Author Archives: MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor Harry Man wins The Stephen Spender Prize 2021

MSt tutor Harry Man has won The Stephen Spender Prize 2021. The Prize is an annual competition for poetry in translation, with categories for young people (14-and-under, 16-and-under, and 18-and-under) as well as an open category for adults.  For more … Continue reading

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Alumna Jesse Sutanto wins the 2021 Comedy Women in Print Prize for her novel Dial A for Aunties

Comedian, author and actor Helen Lederer launched the Comedy Women in Print Prize (CWIP) in 2019, to recognise, celebrate and encourage witty women authors.  With not only a sequel but a Netflix adaptation in the works, MSt alumna Jesse Satanto’s … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jenny Lewis commissioned to write and film a poem for the COP26 Climate Conference

Jenny Lewis and frequent collaborator Adnan al Sayegh have been commissioned to write and film a poem for the COP26 Climate Conference. They will be performing it live in London on Saturday 10 October, and the film will be shown … Continue reading

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MSt Alumna Rose Edwards publishes new novel, The Ember Days

MSt alumna Rose Edwards has published her second novel with UCLan. The Ember Days follows Rose’s earlier novel, The Harm Tree, on 7 October. “Exiled from a broken land, two friends try to escape the darkness they left behind them. Together … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award

The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) is pleased to announce Jinwoo Park winner of the 2020 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for his manuscript The Oxford Soju Club. The judges say, “Park’s accomplished fiction manuscript is a riveting ‘tale of … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Ben Brown’s play A Splinter of Ice at the Jermyn Theatre

“Moscow, 1987. As the Cold War begins to thaw, one of the great novelists of the twentieth century, Graham Greene, meets his old MI6 boss and notorious Soviet spy, Kim Philby. The two men raise their vodka glasses and talk … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Sharath Jeevan publishes with Hachette

Described by the publisher as, ‘an inspirational manifesto for re-igniting our passion for life and our inner drive,’ MSt Alumnus Sharath Jeevan’s new book is written to help the reader achieve more lasting fulfilment. Published on 2 September 2021, Intrinsic … Continue reading

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Dr Clare Morgan, MSt founder and director, judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021

Dr Clare Morgan, founder and director of the MSt in Creative Writing, will this month be judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021. In a town in which the history of the English language can be traced back by centuries, … Continue reading

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MSt alumnus Chris Viner to publish novella with J. New Books

MSt alumnis Chris Viner has a new book coming out with J. New Books on 1 August 2021. A portion of the royalities from novella Brief Tenancies will go to the Foundation for Peace. A trailer for the publication can … Continue reading

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MSt alumna Jennifer Thorp receives Ireland Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award

The Irish Government, in partnership with the Arts Council for Ireland, has announced that Jennifer Thorp will be a recipient of the Decade of Centenaries Markievicz Award bursary scheme for artists in 2021. The award, named in honour of artist … Continue reading

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