‘After Blue’ by UEA alumnus Luke Allan has been awarded second prize in the 2020 Bridport International Poetry Competition. A graduate of the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing, Luke is a former managing editor at Carcanet Press and PN Review. He received a Northern Promise Award in 2011 and was a finalist in the […]
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Anna Metcalfe shortlisted for Bridport Short Story Prize
‘Start Again’ by UEA alumna Anna Metcalfe has won Third Prize in the 2019 Bridport Short Story Prize. Anna (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) at UEA in 2012 and from the PhD in Creative and Critical Writing in 2016. In 2014 she was the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted […]
The Messenger by Megan Davis wins Bridport / Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award
The Messenger by UEA alumna Megan Davis has won this year’s Bridport / Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a first novel. The Illustrated Child by current student Polly Crosby was the runner-up. The award is co-sponsored by The Literary Consultancy and the AM Heath Literary Agency and was won by Megan’s classmate Deepa Anappara last year. Megan (pictured) graduated […]
