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Creative Writing Society Quiz Night!

The Creative Writing Society is back and relaunching with a fun quiz at Smokey Joe’s Cafe tomorrow, Tuesday 27th October. Join your hosts, Mathias and Alice, for five rounds of fun, from 7pm-10pm. Entry is just £1 per head, so…

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How to land a book deal worth millions

You know how we’re always saying that nobody gets rich through writing fiction? Well, once in a while someone does. This year, that someone is publishing sensation Chloé J. Esposito. If this is the first time you’ve heard…

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UoG Creative Writing and English courses score 100% ‘Triple Crown’ in overall satisfaction on the 2016 National Student Survey!

They say you can’t get no satisfaction, but this year the University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing and English programmes have proved that wrong, at least in terms of the annual National Student Survey (NSS).  For those who don’t…

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Submission Window for UoG Novel Contest 2016 Officially Closes!

Phew – it’s been quite a ride, folks.  As ever at UoG our students left things till the last minute, and submissions for our 2016 Novel Writing Contest were coming in right up until midnight on the deadline…

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2016 End of Year Student Achievement Round-up

As we near the end of the academic year and look towards the summer, we at Team UoG wanted to catch up on a few notable student and alumni achievements that we may have missed in the whirlwind…

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UoG 2016 Novel Writing Contest Deadline Extended!

Have you been soaking up the summer sun, and are having a hard time getting motivated to submit your opus?  Have you been watching the European Cup (dare we mention the Iceland game) and generally slacking off a bit? …

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Writers Research Riot – this Wednesday!

The sun is shining, summer is here, and it’s nearly time to head for the beach, metaphorically and actually. But before you go, we have one more brilliant day of writing-based fun. This Wednesday, 8th June, 2nd-year students…

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Last Creative Writers’ open mic night, this Tuesday

Don’t panic – it’s not the last one ever, but it will be the last one this academic year. Of course, for some people who are finishing their degrees before moving away, it may indeed be the last one,…

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2016 UoG Novel Writing Contest Officially Opens to Submissions!

       With all this poetry fun going on, what with the forthcoming Cheltenham Poetry Festival and various other events, we figured our prose writers might be feeling a bit left out.  Well, fear not: it’s that…

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Buzzwords Poetry Event Featuring UoG Alumni Dan Sluman

For those who are eager for poetry and can’t wait for the huge line-up of great events at next week’s Cheltenham Poetry Festival (see our previous post, and get with it!) then a brilliant warm-up event is taking…

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