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Fresher Writing Prize Shortlist Short Story Category A big thank you to all of you who entered our Peace-themed short story competition this year. Congratulations to the following writers for making the shortlist: Family Matters by Martina Nesi A Lousy Guide to Healing by Emily Dudley An Unconfirmed Appointment by Toni Hunter Becoming Lesbian by Elenia Graf All I See… View Post
We are delighted to introduce our new Fresher Writing Prize judge, Ansa Khan Khattak, for the Fresher Writing Prize 2019! Ansa Khan Khattak is an editor at Picador, where she works on both literary fiction and narrative non-fiction. Her authors include Lucia Berlin, Manohla Dargis, Wendy Erskine, Genki Kawamura and Éric Vuillard. “Introducing fresh voices or perspectives to an audience… View Post
The optional theme for this year’s Fresher Writing Prize is Peace. The idea of peace can mean something different to everyone, and we are looking forward to seeing how you interpret it in your stories and poems. We hope to inspire you to explore and share what exactly it is that peace means to you. We also encourage you to think… View Post
Volume 4 Cover Reveal Before we launch the Fresher Writing Prize 2019, we are excited to reveal the front cover of the 2018 Fresher Writing Anthology. Designed by Oliver Ray, this Medusa-inspired cover perfectly represents the anthology’s theme of monsters and the entries inside are just as brilliant! The paperback edition of this volume costs just £7 including… View Post
We have returned with another winner for the first 500 words of a novel category! Sorry for the delay, but our amazing judge Madeleine Milburn, founder of the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency, had the extremely difficult decision in choosing just one winner out of all the entries we received. Our winner of the first 500 words of… View Post
It’s Wednesday and time to announce our next Fresher Writing Prize 2018 winner! The flash fiction category took on this year’s monster theme, and it was key to make every word count so the story leapt of the page. Our judge for this category James Cole, who is an author and the Programme leader for the BA Creative Writing at… View Post