Fresher

The Publishing House for New Voices

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 Children’s Writing Competition 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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Go Ed Peppitt!

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Fantastic publisher & judge Ed Peppitt is taking a detour during his charity cycling challenge just to be in Boscombe for the evening of the Fresher launch. ... View Post

Bournemouth Student Short List

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The shortlist for the Fresher Writing Prize 2015, Bournemouth University’s first public creative writing competition has now been announced, and we are delighted that our own students have made a good showing on the list. Katie Gillingham, Mickey Harper, Amanda Jane, Olivia Johnson, Louise Jones, ... View Post

Confirmed Shortlist

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I am pleased to announce this years Fresher Writing Prize Shortlist! Well Done to everyone who entered and got involved, we really do appreciate it. This year there were so many amazing entires it took our team of dedicated readers a long time to come up with this final list. For those of you ... View Post