Our 2021 international Manchester Writing Competition is open to entries until 28 January. £10,000 prizes for poetry and short fiction. Find out more, read previous winners and submit your poems and stories at: mmu.ac.uk/writingcompeti…
Manchester Writing School
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Enabling new writing & creating opportunities for writer development in Manchester, international city of literature. Directed by Carol Ann Duffy @ManMetUni.
- Writers! Enter the £10,000 @McrWritingSchl Poetry and Fiction Prizes for new and unpublished work. Open internationally. Deadline 1 September. Judges chaired by @Malikabooker and #LaraWilliams 💻 📚 ➡️ mmu.ac.uk/writingcompeti…
- Writers! Our international Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes are now open to entries Deadline: 28 January. First prize: £10,000. Find out more and submit your poems and short stories at: mmu.ac.uk/writingcompeti…
- Poet Helen Mort named Royal Society of Literature Fellow - she becomes the third Manchester Metropolitan University writer to be awarded the prestigious honour www2.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…
- WRITE Where We Are NOW: Carol Ann Duffy and @ManMetUni lead British poets creating ‘living record’ of coronavirus. Major names including Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay and Ian and Andrew McMillan to document outbreak in verse. #WWWAN
- £10,000 Manchester Writing Competition returns with outstanding international shortlist. UK’s biggest prize for unpublished writing was established by Professor Carol Ann Duffy. Meet the finalists: www2.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…
- 🏆📚🥰 Manchester Writing Competition winners revealed as Peter Ramm and Leone Ross. Read the news story here ➡️ mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…
- NEWS: Becky Swain joins Manchester Metropolitan University as Director of the Manchester Poetry Library. Becky is currently Head of Learning for the Arvon Foundation, the UK’s national organisation of residential writing centres.manchesterwritingschool.co.uk/news/news-beck…
- The 2018 Manchester Writing Competition is open to entries. £10,000 prizes for new poetry and short fiction, open internationally until 14th September. www2.mmu.ac.uk/writingcompeti…
- Manchester Writing Competition 2020: Shortlist announced for UK’s biggest unpublished writing prize. Fiction Prize and Poetry Prize reward new and emerging writers. Read the news story here: mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event… #McrWritingComp
- Guy Garvey joins Manchester Metropolitan University as Visiting Professor of Songwriting: Elbow frontman will lead a masterclass at Manchester Writing School www2.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…
- “As just 16% of the nation lives in London, it’s only right that just 16% of cultural activities should be based there too - and why nights like tonight are important.” Andrew Mcmillan opens a special Northern preview of the Forward Prize at Manchester Met
- 🥇🥈🥉 Winners of inaugural QuietManDave Prize for flash fiction and non-fiction are revealed: Elisabeth Ingram Wallace and David Calder win award that honours much-loved Manchester critic. Read the news item here ➡️ mmu.ac.uk/qmdprize/news/… #QMDPrize
- WRITERS! It’s your final week to enter the £10,000 Manchester Writing Competition Poetry and Fiction Prizes. Open internationally to new and unpublished writing. Deadline 28 January. Enter online: mmu.ac.uk/writingcompeti…














