Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year. Paul Murray (pictured), who graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2001, is nominated for The Bee Sting; and Anne Enright, who graduated from MA in Creative Writing in 1987, is nominated for The Wren, […]
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Runner Hawk
An extract from Michael Egan’s newest novel, Runner Hawk, published by Everything with Words in October 2023. One It was right in a moment of stillness as the cold morning air bit at my breath that I first caught sight of the runner. He hung there in mid-stride, strange and unnatural in his frozen […]
Runner Hawk by Michael Egan
Runner Hawk is the new novel by UEA alumnus Michael Egan and is published by Everything With Words this week. Michael is from Liverpool, and graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2022 as the recipient of the Booker Foundation scholarship. He is the author of six pamphlets of poetry, most recently the […]
Emma Styles wins Wilbur & Niso Award
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 […]
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 […]
