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A World of Difference

The 2023 University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing Anthology is open for submissions. We are looking for stories, poetry, dramatic writing, and graphic storytelling pieces that fall under the theme of A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. The topic gives you…

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Submission Extension: Creative Writing Anthology 2022

We’ve decided to extend our previous call for submissions to 4th March. All other submissions guidelines remain the same however, and you can view them here. Remember, you can submit work that has been sent in for assessments…

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Submission call: Creative Writing Anthology 2022

We are excited to announce that CW Anthology 2022 is now accepting submissions from current CW students and alumni! For the first time, we’re using a dual theme: Future/Identity. We want work that looks ahead without getting lost…

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Submission call: Creative Writing Anthology 2021 – VOICES

VOICES As a society we all have VOICES. As individuals we use our voices to communicate, inspire and more. This can be reflected in our storytelling – a way of using our unique voices to communicate with the…

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‘Cows Can’t Jump’ – another publishing success for a UoG Creative Writing alumni: an interview with Phil Bowne

CW: Phil, hi and a huge welcome to the Creative Writing blog at University of Gloucestershire, your old haunt! We know that congratulations are in order as you’ve just published your first novel! How does it feel to…

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A new publication by an alumni of Creative Writing at Uni of Glos: ‘Finding Happiness after Covid-19’ by Pam and Peter Keevil

CW: Hi Pam, a huge welcome to the Creative Writing blog at University of Gloucestershire! To start with, could you please introduce yourself to our readers? Your connection with the university goes back a few years now, doesn’t…

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Another amazing Creative Writing industry guest: Jonathan Edwards, Editor, ‘Poetry Wales’ (28 Sept)

Creative Writing department at University of Gloucestershire is delighted to welcome another fantastic industry guest for a chat with our students. Jonathan Edwards’s first collection,My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren, 2014), received the Costa Poetry Award and the Wales Book…

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Poet Tania Hershman to give a guest lecture for ‘The Business of Writing’ module

Creative Writing department at the University of Gloucestershire is delighted to announce that, on Monday 5 October, poet Tania Hershman will be giving a guest lecture to a combined group of undergraduate students on HM6101 The Business of…

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Creative Writing alumni’s new literary magazine “The Phare”

CW: Claire, hi, thanks so much for joining us on the Creative Writing blog at University of Gloucestershire. Could you tell us a little bit about your connections with this department? Hi Senja, yes I joined UoG as…

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Stop press! UoG Creative Writing team excels at this year’s National Student Survey scores :-)

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…

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