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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…

We are delighted to introduce our new Fresher Writing Prize judge, Ansa Khan Khattak, for the Fresher Writing Prize 2019! Ansa Khan Khattak is an editor at Picador, where she works on both literary fiction and narrative non-fiction. Her authors include Lucia Berlin, Manohla Dargis, Wendy Erskine, Genki Kawamura and Éric Vuillard. “Introducing fresh voices…