Category: Poetry

  • What makes a winning poem?

    What makes a winning poem?

    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.

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

    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.

  • Read: The Fresher Writing Prize 2020 poetry winner, ‘Brother’

    Read: The Fresher Writing Prize 2020 poetry winner, ‘Brother’

    About the winner   Sigrid is based in Brighton, East Sussex and currently enrolled on the Curtis Brown Creative Writing Course in London. She describes herself as being interested in themes of alienation, observational writing on relationships and different ways of depicting mental illness. She is currently working on a full length narrative, ‘Chemical Lovers’, an…

  • new poetry judge: antony dunn

    new poetry judge: antony dunn

    We are delighted to introduce our new poetry judge, Antony Dunn, for the Fresher Writing Prize 2018! He has an impressive four collections of poems published, with the most recent released in October 2016, ‘Take This One to Bed’. As well as publishing his own work, Antony has edited and worked on a posthumous collection…

  • Q&A with Poetry Prize winner, Stephanie Ginger

    Q&A with Poetry Prize winner, Stephanie Ginger

    Stephanie Ginger is a writer and winner of the Fresher Writing Prize for Poetry 2016. She has studied Creative Writing at both the University of Oxford and Brunel University, as well as working as a freelance journalist. Stephanie has also been successfully shortlisted for several screenwriting competitions. We caught up with her to ask a…

  • And the winners are —–

    And the winners are —–

    See the full list of Fresher Prize winners here