UEA alumna Diana Evans has been shortlisted for the South Bank Sky Arts Awards in the Literature category for her novel Ordinary People, which was published by Chatto & Windus last year. Diana (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003 and published her debut novel 26a in 2005, winning the Orange Award […]
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Sara Barnard wins YA Book Prize
Goodbye, Perfect , the third book for Young Adults by UEA alumna Sara Barnard, has won The Bookseller‘s 2019 YA Book Prize. Sara graduated from the UEA BA in Literature with Creative Writing at UEA in 2010 and published her debut YA novel Beautiful Broken Things in 2016. This was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize in […]
Highly Sensitive by Hannah Jane Walker
Highly Sensitive is a new show by UEA alumna Hannah Jane Walker and has premiered at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival before moving to the Latitude Festival in July. Hannah (pictured) graduated from the BA in English Literature at UEA in 2004 before undertaking a Poetry MA at Newcastle University. She has co-written three previous […]
Mark Cocker longlisted 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 longlisted 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 […]
Peter Goulding wins Rheidol Prize
On Slate by recent UEA graduate Peter Goulding has won the Rheidol Prize for Writing with a Welsh Theme or Setting at the New Welsh Writing Awards 2019. Peter (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction in 2018. Originally from the north of England, he now lives in Thetford and works as […]
Emily Coutts wins Curtis Brown Award
Recent graduate Emily Coutts has been named as the recipient of this year’s £1,500 Curtis Brown Award, which is awarded annually to the best student on the UEA Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) MA, as chosen by a panel of Curtis Brown agents. The prize was established by the agency in memory of their colleague Giles […]
Molly Naylor shortlisted for New Writing South Best New Play Award
Lights! Planets! People!, the latest stage play by UEA writer Molly Naylor, has been shortlisted for the New Writing South Best New Play Award. It was commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre, Nuffield Southampton Theatres and Norwich Arts Centre and supported with funding from Arts Council England. Molly (pictured) graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) […]
Sam Byers shortlisted for Encore Award
Perfidious Albion by UEA alumnus Sam Byers has been shortlisted for this year’s Encore Award for outstanding second novels, which is administered by the Royal Society for Literature. Sam graduated from the MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) in 2003 and completed his PhD in Creative & Critical Writing in 2014. His first novel Idiopathy was published by […]
Imogen Hermes Gower shortlisted for Betty Trask Awards
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by UEA alumna Imogen Hermes Gower has been shortlisted for this year’s Betty Trask Prize and Awards, which are presented for a first novel by a writer under 35 and are administered by the Society of Authors. Imogen (pictured) graduated from UEA with a BA in Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History […]
Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott and C.D. Rose shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize
Two UEA alumni have been shortlisted for 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 Greenberg-Jephcott is nominated for Swan Song, published by Hutchinson, and C.D. (Chris) Rose for Who’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else: Ten Lectures […]
