Category: Archive
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Bournemouth Writing Prize 2022 now open!
Calling all writers! The Bournemouth Writing Prize 2022 is now open and will close in January, giving you just a few precious weeks to write the story that has been loitering in the back of your mind, take a fresh look at those old poetry drafts, or dig into your notebook and see what inspires…
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Hot off the press – Bournemouth Writing Prize 2021 anthologies
It’s said that good things come to those who wait… and it’s something of an understatement to say that we’ve all been waiting impatiently for the publication of the 2021 Bournemouth Writing Prize anthologies! Finally however, we have had the pleasure of unwrapping our delivery – and what a moment it was! I’m not ashamed…
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Meeting Dorset’s Young Writing Wizard 2021
We were so pleased to be able to meet our Dorset Young Writer winner, Zoe Buckley, recently and award her with a hot-off-the-press copy of The Writing Wizardry Anthology – plus help her spend her £150 prize money on books in Waterstones! The judges all loved Zoe’s entry to The Writing Wizardry competition –…
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Bournemouth Writing Prize Short Story Winner Announced
We are absolutely delighted to announce that this year’s winner of the Bournemouth Writing Prize for the Short Story is Alan Murrin for The Wake. The judges were all captivated by Murrin’s ability to tackle themes of loss and grief with such humour and sensitivity. Picador Commissioning Editor, Ansa Khan Khattak, said: ‘The Wake opens on…
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Bournemouth Writing Prize Poetry Winner Announced
We are delighted to announce that the winner of The Bournemouth Writing Prize for Poetry is CT Mills, for his poem Poetry, n. Poetry judge Antony Dunn said: ‘This poem stood out from the start as unusual in subject and technique. It is packed with apparently genuine sorrow, tightly-controlled and crafted into odd, memorable verse,…
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Writing Wizardry Competition Shortlist (Years 3 & 4)
We are delighted to announce that the following entries have been shortlisted for the Writing Wizardry Competition. Congratulations to you all! As ever, we had hundreds of entries from hundreds of talented young writers around the world which made it really hard to narrow it down to the names you see here. Please don’t feel…