MSt tutor George Szirtes judge for Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2013 (closing date 21 Oct 2013)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

Judges: Deryn Rees-Jones & George Szirtes

Prizes: 1st £2,500, 2nd £500, 3rd £250

Entry Fee:  £5/€6/$8 per poem.

More details on the Coffee House Poetry website

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MSt alumnus Oliver Michell production manager for “As You Like It”, the Rose Theatre, London. 1st – 26th Oct 2013

Posted on September 24, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

For more information and to book tickets see http://www.rosetheatre.org.uk/events/event/as-you-like-ie-by-william-shakespeare/.

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COMPAS Poetry Competition 2013, supported by Keble College. Closing date 11 Oct 2013

Posted on September 24, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

The topic is Poetry on the Move, “celebrating a decade of work in the field of migration“.

Judge: Ruth Padel.

First prize £700, second prize £200 and third prize £100.

Eligibility: residents of the UK and Ireland over the age of 18 (excluding organising and judging staff and their relations).

Up to 5 entries per person.More details on the COMPAS website.

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Etisalat Prize for Literature, pan-African prize for first time writers of fiction

Posted on August 22, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

Closing Date: 30 August 2013
Submissions by publishing houses only for books published between 1 May 2011 and 31 May 2013.

Further details, including eligibility on the Commonwealth Writers website.

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MSt Alumni James Benmore’s Dodger on the 2013 Not the Booker longlist

Posted on August 19, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

James Benmore’s Dodger (Heron Books, 2013) was longlisted for the “Not the Booker prize”.

More information in the Guardian.

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Gulf Coast’s 2013 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose: closing date 31 Aug 2013

Posted on August 19, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

Judged by Robert Coover, closes for entries on August 31st.

Established in 2008, the winner is awarded $1,000 and publication in the journal. Two honorable mentions each receive $250 and will also be published. All entries are considered for paid publication on the Gulf Coast website

Information on how to enter is online here.

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Mst Tutors Jane Draycott & Jenny Lewis at the Ashmolean: National Poetry Day, 3 Oct 2013

Posted on August 19, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

From Gilgamesh to Beowulf – 5,000 years of epic: two creative writing workshops led by Jenny Lewis (Gilgamesh, 10.00-12.30) and Jane Draycott (Beowulf, 1.30-4.00), followed by a group reading from 4.00-5.00pm.

Price: £15 per workshop or £25 for the whole day.

For more details visit the Ashmolean website.

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MSt Alumni Prajwal Parajuly and David Shook on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist 2013

Posted on August 9, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

Prajwal Parajuly’s The Gurkha’s Daughter (prose) and David Shook’s Our Obsidian Tongues (poetry) have been longlisted for the  Dylan Thomas Prize  2013. The prize, for young writers, was launched in 2006.

More about the prize.
The complete  2013  longlist.

 

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The Harlequin, issue 2.

Posted on August 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

Featuring work by MSt in Creative Writing graduates David Shook and Patrick Toland, and also poems by A.E. Stallings, Carrie Fountain and Kate Potts, fiction by Ron Rash and a conversation with Don Paterson on, amongst other matters, poetry and creative writing schools .

At  www.theharlequin.org

Readers are encouraged to subscribe and submit.

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MSt Staff & students: performance of Gilgamesh Rising by Jenny Lewis, Oxford, 8 June 2013

Posted on May 30, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

The Proverbial Hat Theatre Company presents

Gilgamesh Rising
by MSt tutor Jenny Lewis.

Featuring MSt students Joseph Brady, Samir Guglani, Christine Foley, Nemat Sadat, Imogen Harris, Susan Campbell, Katariina Kottonen.

Music by Anita Daulne

“When the Mesopotamian god king, Gilgamesh, angers the deities with his arrogance and hubris, they teach him a lesson by making him fall in love …”

Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
8th June 2013,
3.00 – 3.30, and 4.30 – 5.00 pm.

Admission Free.

More information here.

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