Month: November 2017

UoG Novel Contest 2017 Shortlist!

Following on from our previous announcement about this year’s anthology launch, we’re pleased to follow it up with equally exciting news: the shortlist for this year’s UoG Novel Writing Contest is here.  The six worthy contenders have had…

V-Day coming to University of Gloucestershire

The Creative Writing department are delighted to announce that we will be putting on a special dramatic writing event in February 2018 in collaboration with V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. Our students will perform…

Shadows Anthology Launch

It’s that time of year: the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer.  The world is sinking into an extended twilight…and the shadows are falling.  That’s right, folks: this year’s UoG Creative Writing anthology, Shadows:…

Vineleaves Short Story Competition: exclusive to UoG students

We’re pleased to share this call for entries to the inaugural Vineleaves short story competition. Vineleaves is a new publishing business launched by one of our Master’s students, Carina Mitchell. To be eligible for the competition, you must…

Open Mic and magazine launch!

This Tuesday, 7th November, don’t miss the launch of the latest edition of the Creative Writing student magazine, Show, Don’t Tell. Issue 12 is hot off the press and free to everyone who comes along to Smokey Joe’s Cafe at…

UoG Creative Writers’ Successful Autumn

It’s been a busy Autumn for the Creative Writing staff and students at UoG – go team! The new academic year started with the Cheltenham Literature Festival and for the second year in a row, students did an…