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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 encourage new writers everywhere. It is also central to the university’s MA in Creative Writing and Publishing.

The Fresher Writing Prize is an annual competition open to all previously unpublished, emerging writers of fiction and poetry.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
Find out more

Ali Sparkes announced as judge for Writing Wizardry Competition

in Children's, Updates on 16/02/15

Award-winning children’s author Ali Sparkes set to judge the Fresher Writing Wizardry Competition.

Writing Wizardry Judge 2015: Ali Sparkes

in Hidden on 12/12/14

Award-winning children’s author Ali Sparkes joins the judging panel for our Writing Wizardry competition.

Fresher Writing Prize Judge 2015: Claire Fuller

in Hidden on 11/12/14

Author Claire Fuller’s debut novel ‘Our Endless Numbered Days’ sparked a bidding war amongst the major publishing houses, before being snapped up in the UK by Fig Tree / Penguin. It will be published in February.

Fresher Writing Prize Judge 2015: Ed Peppitt

in Hidden on 11/12/14

Ed Peppitt of Balloon Publishing and Getpublished.tv is a former Publishing Director at Letts Educational and a consultant to many leading publishers, including Hodder & Stoughton, Oxford University Press and Harper Collins.

Fresher Writing Prize 2015 Judge: Sandra Cain

in Hidden on 11/12/14

Sandra Cain is an author/editor who runs Wordshaker, which helps authors to structure and write their non fiction books. Wordshaker also creates and produces bespoke book trailers and book audio to enhance writers’ book marketing platforms.

Fresher Writing Prize Judge 2015: Madeleine Milburn

in Hidden on 11/12/14

Madeleine Milburn represents a wide range of bestselling authors writing literary and popular fiction.