Author: Emma Scattergood
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Picador Commissioning Editor, Ansa Khan Khattak, reveals what she likes to see in a story
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,…
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The Fresher Publishing Podcast: In conversation with last year’s Poetry winner Sigrid Daniel
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.
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Literary agent Sophie Scard joins The Bournemouth Writing Prize judging panel
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…
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Author Maz Evans to judge new prize for Dorset’s young writing wizards
This year’s Writing Wizardry competition has a special, new prize which will be awarded to the best story entered by a Dorset-based writer. All children from Dorset who enter the Writing Wizardry Competition this year will immediately be considered for the special prize by judges, with the final decision being made by the award-winning children’s…
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The new Bournemouth Writing Prize for all poets and short story writers
Fresher Publishing is delighted to announce the launch of The Bournemouth Writing Prize 2021. The Bournemouth Writing Prize is the new name for the successful Fresher Writing Prize which was launched in 2015 to help launch and support new writers, and has since seen incredible growth and interest. Previous winners have included authors Felicia Yapp…
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Fresher Writing Prize 2018 Shortlist – The First 500 words of a Novel
Thank you to everyone who entered this category, and congratulations to the following writers: Haverscroft by Sally Harris Idol of The Decadents by Matthew MacLachlan Moonlighting by Louise Van Wingerden Slaves of God by Peter Riddelsdell The Accidental Time Traveller by Sylvia Bluck The Legend of The Star Arrow by Grace Cullen Medusa’s Quest by…
