Creative Writing
Welcome to the blog for Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire.
Welcome to the blog for Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire.
16 July 2020
July is the time when universities in the UK find out how well they have done in the previous year, in the opinion of the only people who really count and that’s the students. Yes, we’re talking about…
Read more20 June 2020
100 words a day…..could you do it? Could you write 100 words every single day, for a month, as an exercise in disciplined creativity? 7,000,000 words have been written in this way, over the last 19 years. It’s…
Read more17 June 2020
Us writers are not always the most sociable of creatures. Many of us confess to a worrying ability to spend scary amounts of time on our lonesome, stuck indoors and (hopefully!) writing, or if not writing then at…
Read more9 March 2020
Just three weeks until submissions close for this year’s HUMAN Anthology. If you haven’t submitted yet and want to, but are struggling to think of something to write, here are a few seeds to throw down on that…
Read more23 February 2020
Are you a current or former student of the University of Gloucestershire? If so, we want your submissions of prose, poetry, flash fiction and dramatic monologues for HUMAN, a new anthology of creative writing from the University of…
Read more20 December 2019
As we lower the curtain on another term, it’s time to wish you all a very happy festive season and a healthy and successful 2020. If you’re looking to buy a late present for yourself or anyone else,…
Read more14 November 2019
Esteemed friends, The Creative Writing Department cordially invites you to a LAUNCH NIGHT in celebration of the University of Gloucestershire’s HERITAGE ANTHOLOGY with instructive entertainment & pleasing refreshments from 7PM ON FRIDAY 22nd NOVEMBER in the delightful surroundings…
Read more11 April 2019
Dear writers, readers, teacher, students, alumni, and others interested in Heritage: New Writing VIII, we are happy to announce that we received over 150 submissions, which is the most submissions received for any anthology in the New Writing…
Read more7 February 2019
Are you a former student of the University of Gloucestershire, a current student, or a member of staff? If so, we want your submissions of prose, poetry, and artwork to Heritage, a new anthology of creative writing from…
Read more25 January 2019
Huge congratulations to MA student Paula Stanley. Her book about Women’s suffrage in Bristol will be published by Pen & Sword next month, under her pen name Christina Hollis: Struggle and Suffrage in Bristol Well done Paula!
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