What will writing look like in 50 years? What role will authors play in the future? In the fiftieth anniversary year of the UEA Creative Writing programme, the Future and Form research project explores the interface between contemporary literature and creative technology. Full details and updates can be found on the newly launched project website: […]
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Lewis Buxton wins Winchester Poetry Prize
‘Field Dressing a Rabbit’ by UEA alumnus Lewis Buxton has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Winchester Poetry Prize, organised by the Winchester Poetry Festival and judged by Andrew McMillan. Lewis (pictured) graduated from UEA’s BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2014 and from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) this […]
Lewis Buxton and James McDermott shortlisted for Winchester Poetry Prize
Two UEA Creative Writing alumni have been shortlisted for the Winchester Poetry Prize, which is judged this year by Andrew McMillan. Lewis Buxton, who graduated from the BA in English Literature with Creative Writing in 2014 and has just completed the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry), is nominated for two poems: ‘Field Dressing A Rabbit’ […]
Manatomy by James McDermott
Manatomy is the debut collection of poetry by UEA alumnus James McDermott and is published by Burning Eye Books this week. James graduated from UEA with a BA in Scripwriting & Performance in 2015 and with an MA in Scripwriting in 2016. He has trained on The Royal Court Writers Group, Soho Theatre’s Writers Lab […]
Two poems from Manatomy
Manatomy is the debut poetry collection by James McDermott and is published by Burning Eye Books on 26th August 2020. Copies may be ordered here. Promiscuous Anxious Alcoholics So Long Soho
Gboyega Odubanjo, James McDermott and Molly Naylor shortlisted for OutSpoken Prize
Three UEA Creative Writing graduates have been shortlisted for the 2020 OutSpoken Prize for Poetry: Gboyega Odubanjo in the ‘Page’ category, and James McDermott and Molly Naylor in the ‘Performance’ category. OutSpoken is a monthly poetry and music night held at the South Bank Centre in London, and the winner of this year’s prize will […]
Future and Form at UEA
The UEA Creative Writing programme has announced a major new project, Future and Form, supported by £240,000 in Arts Council funding. It will be a centrepiece of the CW50 anniversary campaign, which celebrates 50 years of Creative Writing at UEA. Future and Form will partner UEA alumni Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Mona Arshi (pictured), Tash Aw, Imogen […]
Time & Tide by James McDermott
Time & Tide is a new play by UEA alumnus James McDermott and runs at Park Theatre London from 3 – 29 February. James (pictured) graduated from UEA with a BA in Scripwriting & Performance in 2015 and with an MA in Scripwriting in 2016. Time & Tide was written as his MA dissertation, and […]
Time and Tide
An extract from Time and Tide by James McDermott which runs at Park Theatre from 5th-29th February and is published by Samuel French. 12.30am. A Monday morning in September. May’s Caff on the end of Cromer Pier. Outside and beneath the caff, the […]
2019 UEA Scriptwriting MA anthology: foreword
James McDermott’s foreword the 2019 UEA Scriptwriting MA anthology, published by Egg Box I always wanted to write plays but I never thought I could as the plays I had to study at school were never about or by queer people like me and they were all set in London or America as opposed to […]
