Tag: #writingcompetitions
-
What makes a winning poem?
Entering competitions is a great way of setting yourself targets and deadlines to work to. The Bournemouth Writing Prize Poetry Judge, the wonderful Antony Dunn, has shared some hints about what makes a good poem and what he looks for. Watch here.
-
Literary agent Sophie Scard joins The Bournemouth Writing Prize judging panel
We are delighted to welcome United Agents’ literary agent Sophie Scard to the judging panel of this year’s Bournemouth Writing Prize. Sophie, whose clients include Tessa Hadley, Susannah Dickey and Chris Brookmyre, is no stranger to writing competitions as she has judged the White Review Short Story Prize three times, and co-runs the Pat Kavanagh…
-
new poetry judge: antony dunn
We are delighted to introduce our new poetry judge, Antony Dunn, for the Fresher Writing Prize 2018! He has an impressive four collections of poems published, with the most recent released in October 2016, ‘Take This One to Bed’. As well as publishing his own work, Antony has edited and worked on a posthumous collection…
-
fresher writing prize 2018 has launched
The 2018 Fresher Writing Prize and Writing Wizardry competition have both launched today – so why not get out your pencils and get started! This year, to recognise the 200th anniversary since the publication of Frankenstein, the theme for both competitions is “Monsters” . You can check out the Fresher Writing Prize 2018 or Writing…
-
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…
-
Scriptwriting shortlist
The wait is over… The shortlisted writers for the scriptwriting category are: David Butler for BLUE LOVE Hazel Asbery for ESME Marta Dimitrova for THE FLOWER GARDEN The winner will be announced at the Fresher Writing Prize awards on the 19th May.