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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Bournemouth Writing Prize Short Story Winner Announced

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We are absolutely delighted to announce that this year's winner of the Bournemouth Writing Prize for the Short Story is Alan Murrin for The Wake. The judges were all captivated by Murrin's ability to tackle themes of loss and grief with such humour and sensitivity. Picador Commissioning Editor, ... View Post

Bournemouth Writing Prize Poetry Winner Announced

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We are delighted to announce that the winner of The Bournemouth Writing Prize for Poetry is CT Mills, for his poem Poetry, n. Poetry judge Antony Dunn said: 'This poem stood out from the start as unusual in subject and technique. It is packed with apparently genuine sorrow, tightly-controlled and ... View Post

Meet the Designer of the Writing Wizardry Anthology 2021

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As well as a writing competition, the Writing Wizardry Competition provides the opportunity for Bournemouth University students studying Communication & Media or English to compete to design our anthology's cover as part of their Writing, Editing and Publishing unit. This year's winner was 21 ... View Post

Writing Wizardry Competition Shortlist (Years 3 & 4)

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We are delighted to announce that the following entries have been shortlisted for the Writing Wizardry Competition. Congratulations to you all! As ever, we had hundreds of entries from hundreds of talented young writers around the world which made it really hard to narrow it down to the names you ... View Post

The Writing Wizardry Competition Shortlist (Years 5 & 6)

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We are delighted to announce that the following entries have been shortlisted for the Writing Wizardry Competition. Congratulations to you all! As ever, we had hundreds of entries from hundreds of talented young writers all around the world which made it really hard to narrow it down to the names ... View Post

The Bournemouth Writing Prize Short Story Shortlist 2021

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We are delighted to be able to announce the shortlist of The Bournemouth Writing Prize Short Story competition 2021. Congratulations to all of you listed here! Every shortlisted story has been put forward for inclusion in the anthologies we will be publishing later in the year. We will let you ... View Post