Wenlock Poetry Competition: closing date 6th Feb 2013

Posted on January 30, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

The 2013 Wenlock Poetry Competition is now open for entries to anyone age 17 and over. Up to 5 original poems, maximum 40 lines, on any subject, can be submitted. Entry fee is £5.00 per poem.

· 1st prize  £500
· 2nd prize £200
· 3rd prize £100

Shortlisted entries will be judged by Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate. Winners will be invited to read at an awards ceremony on Saturday 6th April in Much Wenlock as part of Wenlock Poetry Festival 2013.

More information and details on how to enter can be found on the Wenlock Poetry Festival website.

Closing Date: Wed 6 Feb 2013
Entry fee: £5.00 per poem

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Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, reviews Kirsty Gunn in the Times Literary Supplement

Posted on January 28, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, reviewed Kirsty Gunn in the Times Literary Supplement.

Read the review (for TLS subscribers/behind paywall).

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MSt alumnus Ioanna Mavrou’s audio story on Drum Literary magazine

Posted on January 28, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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

Posted on January 16, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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

Posted on January 7, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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

Posted on January 7, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

“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

Posted on December 6, 2012 by MSt Creative Writing

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

Posted on December 6, 2012 by MSt Creative Writing

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

Posted on December 6, 2012 by MSt Creative Writing

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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