MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play Edward Edward will be broadcast on Radio 4 on May 20th at 2.15 pm.
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MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play on Radio 4, May 20th
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2nd Parallel Universe poetry competition, closing date 13 Sept 2013
The Radcliffe Science Library, in association with the Museum for the History of Science.
Theme: Science and Medicine as its theme
Open to all members of Oxford University – students, staff and alumni.
Closing date 13th September 2013. Further details on the Library’s website: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science.
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The 17 Winchester Writers’ Competitions: closing date 24 May 2013/ 19 July 2013
The 17 Winchester Writers’ Competitions are now open – the competitions include
- Writing for Children
- the Short Story
- the Shorter Short Story
- Poetry, Haiku
- Feature Articles
- Slim Volume
- Small Edition
- Crime Fiction
- Lifewriting
- Retirement
- The First Three Pages of the Novel
- Sustainability of the Environment
- the Young Writers Poetry Competition.
Entries must be original, unpublished work, written by one author, submitted using a pseudonym and must not have won an award in any previous competition. Self-published work is acceptable. Copyright remains with the author. The deadline is 24 May, 2013 for all competitions, except the Young Writers’ Poetry Competition, which has a deadline of 19 July.
Sixty-three prizes and five trophies will be awarded at the Writers’ Awards Ceremony on June 22nd, during the 33rd Winchester Writers’ Conference. In addition, the winner of each competition will be published in the Winchester Writers’ Conference anthology,_The Best of 2013_, published in the autumn. For the competition booklet, please follow this link:http://www.writersconference.co.uk/
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Creative Writing Seminar Series, Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing: 7 May 2013. David Morley
David Morley: “A Performance through Poetry, with Images”
Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road
4.45pm (refreshments) for 5.15pm
Seminar Convenor: Dr Clare Morgan
All are welcome and no bookings are necessary
http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/researchcentres/creativewriting.php
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Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize
The language of focus in 2013 is Portuguese, the text to be translated is ‘O sucesso’ by Brazilian author Adriana Lisboa.
The judges are Ellie Steel (editor), Naomi Alderman (author), Margaret Jull Costa (translator) and Ángel Gurría-Quintan (literary reviewer).
Open to all between the ages of 18 and 34, with no restriction on country of residence.
Deadline for entries is 2nd August 2013.
The short story and details on how to enter are available at www.youngtranslatorsprize.com
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MSt Tutor Jenny Lewis reads at launch of pamphlet, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 28 April 2013
MSt tutor Jenny Lewis with read, with Adnan al Sayegh, Joseph Brady and Taj Kandoura at the the launch of a new pamphlet “Now as Then” from Mulfran Press
28th April at 12.00pm, Ashmolean Museum Oxford.
There will also be readings by the ‘Writing Mesopotamia’ workshop groups at 2.00pm and 4.00pm.
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London Symposium on British Literature, 28 – 30 June 2013
At the Oxford and Cambridge Club, London.
This is a special interest meeting of London Symposia, an organization devoted to scholarly research, writing and discourse.
To present a paper, submit a brief abstract to the Programme Committee.
More information and registration (before May 1, 2013) on the website.
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Poets in the City, 15 April 2013
An evening with characters from Greek myth including Ulysses, Achilles, Helen, Hector and Cassandra.
With Simon Armitage, Bettany Hughes, Simon Mundy and Caroline Bird.
Tickets: £9.50 online via the Kings Place website
Or £11.50 via the Kings Place box office on 020 7520 1490
Venue: Hall One at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG from 6.30pm (event begins 7 pm).
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14th V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize for best unpublished short story
First prize £1,000, and the story published in Prospect online and in the RSL Review.
“In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to appear at an RSL event with established short story writers in autumn 2013 (the 2012 winner read at an event with short-story writer, novelist, and poet Jackie Kay).
This year’s judges are award-winning short story writers Adam Foulds, Jackie Kay and Helen Simpson.”
Closing date: 13 June 2013
Entry Fee: £5
Entry form available on the website.
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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s poem wins Poetry Society National Poetry prize
MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s poem “Italy to Lord” won second prize in the Poetry Society’s National Poetry competition:
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/npc2012winners/
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