, made payable to Bournemouth University, to Fresher Publishing, Bournemouth University, Weymouth House, Fern Barrow, Dorset BH12 5BB.

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Bradley Wester Acceptance Speech

Brothers Katrina by Bradley Wester won the Fresher Writing Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2016.

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