Actress by UEA alumna Anne Enright has been shortlisted for the €20,000 Novel of the Year award at the Dalkey Literary Awards. It was published by Jonathan Cape last year. Anne graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1987 and is the author of eleven previous books, including the winner of the 2007 Man […]
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Unravelanche by Jon Stone
Unravelanche is a new chapbook of poetry by UEA alumnus Jon Stone and is published by Broken Sleep Books this week. Jon graduated from the BA in English Literature and Creative Writing in 2004 and was the winner of an Eric Gregory Award in 2012. His work has been published in The Sunday Times, Poetry Review, […]
Paper Carpets
My best friend told me you should never walk so far away from your village that you can no longer see the church clock tower, without a pack of sandwiches in your bag. That was on the day we walked so far from her village that the clock tower was soon lost in the folding […]
Ruth Gilligan and Monique Roffey longlisted for RSL Ondaatje Prize
Novels by two alumnae of UEA have been longlisted for this year’s Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. The Butchers by Ruth Gilligan (Atlantic Books) and The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (Peepal Tree Press) are nominated for the award, which is worth £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry […]
Cara Marks shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
‘Starry Night’ by UEA alumna Cara Marks has been shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Cara (pictured) moved to the UK from Canada in 2016 to study for her MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) as the recipient of the UEA North American Bursary. She graduated in 2017 and is currently researching a […]
un(in)formed by Becky Deans
un(in)formed is the debut poetry chapbook by UEA alumna Becky Deans and is published by the Bearded Badger Press this week. Becky graduated from the UEA BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 1999 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) in 2000. Her novella exposé was published in 1998 and she has […]
Anna Selby shortlisted in Rialto Poetry Competition
‘Feeding my period blood to the Wordsworths’ garden’ by UEA alumna Anna Selby has been shortlisted and highly commended in the Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition, judged by Daljit Nagra. Three other poems by Anna were longlisted. Anna graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2005 and from the MA in […]
Ryan Gattis longlisted for Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award
The System by UEA alumnus Ryan Gattis has been longlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, which is open to thrillers set in any period. Ryan was born in Illinois, USA, and raised in Colorado. He gained a BFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University in California in 2001 and graduated […]
Judi Daykin longlisted for John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award
Under Violent Skies by UEA alumna Judi Daykin has been longlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, which awards the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality. Judi graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at UEA in 2019. Under Violent Skies was previously shortlisted for the […]
Luke Wright shortlisted for Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Performer
UEA alumnus Luke Wright has been shortlisted for a third time for a Saboteur Award in the Best Spoken Word Performer category. Luke graduated from the UEA BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2003 and is the author of several books, including Who Writes This Crap? (with Joel Stickley, 2007), Mondeo Man (2012), and The Ballad Seller (2020), a […]