‘A Prolonged Kiss’ by UEA alumnus Jonathan Gibbs has been shortlisted for this year’s Sunday Times/Audible Short Story Award, the world’s richest short story prize. Jonathan (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2009 and received his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2014. He is the author of two […]
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Troy Onyango shortlisted for AKO Caine Prize
‘This Little Light of Mine’ by UEA alumnus Troy Onyango has been shortlisted for the 2021 AKO Caine Prize. Troy (pictured) studied Law at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and worked as a lawyer before joining the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA as the recipient of the Miles Morland Foundation Writing Fellowship. […]
Trevor Wood wins CrimeFest Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award
The Man on the Street by UEA Creative Writing alumnus Trevor Wood has won the inaugural CrimeFest Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award. It was the winner of the 2020 Crime Writers Association (CWA) John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award and is currently longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year and the Society […]
In Charge of the Gun by Graham Clifford
In Charge of the Gun is the second full-length poetry collection by UEA alumnus Graham Clifford and has just been published by the Black Light Engine Room Press. Graham studied Fine Art at Swindon College of Art and Design and Middlesex University before gaining an MA in Creative Writing at UEA in 2001. He currently […]
One Way Street by Trevor Wood
One Way Street is the second novel by UEA Creative Writing alumnus Trevor Wood and is published in hardback by Quercus this week, having been released on Kindle last year. Trevor graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) in 2017 and published his debut novel, The Man on the Street, with Quercus in 2019. This was […]
Waking the Tiger
An extract from Mark Wightman’s debut novel, Waking the Tiger, published by Hobeck in June 2021 The air in the small office was as still as a dead cat in a gutter. Betancourt lifted the rattan chicks that covered the windows in a futile attempt to take advantage of what little breeze there was, […]
ALIX KNOWS THE CHAIRS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE SHE HAS TWO AT HOME
An extract from Andrea Mason’s novel, The Cremation Project Wed 5 Aug Alix cycles to the Serpentine Gallery. Alix gets into the red-sheeted bed. Alix has the choice to enter the exhibition to the left or the right. Alix knows the chairs are uncomfortable because she has two at home. Alix puts her bag […]
Harriet Avery wins Exeter Novel Prize
Saving Rosalind, the debut novel by UEA alumna Harriet Avery, has won this year’s Exeter Novel Prize, judged by literary agent Kate Nash. Harriet (pictured) graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2015 and from the MFA in Creative Writing in 2018 and currently works as a librarian. Saving Rosalind has […]
Megan Davis wins Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize
The Messenger by UEA alumna Megan Davis has won this year’s Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She will receive a cash prize of £1,500. Megan (pictured) is a lawyer in the field of white-collar crime, and an associate at Spotlight on Corruption. Originally from Australia, she previously worked in the film industry and graduated from the MA […]
Late King in Yellow Woods by Jacob Rollinson
Late King in Yellow Woods is the debut novel by UEA alumnus Jacob Rollinson and is published by Muscaliet Press this month. Jake graduated from UEA’s BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2007 and from the MA in Creative Writing in 2009. After five years teaching in Beijing, China, he returned to UEA […]