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Zoe Kilmister, The Writing Wizardry year 3/4 category winner, and Alex Kirk, the year 5/6 category winner, recently had a fabulous time selecting their choice of £150 worth of books from Waterstones, with a helping hand from staff at the store and Emma Scattergood, Editorial Director of Fresher Publishing and the Writing Wizardry Competition. Both…

We are excited to reveal the winning cover for the latest volume of the Fresher Writing Anthology! The cover for volume 5 was designed by Tara Proudfoot, a student from the MA Creative Writing & Publishing course at Bournemouth University. Whilst there were several strong contenders for the cover design this year, we felt that…

Here at Fresher, we are excited to tell you all about our Writing Wizardry Competition awards night, hosted in collaboration with local bestselling children’s author, Maz Evans. The shortlisted primary school writers, along with their families and teachers, were all invited to see Maz Evans read the winning stories and to find out who had…

We are excited to announce that our Writing Wizardry anthology has been launched! The shortlisted winners of this year’s prize have all been included, with the cover design created by Bournemouth Univerity’s own students from the BA English and BA Communication & Media undergraduate courses. The Writing Wizardry Competition will return once again this October,…

Fresher Writing Prize Shortlist Poetry Category A big thank you to all of you who entered our Peace-themed poetry competition this year. Congratulations to the following writers for making the shortlist: Gift of Remembrance by Isobel Shirlaw Saint Lucy by Alessia Capuoui The Bo(d)y by Stephen Seabridge Peace by Louise Worthington Words Break Free by…

Fresher Writing Prize Shortlist Short Story Category A big thank you to all of you who entered our Peace-themed short story competition this year. Congratulations to the following writers for making the shortlist: Family Matters by Martina Nesi A Lousy Guide to Healing by Emily Dudley An Unconfirmed Appointment by Toni Hunter Becoming Lesbian by…