21 November 2016
That’s right, folks. The long wait is over: our in-house judges have read through this year’s manuscript submissions to the UoG Novel Writing Contest and have whittled it down to a shortlist of six. Submissions were anonymous, and…
4 August 2016
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…
12 November 2015
It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks here at UoG, with a plethora (big word alert) of exciting events and happenings. One of the biggest was the launch of the Compass anthology, the latest addition to the New…
13 October 2015
This week, the much anticipated shortlist for the 2015 UoG Novel Writing Contest has been revealed. It was a competitive field and the judges did not approach it lightly: it required much deliberating and soul-searching and debating before…
5 October 2015
The other week Creative Writing Lecturer and BA Course Leader Tyler Keevil was down in London to read at Waterstones Picadilly for the most recent Word Factory short story salon. He performed alongside, and was in conversation with,…
14 March 2015
The Compass anthology may have moved on to the next stage of the editorial process, but there are other new and exciting publishing opportunities fast approaching. One of them is the latest Stroud Short Stories Competition, which is…
1 February 2015
For those who haven’t submitted, you have less than 24 hours to send your novel excerpt and synopsis to the Myriad First Drafts Novel Competition, which closes tomorrow at noon. If you don’t have anything ready, fear not:…
17 January 2015
Whew. The new (and slightly extended) Semester 1 has finally drawn to a close, with the majority of BA and MA assessment having been handed in this past week. Congratulations to all for making your deadlines (we hope)…
8 December 2014
Last week, the launch of Carnival: New Writing III was made even more exciting (if that was possible) by the announcement on the night of the winner of our inaugural UoG Novel Writing Contest. For those playing catch-up,…
28 November 2014
It’s been an exciting semester on the course, with further staff and student publications, prizes won, and the launch of the hugely popular, student-led magazine Show Don’t Tell. This week has been particularly buzzing as we gear up…