The Wound Register by UEA alumna Esther Morgan has been named runner-up for the 2019 New Angle Prize, which celebrates literature associated with or influenced by the region of East Anglia. Esther (pictured) graduated from the Creative Writing (Poetry) MA in 1997 and was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award in 1998. Her first […]
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Mark Cocker shortlisted for Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize
Our Place: Can We Save Britain’s Wildlife Before It Is Too Late? by UEA alumnus Mark Cocker has been shortlisted for this year’s Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize, which is worth £5,000 to the winner and celebrates the best books about nature, the outdoors and UK travel. A widely-published journalist, broadcaster and naturalist, Mark (pictured) graduated […]
Threat by Julia Webb
Threat is the second collection of poetry by UEA alumna Julia Webb and has recently been published by Nine Arches Press. Julia gained a BA in Creative Writing from Norwich University of the Arts before graduating from the MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) at UEA in 2010. She was the winner of the National Poetry […]
The Art Of Deception by Louise Mangos
The Art Of Deception is the second suspense novel by current UEA student Louise Mangos and has just been published by HQ Digital, an imprint of Harper Collins. Louise is a student on the MA in Crime Fiction at UEA. Her first novel Strangers On A Bridge was shortlisted for the Flash 500 Opening Chapter Competition […]
The Bras and the Bees by Felicity Notley
The Bras and the Bees: the Extraordinary Life of BJ Sherriff is a new biography by UEA alumna Felicity Notley and has recently been published by Scryfa. Felicity graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2016 as the recipient of that year’s Seth Donaldson Memorial Scholarship. She writes short stories and […]
Toby Litt and Joe Dunthorne longlisted for Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Two UEA alumni have been longlisted for the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, which is the world’s richest prize for a single short story. The winner receives £30,000 and each of the six shortlistees £1,000. The co-sponsor Audible will also produce an audio anthology of the six shortlisted stories. Toby Litt (pictured), who […]
Travellers by Helon Habila
Travellers is the new novel by former UEA writing fellow Helon Habila and has recently been published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton. Helon came to UEA as a Writing Fellow in 2004 and subsequently enrolled for the PhD in Creative and Critical Writing. His first novel, Waiting for an Angel, was published in 2002 […]
Sophie Collins wins Eric Gregory Award
UEA alumna Sophie Collins has won an Eric Gregory Award at this year’s Society of Authors awards for her debut collection of poetry, Who Is Mary Sue?, which was published by Faber & Faber last year. Sophie studied Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, London, before joining the UEA Creative Writing (Poetry) MA in 2012. She […]
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott wins McKitterick Prize
Swan Song by UEA graduate Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott has won this year’s McKitterick Prize, which is awarded to a first novel by a writer over 40 and is administered by the Society of Authors. Kelleigh (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2017, having previously earned a BFA in Drama from Carnegie […]
Diana Evans shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
Ordinary People by UEA alumna Diana Evans has been shortlisted for the inaugural Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. The prize rewards outstanding fiction published in the UK that illuminates major social and political themes, and the winner will be announced in June. Diana (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003 and published her […]
