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).<\/p>\n
Please note \u2013 some of you have told me about acceptance for the UoG anthology Singularity. <\/em>I haven\u2019t included them here as I\u2019d like to get a full list \u2013 watch this space!<\/p>\n MA student Jim Pownall<\/strong> \u00a0has published two short stories in magazines: \u2018The Imposter \u2018(Fake<\/em>, Wilson Arts Collective Zine) and \u2018The Pilgrimage\u2019 (Duet<\/em>, Pittville Press).<\/p>\n Claire Harrison<\/strong> (2nd<\/sup> year BA) had a short story published in Fresh Leaves, an anthology of short stories by new writers in 2018<\/em>; she won an award for being the author of one of the top three stories chosen by the editor\/publisher Vine Leaves Publishing. Claire was also winner of 2018 Cheltenham Poetry Festival Slam Story competition.<\/p>\n Carol Hilton<\/strong> (2nd<\/sup> year BA) also had two stories published in Fresh Leaves; <\/em>\u2018Honey Cake\u2019 and \u2018Henry\u2019s Seagull\u2019. \u2018Honey Cake\u2019 won the first prize of a \u00a375 Amazon voucher.<\/p>\n Amelia Wreford<\/strong> (MA) has a short story ‘Worm’ – for December issue of\u00a0 BFS Horizons, which is the official periodical for the British Fantasy Society.<\/p>\n Caroline Juskus<\/strong> (1st<\/sup> year BA) had a story \u2018Ill Winds\u2019 selected for a themed Mslexia<\/em> issue \u2013 a very tough market!<\/p>\n Chloe Forester<\/strong> (3rd<\/sup> year BA) published a story \u2018Isa\u2019 in Novelty<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n Daniel Paton<\/strong> (2nd<\/sup> year BA) was a winner in the Waterloo Festival short story competition. The collection is available as an eBook on Amazon – https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07DP2W22T<\/a><\/p>\n Sophie Lay<\/strong> (3rd<\/sup> year BA) had a \u00a0short story \u2018Cultivate\u2019 published in Popshot<\/em> Magazine’s Summer Issue. Sophie also let me know about a group publication in the Lampeter Review<\/em> later this year. The piece is titled \u2018Staying Grounded: Twelve Eyewitness Accounts of the Event’. The students (and staff) included are: Libby Brown, Oli Cowmeadow, Becky Charnock, Chloe Hodgkinson, Tyler Keevil, Sophie Lay, Kerry McDonnell, Holly Naylor, Laurie Parrett, Shannon Storm, Kate Whinnett<\/strong>, and Amy Wright<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Joyce Grant<\/strong>, who is one of our Humber College MA students, published a middle-grade baseball novel, Sliding Home<\/em>, in April 2018 (publisher: Lorimer Kids & Teens, Canada).<\/p>\n A late addition: Reece McCormack <\/strong>has a story, ‘Something with Miles on it’ accepted for publication by the New England Review<\/em>; it will feature in either the September or December issue.<\/p>\n Ziggy Dicks<\/strong> (MA) has had poetry on the Outlaw Poetry<\/em> website, contributed to Further into Darkness and Light<\/em> Anthology (profits for Mind charity), contributed to a forthcoming anthology by Fallen Angel Poetry<\/em>, and launched Gloucester Poetry Society\u2019s first anthology.<\/p>\nProse<\/h2>\n
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