No Country for Girls by UEA alumna Emma Styles has won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Best Published Novel Award. Emma grew up on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Perth, Western Australia and now lives in London, where she was born. She graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) in 2020, having previously […]
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Thomas Morris shortlisted for Writing.ie Short Story of the Year
‘Wales’ by UEA alumnus Thomas Morris has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, Writing.ie Short Story of the Year Prize. Thomas graduated from the Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2013 and is currently the editor at large of the Irish literary journal The Stinging Fly. In 2014 he edited Dubliners 100, a centenary collection of […]
Naoise Gale shortlisted for Poetry Book Award
After the Flood Comes the Apologies by current UEA student Naoise Gale has been shortlisted in the 2023 Poetry Book Awards, a prize for poetry pamphlets and books published by indies, self-published poets, small presses, and independent publishers. Naoise (pictured) joined the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) this year. Her debut pamphlet After the Flood […]
Julia by Sandra Newman
Julia is the newest novel from UEA alumna Sandra Newman and it published by Granta this week. Sandra was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from UEA’s Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA in 2002, when she was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award for her debut novel The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done. She […]
Jade Cuttle wins Morley Prize
Silthood by UEA alumna Jade Cuttle has won the non-fiction category of the Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour. Jade (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2019. She is a poet and songwriter from rural North Yorkshire, working remotely at The Times as Arts Commissioning Editor. Her nature poetry has been commissioned […]
Deshawn McKinney nominated for a Pushcart Prize
‘Children of Water’ by UEA alumnus Deshawn McKinney has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Deshawn (pictured) comes from Milwaukee and gained a BA in Creative Writing and African-American Students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison before completing an MA in Social Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He graduated from the […]
Leeor Ohayon wins third place in The London Magazine Short Story Prize
‘Consultation’ by UEA alumnus Leeor Ohayon has won third place in The London Magazine Short Story Prize. Leeor (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 and is currently studying on the Creative and Critical PhD. In 2022 he was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize, the QuietManDave Prize, and was […]
Ashley Hickson-Lovence nominated for London Chamber Black Excellence Award
UEA alumnus Ashley Hickson-Lovence has been nominated for the London Chamber of Commerce Black Excellence Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Literature. Ashley (pictured) grew up in Hackney, London, and completed an MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at City, University of London, while working as a secondary school English teacher. He completed his PhD […]
Bikram Sharma longlisted for Tata Literature Live! Award
The Colony of Shadows by UEA alumnus Bikram Sharma has been longlisted for the Tata Literature Live! Best First Fiction Book Award – Fiction. Bikram (pictured) is from Bangalore. He completed an MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2015, and in 2016 he was awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust writing fellowship at the […]
Leeor Ohayon shortlisted for Bricklane Bookshop Prize
‘Lots’ a story by UEA alumnus Leeor Ohayon has been shortlisted for the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize. Leeor (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 and is currently studying on the Creative and Critical PhD. In 2022 he was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize, the QuietManDave Prize, […]