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MSt tutor Ella Hickson shortlisted for the Paines Plough inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting

MSt tutor Ella Hickson has been shortlisted for the Paines Plough inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott made Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature

MSt tutor Jane Draycott has been made Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature. Read about it here.

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MSt tutor Jamie Mckendrick’s “The Years” shortlisted for the 2020 Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets

MSt tutor Jamie Mckendrick’s “The Years” has been shortlisted for the 2020 Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets. From the announcement “The judges admired these poems for their formal accomplishment, quiet erudition, variety of theme and engaging introspection.  But, beyond that, … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus David Shook’s “Barcode Scanner” wins ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival’s Prize for the Best Film for Tolerance

https://vimeo.com/434148546 MSt alumnus David Shook’s Barcode Scanner has won the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival’s Prize for the Best Film for Tolerance. From the announcement: “The Prize for the Best Film for Tolerance, donated by the Federal Foreign Ministry, has been … Continue reading

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MSt alumna M J Holmes’ pamphlet “Dihedral” published by Live Canon

MSt alumna M J Holmes’ pamphlet “Dihedral” has been published by Live Canon. From the announcement: “Joint winner of the 2020 Live Canon Pamphlet Competition. A Forward Prize nominee and Hawthornden Fellow, Mary-Jane has won the Bridport Poetry prize, the … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargraves’ “The Deathless Girls” nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargraves’ The Deathless Girls has been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021. See the list of nominees, and read about The Deathless Girls

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MSt tutor James Womack’s long poem “Homunculus” published by Carcanet.

MSt tutor James Womack’s long poem Homunculus , based around the Elegies of the Roman poet Maximian, has been published by Carcanet Press. From the announcement: “Homunculus is a long poem from award-winning poet and translator James Womack, based around … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Phoebe Stuckes collection “Platinum Blonde” published by Bloodaxe Books

MSt alumna Phoebe Stuckes’ collection Platinum Blonde has been published by Bloodaxe Books. From the announcement: “Platinum Blonde is Phoebe Stuckes’ debut collection. Whether wildly or wryly funny, each poem presents an episode in the up-and-down life of the wise-cracking party … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran MillwoodHargrave’s “The Mercies” listed for the Not the Booker

MSt alumna Kiran MillwoodHargrave’s novel The Mercies was llong-listed for the Not the Booker Prize. It has been number 1 on The Times Bestseller List, and number 5 on the Sunday Times Bestseller Chart.

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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s novel “Sisters” reviewed in the Observer, New York Times.

MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s novel Sisters was reviewed in the Observer, and in the New York Times. From the Observer “… Daisy Johnson is the demon offspring of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King, her work a dark torrent of nightmarish … Continue reading

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