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.
20 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!
Read more12 November 2018
Join us to celebrate the launch of our brilliant new Creative Writing student anthology, Singularity. The event takes place at the Francis Close Hall SU Bar on Friday 23rd November at 7:30pm. Join us for readings, drinks, fun, and…
Read more14 October 2018
It’s always great to hear what our alumni are up to, and former student Keely O’Shaughnessy has been in touch to share with current students a submission opportunity from the magazine she’s now working for. Flash Fiction Magazine…
Read more13 July 2018
UoG creative writing students have been doing great things this year and have achieved publications and prizes in all three strands. Congratulations to everyone (and if I have missed any successes, please let me know). Please note –…
Read more21 April 2018
Creative Writers at the University of Gloucestershire last week kicked off the 2018 Cheltenham Poetry Festival with two great events in Cheltenham bars. Scores of people attended Bar Room Bards at the Railway Inn, hearing performances of classic…
Read more9 April 2018
They told her she would become the queen. The world lies in ruins. For years, only one part of Illinois has remained alive and thriving: the Compound and its territories. In a farmhouse beside an orchard, a…
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