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Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, reviews Kirsty Gunn in the Times Literary Supplement
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MSt alumnus Ioanna Mavrou’s audio story on Drum Literary magazine
MSt alumnus Ioanna Mavrou‘s audio story “Lucky Cat” is now up on the Drum Literary Magazine’s website. Go to
http://drumlitmag.com/index.php?page=sounds&category=Issue_32._January_2013
to hear the story.
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MSt alumnus Catherine Higgins-Moore, poems in “Embers of Words- An Irish Anthology of Migrant Poetry”
MSt alumnus Catherine Higgins-Moore has four poems in Embers of Words- An Irish Anthology of Migrant Poetry.
The anthology can be bought on Amazon or from Choice Publishing.
Catherine’s short fiction has been shortlisted for The Asham Award – and her poetry is being published in Heart Shoots, an anthology where all proceeds go towards cancer research. Other contributing writers include Maya Angelou, John Betjeman, Seamus Heaney and Bob Dylan.
Copies of Heart Shoots, publication date Easter 2013, can be pre-ordered from the Indigo Dreams Booskhop.
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Jane Martin Poetry Prize (Girton College, Cambridge): closing date
Girton College’s (University of Cambridge) 2013 national Jane Martin Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. The competition will be judged by an eminent panel including Gillian Beer and Caroline Bergvall. The winner will receive £1000 and the opportunity to read at a high profile poetry event.
For more information see http://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/jane-martin-poetry-prize
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Pembroke College: Fantasy Literature Lecture series: 18 Jan 2013
Pembroke college have invited author Kij Johnson to deliver the inaugural Pembroke Lecture on Fantasy Literature in honour of JRR Tolkien.
The first annual lecture in the series designed to explore the history and current state of fantasy literature will take place on January 18th at 6 pm.
Professor Johnson will also offer a fiction masterclass at Pembroke on January 19th from 10 am until noon.
Both the lecture and the fiction masterclass are free and open to the public, but online registration is required to reserve a place on the fiction course.
Please go to pembrokemcr.com/Tolkien for more information.
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Swivel Theatre Company, closing 20 Feb 2013
“Breaking the mould / Arab women in the Arab spring”
For more information see http://swivel-live.co.uk/call-for-writers/
Entry is free, closing date 20 February 2013.
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MSt alumnus David Shook’s collection to published by Eyewear, Spring 2013
Congratulations to MSt alumnus David Shook, whose book Our Obsidian Tongues is to be published by by Eyewear in spring, 2013.
Publication details will appear on the Eyewear Books page.
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Lilith Magazine Annual Fiction Contest: closing 15 March 2013
Lilith Magazine is sponsoring its annual fiction contest with a closing deadline of March 15, 2013.
“We are looking for stories that speak to the experiences of Jewish women everywhere.”
First prize is publication and $250; there is no entry fee. For more details about how to submit manuscripts, please go to the Lilith Magazine Fiction contest website.
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Drama: The 7th King’s Cross New Writing Award 2013
The Courtyard’s 7th King’s Cross Award for New Writing for the stage is open for submissions between 7th January and 30th April 2013.
The Award is open to writers for the stage resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
Scripts must be unpublished and unperformed.
The entry fee is £10.
Further details are on the Award webpage.
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White Review Short Story Prize: closing date 1 March 2013
The White Review has announced an annual White Review Short Story Prize, judged in 2013 by a panel including Booker Prize-shortlisted author Deborah Levy and awarded by Tom McCarthy.
Supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, the prize awards £2,500 to the best piece of short fiction by an unpublished writer resident in Great Britain and Ireland.
The competition is open for submissions via the website http://www.thewhitereview.org/. The deadline is 1 March 2013. The prize will be awarded at a ceremony in March 2013.
For more information, see http://www.thewhitereview.org/the-white-review-prize/ or contact editors Jacques Testard and Benjamin Eastham on editors@thewhitereview.org
or +442070528420/+447772249942.
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