Author: Fresher

  • Listen: Acoustics by Prize winning poet, Stephanie Ginger

    Listen: Acoustics by Prize winning poet, Stephanie Ginger

    Stephanie Ginger won the Fresher Writing Prize for Poetry 2016 with her poem Pansies. This, along with all of the other shortlisted entries including Acoustics, can be found in the Fresher Writing 2016 anthology which can be purchased via our Books page. Stephanie recently recorded a podcast of her poetry with us at Bournemouth University, an excerpt…

  • Read: Blank Walls by Hannah Persaud

    Read: Blank Walls by Hannah Persaud

    Hannah Persaud won the Fresher Writing Prize for Best Short Story 2016 with her story Cyfannedd Fach. This, along with Blanks Walls and all of the other shortlisted entries, can be found in the Fresher Writing 2016 anthology which can be purchased via our Books page.       Blank Walls There’s a new photograph…

  • Student Shortlist

    Student Shortlist

      With only just over a day to go to the book launch and prize giving our student award short list is:- Virtual vs Reality by Kathryn Woodhead She’s Forgetting by Georgia Stephenson Women Support The Miners by Hannah Pigott How Toby Saved The World by Paula Halliday The winner’s name will be revealed on…

  • Cover designs – first views

    Cover designs – first views

    Cover designs – first views As a taster for the launch of this year’s prize winning story anthologies on 19th May here are the winning cover designs. More stunning artwork from students at Bournemouth University for the 2016 editions. More to come…

  • Undercover Animals by Sharira Bettencourt

    Undercover Animals by Sharira Bettencourt

    Undercover Animals by Shakira Bettencourt, aged 9 “Come in, come in, this is Black Fire reporting for duty.” Yes, his name is Black Fire and he is one of the undercover animals! These undercover animals pretend to be normal zoo animals, but they all have a special talent. These are the names of these strange…

  • Think Outside the Box!

    Think Outside the Box!

    There are two directions a narrative can go in: linear and non-linear. For a narrative to follow a linear style means for it to go in the order of Beginning, Middle and End. So, for a narrative to follow a non-linear style means that you can place the story in whichever order you wish! Whether you choose…