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UEA New Forms Award 2020: Open for submissions
Deadline: Fri 17 Jan 2020
Does your fiction communicate story in new and innovative ways? The UEA New Forms Award seeks fiction that explores the boundaries of possibility. The Prize is free to enter and open to all writers aged over 18 living in England who have not published a debut novel or full short story collection.

We are seeking fiction writers at the beginning of their careers whose work does some of the following:

Collaborate with other art-forms or in site specific/site responsive ways
Experiment with forms of performance or print
Challenge traditional form or experiment with theme, style, voice, structure or language
Inhabit a digital space through online collaboration, gaming, virtual or augmented realities or other virtual ecologies

University of East Anglia has a reputation for creative writing spanning half a century. In collaboration with National Centre for Writing this brand new award exists to champion bold innovation in craft, rewarding a daring new voice in fiction.

One winning writer will receive:

A prize of £4,000
A bespoke period of development, which may include mentoring, learning opportunities and promotional platform, depending on the writer’s ambition and need
The UEA New Forms Award is part of the National Centre for Writing’s Early Career Awards.

Find out more here

Submission deadline: 17 January 2020

Additional Information:
Location:
England
Region(s):
England

Contact Information:
Organisation:
UEA
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