Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt alumna Maya Popa appointed Publishers Weekly’s poetry reviews editor

MSt alumna Maya Popa has been appointed poetry reviews editor at Publishers Weekly.  From the announcement: “Maya C. Popa has joined Publishers Weekly as its new poetry reviews editor, effective immediately. Popa succeeds Alex Crowley in the post and will … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Morgan Christie’s “Variations on a Lobster’s Tale” published as ALP Chapbook

MSt alumna Morgan Christie’s Variations on a Lobster’s Tale won the Alexander Posey Chapbook contest in 2018, and has been published by the New Plains review. You can read more about the prize here, and find the chapbook on Amazon.

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MSt alumna Alexandra Strnad’s pamphlet “Pilgrims” with Eyewear, 2018

MSt alumna Alexandra Strnad’s pamphlet, Pilgrims, is being published by Eyewear. It is available to preorder/buy from the Eyewear website

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MSt alumna Jingan Young wins 2018 Bi’An Award for Poetry

MSt alumna Jingan Young’s poem “Plum Nest” has won the 2018 Bi’An Award for Poetry. About the prize: “The Bi’an Award is a new writing competition open to UK-based writers of Chinese heritage and supported by Arts Council England, Arvon and … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave’s “The Way Past Winter” Sunday Times’ Children’s Book of the Year

MSt alumna Kiran Millwood-Hargrave’s The Way Past Winter is the Sunday Times’ Children’s Book of the Year 2018 for the age group over 12. More on this (behind paywall)

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MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s “Everything Under” on Guardian and Lithub’s Books of the Year lists

MSt alumna Daisy Johnson’s Booker-shortlisted novel Everything Under is one of the Guardian’s “Best Books of the Year“, and one of Lithub’s Favourite Books of 2018.

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MSt tutor Roopa Farooki on judging panel for Young Muslim Writers Award

MSt tutor Roopa Farooki has been named a judge on the panel for Young Muslim Writers Award 2018. From the announcement: “The judging panel comprised of 31 award-winning poets, writers, and journalists have been announced for the 8th annual Young … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott reading at the British Library, 26 Nov 2018

MSt tutor Jane Draycott will be reading at the British Library on Monday 26 Nov 2018 for Carcanet’s “What makes a Classic?” From the announcement: One generation’s classics look quite different from another’s. So how do you define them? To … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis at the Stanford University Centre, Oxford, 20th Nov 2018

MSt tutor Jenny Lewis will be at the Stanford University Centre in Oxford on the 20th of November 2018, 5 – 7 pm. From the announcement: Translating Trauma: Creative Responses to War and Conflict British poet Jenny Lewis and Iraqi … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis’ “Gilgamesh Retold” launches in London, Oxford, 3rd, 4th Oct, 11th Nov 2018

Jenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgamesh’s city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns … Continue reading

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