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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 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
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Winner of the Fresher Writing Prize Short Story 2020

in Updates on 02/07/20

Our 2020 Prize we received more entries than ever, so we would, once again, like to congratulate all of those shortlisted. We are delighted to announce that the winner for the Fresher Writing Prize Short Story 2020, as selected by our panel of judges, including Ansa Khan Khattak, Commissioning Editor at Picador, is Patrick Bird for ‘The Fenian Cycle’.   About… View Post

Winner of the 2020 Fresher Writing Prize for Poetry

in Updates on 02/07/20

This year, we received more entries than ever, so we would once again like to congratulate all of those shortlisted. We really enjoyed reading all of your work. We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Fresher Writing Prize for Poetry 2020 is Sigrid Daniel for her poem, ‘Brother’.   About the Author   Sigrid is based in… View Post

Fresher Writing Prize 2020: Best Student Writer

in Updates on 01/07/20

The Fresher Best Student Writer prize is awarded each year to the best short story submitted by a BU student. We are delighted to announce that the winner of Fresher Best Student Writer 2020 is Jason Blackburn, for his short story, ‘The Gulf Between Us’.  Of The Gulf Between Us, the judges said: “This is a well crafted story. Jason… View Post

Writing Wizardry Competition 2020 Shortlist!

in Updates on 01/07/20

We are delighted to be able to announce the shortlist for the Writing Wizardry Competition 2020. We were overwhelmed by the sheer number of entries this year and would like to thank everyone for their amazing pieces of work. There were so many awesome stories that trying to cut it down to a shortlist was incredibly hard. Because we are… View Post

Read: The Fresher Writing Prize 2020 short story winner, ‘The Fenian Cycle’

in Inspiration, Short Stories on 30/06/20

A Few Words from the Winner “I grew up surrounded by stories, and my passion for writing developed from there. Storytelling is so important as it provides us with an alternate, more human perspective of events, allowing us to access and understand different people and ideas. The more I write, the more my understanding and reverence for the craft grows – and… View Post

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

in Inspiration, Poetry on 30/06/20

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 unexpected love story between two… View Post

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Capture by Emily Dinova

Capture by Emily Dinova

Capture by Emily Dinova won the scriptwriting category of the Fresher Writing Prize 2015.

Copies of the play are available for £4, including postage. Please send a cheque, made payable to Bournemouth University, to Fresher Publishing, Bournemouth University, Weymouth House, Fern Barrow, Dorset BH12 5BB.

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Bradley Wester Acceptance Speech

Brothers Katrina by Bradley Wester won the Fresher Writing Prize for Creative Non-Fiction 2016.

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