The Mermaid of Black Conch by UEA graduate Monique Roffey has been longlisted for the 2021 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, which is worth £3,000 to the winner. The novel was published last year by Peepal Tree Press. Monique graduated from the English Literature BA programme at UEA in 1987. Her first novel Sun Dog was published in […]
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Ben Fergusson wins Seán O’Faoláin Short Story Prize
‘A Navigable River’ by current UEA PhD student Ben Fergusson was the winner of the 2020 Seán O’Faoláin International Short Story Prize and will be published in the latest issue of Southword: New International Writing. He received a prize of €2000 and a week-long residency at Anam Cara Retreat. Ben (pictured) is in the first […]
Two poems from sikfan glaschu
Two poems from sikfan glaschu, the debut poetry collection by UEA alumnus Sean Wai Keung, published by Verve Press in April 2021 lanzhou noodle the thing about places where you can see into the cooking area / kitchen is that you really can see it all – the amount of physical effort that every single […]
sikfan glaschu by Sean Wai Keung
sikfan glaschu is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Sean Wai Keung and is published this week by Verve Press. Sean graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 2016, having previously gained a BA in Creative Writing from Roehampton University. His pamphlet, you are mistaken, was the winner of […]
This Must Be Earth by Melissa Wan
‘This Must Be Earth’ is a short story chapbook by UEA alumna Melissa Wan and has just been published by Night Jar Press. Melissa graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2019 as the recipient of the inaugural UEA Crowdfunded BAME Writers’ Scholarship. She received an Elizabeth Kostova Foundation Writing Fellowship in […]
Into Deadly Storms by Judi Daykin
Into Deadly Storms is the new crime novel by UEA alumna Judi Daykin and has recently been published by Joffe Books. Judi graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at UEA in 2019. Her debut novel Under Violent Skies was shortlisted for the Little, Brown / UEA writers prize and was published by […]
Vijay Khurana runner-up for Cúirt New Writing Prize
‘Circling the Chicken’ by UEA alumnus Vijay Khurana has been awarded second prize in the Cúirt New Writing Prize, which is part of Galway’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature and was this year judged by Colin Barrett. Vijay (pictured) graduated in 2019 from the MFA in Creative Writing at UEA, and has twice been shortlisted […]
Bone Music by David Almond
Bone Music is the new novel for children aged 12 and over by UEA alumnus David Almond and has just been published by Hodder Children’s Books. David graduated from UEA with a BA in English and American Studies in 1973 and began a career as a teacher before publishing his first novel in his late […]
Jyoti Patel wins Merky Books New Writers Prize
One Of Six by UEA alumna Jyoti Patel has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Merky Books New Writers Prize, a competition established by the rapper Stormzy in association with Penguin Books to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged 16-30 from the UK and Ireland. Her novel was selected from more than 2,000 submissions […]
The Shot by Anne Greenawalt
The Shot is the new novel by UEA alumna Anne Greenawalt and has just been published by Green Machine in the USA. Anne graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2007, having previously gained a BA in Creative Writing and Women’s Studies from Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. She has subsequently […]