News tagged with Creative Writing

Following the London ceremony in July this year, the Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story returned to the north-west last week with a reading at The Bluecoat in Liverpool to celebrate the winning authors’ work.

A critically-acclaimed poet at Edge Hill University is to read from his new collections at a popular literature festival in Liverpool.

Winners of the 2011 Edge Hill Short Story Prize will come together for a special event as part of Liverpool’s Chapter & Verse Literature Festival.

Mature student Avril Scott has been named this year’s MA Creative Writing winner in the Edge Hill University Short Story Prize 2011.

A talented MA Creative Writing alumnus from Edge Hill University who left the health profession to write has had her first collection of poetry published.

A creative writing student who was encouraged to have her work published by her late husband who was killed in Afghanistan has had her dream come true.

Five very different writers have been shortlisted for the Edge Hill University Short Story Prize 2011.

Students saw another side to their creative writing lecturers last night as they celebrated a number of their books being published during a special event.

Two writers from Edge Hill University are celebrating a number of their books being published with a special launch event.

Master of the macabre Jeremy Dyson shared his mysterious and yet strangely familiar thinking behind some of his written work during a visit to Edge Hill University.

A talented creative writing student from Edge Hill University has been chosen to have her work featured in the Best British Short Stories 2011.

A short story expert from Edge Hill University will argue that the ‘author matters’ during an international conference on this genre of writing.

Some of the biggest names in the literary world have entered their works in the prestigious Edge Hill University’s Short Story Prize 2011.

Scriptwriter and short story author Jeremy Dyson will make a rare public appearance to read his work at Edge Hill University.

A US alumnus has become an overnight success in the poetry world after taking inspiration from an Edge Hill University lecturer.

An award-winning playwright from Edge Hill University has scooped another accolade from ‘down under’ for one of his productions.

Published authors are being urged to enter the prestigious 2011 Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story.

An award-winning playwright who has just returned to the UK from Australia to lecture at Edge Hill University will have one of his productions shown in New York.

Edge Hill University has teamed up with partners to launch the Once Upon a Time creative writing competition.

A self-exile from Switzerland tells readers of his escape to a new life through a series of poems that have just been published.

Two of the most distinguished poets in US and UK literature will take part in a unique poetry reading at Edge Hill University.

Rising talent Carys Bray has been named this year’s MA Creative Writing winner in the Edge Hill University Short Story Prize 2010.

Pupils from three northwest schools have been given an exciting opportunity to judge one of the categories in this year’s prestigious Edge Hill University Short Story Prize.

Two Edge Hill authors will be showcasing their new collections of short stories at a lunchtime event at the University.

Creative writing students are taking a hands-on approach to learning with the production of their own international literary journal.

Edge Hill student Geoff Smart talks to E42 about living on campus with a visual impairment and how both he and his guide dog, Asta, were made to feel right at home.

The shortlist for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize has been announced.

The Real Louise - a new debut collection of short stories, written by a lecturer from Edge Hill University and set in the North West will be launched at the Bluecoat, Liverpool at 6.30pm on Thursday, 7 May, 2009.

Two well-established American wordsmiths will give Edge Hill students the benefit of their years of experience as published writers this week.

Internationally-renowned writer Claire Keegan has been announced as the winner of the Short Story Prize 2008.

The winner of the prestigious 2008 Short Story Prize will be announced at the Bluecoat on 3rd July.

The five writers short listed for this year’s Edge Hill University Short Story Competition are to be announced at The Bluecoat at 2.30pm on Saturday 10 May.