Tag: Fresher Writing

  • Writing for Peace

    Writing for Peace

    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…

  • Volume 4 Cover Reveal

    Volume 4 Cover Reveal

    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…

  • First 500 words of a novel winner 2018

    First 500 words of a novel winner 2018

    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…

  • Behind the Scenes: Wesley

    Behind the Scenes: Wesley

    Hi! My name is Wesley Schulte, the publishing assistant for Fresher Publishing, and I’m here to give you an update of all the wonderful things that are happening behind the scenes! I’m a second year BA English student, from The Netherlands, and interning for Emma Scattergood, editorial director of Fresher. At the moment, we are…

  • Introducing our Flash Fiction judge, James Cole

    Introducing our Flash Fiction judge, James Cole

    This year we are introducing a Flash Fiction category to our Fresher competition and we are delighted that writer James Cole is joining us to judge these entries. James is a Bournemouth-based storyteller and for the past six years he has led workshops and held community-based residencies, hoping to foster a love for reading and writing. He has a…

  • New Judges Confirmed

    New Judges Confirmed

                        We are excited to announce that we have two new judges joining our panel for the 2016 Fresher Writing Prize: author Jeremy Page and editorial director of Picador, Francesca Main. As well as being a novelist and scriptwriter, Jeremy Page has worked in the UK film…