With details of the winners and more:
|
|
|
|
We are thrilled to announce the winners of our
2022 Writers' Award competition.
POETRY:
- Platinum To Love and Be Loved as a Language Primer by Lerah Mae Barcenilla
- Gold From Dr. Kanner's office by Helen Price
- Silver Framed by Woodgrain by Karen Downs-Barton
- Bronze A Glossary of Artillery Terms by Nnadi Samuel
- Highly Commended there is nothing like that black voice! by Oluwaseun Olayiwola
- Commended I wish we'd won the Miners Strike by Jay Farley
FICTION:
- Platinum Flibbertigibbet by Yvonne McLeod
- Gold The Kam Sun by Hannah Caitlyn Lee
- Silver Southport by K Devan
- Bronze Fledglings by Alex Joynes
- Highly Commended Twenty-Four Answers to the Life in the U.K.
Citizenship Exam by Anne ElicaƱo-Shields
- Commended FISH by Olivia Mark
Congratulations to all twelve winners. We are
delighted to have discovered these new and exciting voices as
they embark on their writing journeys. We are really looking
forward to working with each of our talented winners through our
unique range of development opportunities.
|
|
|
|
This
year’s winners will be celebrated as part of the London
Literature Festival on Saturday 22 October, reading alongside our
judges Dorothy Koomson and Joelle Taylor—tickets are selling
fast, book yours here.
Can't join us in person? No problem! This year we're offering the
chance to tune in to our showcase event for FREE via live stream.
Book to attend here.
|
|
|
|
The
winning submissions, alongside work by our 2022 Award judges, are
published in an anthology available in hard copy (and in future
as an eBook), which can be pre-ordered on our website here. If
you would like to enter the competition next year, the best way
to see what gets through to prize level is to read our anthologies. You
can also watch previous winners read their work on our YouTube channel here.
|
|
|
|
‘It’s such an honour to be judging the
Creative Future Writers’ Award again. I was blown away by the
range and depth of the pieces submitted. Each of the stories and
poems that made the shortlist were entertaining, unique and
thought-provoking - something that is usually very difficult for
writers to achieve at this stage of their writing journey. This
is such a brilliant prize and I am grateful to be involved with
it.’
--Chief Judge Dorothy Koomson
|
|
|
|
‘Through the creation of initiatives like
the Creative Future Writers’ Award we glimpse the future of
radical writing within the UK. Opening the pages to this
anthology is like stepping through a portal into a diverse and
dynamic literary landscape that the award helped to populate. The
poems and stories submitted hint at an inventive poetic and vital
narratives; the margins pulled toward the centre of the page.’
--Guest Judge Joelle Taylor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opportunities from our partners
|
|
|
|
šš Poetry School's Autumn Term is now
live and they’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors and courses lined
up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment.
On the webpage below you can find their handy Quick Guide, with
everything you’ll need to know about their upcoming courses.
Find out more here
|
|
|
|
|
How to Get Your Poetry Noticed, Published and
Performed
Writers &
Artists are offering our network a 10% discount on their
upcoming online poetry masterclass on Monday
19 September (usually £30). It will be led by Sophia Blackwell,
an experienced performer, poet and author of the upcoming W&A Poetry Writers’ Handbook.
Use the discount code POETRY10 at the checkout on
Writersandartists.co.uk to redeem the discount. The offer is available
until Monday 19 September at 11 am.
They are also offering our writers five bursary
places for the same event as part of their commitment to
making creative careers as accessible as possible. Read full details on
their bursary eligibility criteria here.
Interested? You can find the full details on how to apply at the bottom
of the masterclass page. when booking a bursary place, mention you have
been referred by Creative Future. Places are booked on a
first-come-first-served basis.
Click here for more details and to book your
place
|
|
|
|
|
Our friends Curtis Brown Creative have
some exciting funded opportunities for underrepresented authors coming up
for the autumn.
Breakthrough Mentoring for Disabled Writers
Five talented disabled writers will be awarded nine months of free
mentoring from a published author. Plus a one-to-one tutorial with a
literary agent. Open to novelists, short story writers and memoirists.
This programme will run from Nov 2022 to Aug 2023. Deadline 6 Nov.
Find out more here
Breakthrough Scholarship for Screenwriters of Colour
This screenwriting scholarship will enable a talented writer of colour
with limited financial means to join our eighteen-week Writing an
Original TV Drama Serial course in London. Course begins 10 Oct. Deadline
25 Sept.
Find out more here
HW Fisher Novel-Writing Scholarship for Writers with Low Income
This scholarship sponsored by HW Fisher will award one talented writer of
limited financial means a free place on our three-month Writing Your
Novel course with teaching in London. Course begins 15 Nov. Deadline 23
Oct.
Find out more here
John le CarrƩ Scholarship
We are honoured to offer this scholarship in memory of the late John le
CarrƩ. One talented writer with low income will be awarded a place on our
three-month online Writing Your Novel course, beginning 14 Nov. Deadline
30 Oct.
Find out more here
|
|
|
šØ The 2022 Mslexia Fiction Competition is open for
entries! šØ
There are categories for children’s novels (judged by Cressida Cowell),
short stories & flash fiction, with a prize pot worth £10k (plus
intros to agents and editors).
Deadline:
19 September
Find out more & enter here
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Literary Consultancy has launched
its TLC Scholarship for 2022.
This year, they’re offering one writer a fully funded place on their
Chapter and Verse premium mentoring programme, where they’ll receive 12
months of one-to-one support from author Chloe Timms.
The scholarship is open to disabled and chronically ill writers.
Applications are open until 31 August.
Find out how to
apply here
|
|
|
We’re
delighted that The Writing Coach is offering a free
resource to help you develop a more confident and sustainable writing
practice.
You can access this short ebook which contains a five-day writing
programme via the link below.
Find out more
here
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jericho Writers
annual York Festival of Writing is back in person! Taking place at the
Exhibition Centre at the University of York from Friday 2 September
to Sunday 4 September, the festival will provide a cornucopia of
knowledge and opportunity for writers at all stages of their journey.
Jericho Writers are offering you a special price for both full weekend
and day tickets. Use code Partner20 at checkout for a
huge 20% discount.
With speakers including Kit de Waal and Neema Shah, wall-to-wall activities
every day and two guaranteed one-to-one meetings with agents or book
doctors, this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss.
Find out more
here
|
|
|
|
|
Follow us on social
media
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2022 Creative Future, All rights reserved.
Our mailing address
is:
Creative Future
Creative
Future, Community Base, 113 Queens Road
Brighton, Eng BN1 3XG
United Kingdom
|
|
|
|
We are thrilled to be able to run our FREE
Writers’ Day again in 2022. Join us on Sunday 23 October from 11 am in the
Purcell Room of Southbank Centre.
Writers, publishers and literary professionals
share hints, tips and initiatives in a day of talks and panel
events, hosted by TS Eliot prize-winning poet Joelle Taylor.
The day includes short talks from:
There are also two panel events: an insider’s
guide to getting your poetry published (featuring Penned in the Margins, Out-Spoken Press, Bad Betty Press and Faber
Academy), and how to get a literary agent.
Whether you are just starting out as a writer or
have been writing for years, this event is the perfect
opportunity to gain inside insight from literary professionals
that could help you to advance your writing career.
The event also sees a literary fair take over the
Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, with leading literary organisations
and publishers exhibiting their work and welcoming chats with all
attending.
No need to book a ticket, just turn up on the day. For full details, click here.
See you there!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment