探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge is partnering with BBC Radio to promote the BBC National Short Story Award, the BBC Young Writers鈥 Award and the BBC Student Critics鈥 Award in a three year collaboration starting in 2018.
探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge is partnering with BBC Radio to promote the BBC National Short Story Award, the BBC Young Writers鈥 Award and the BBC Student Critics鈥 Award in a three year collaboration starting in 2018.
探花直播launch of our new three-way partnership with the 探花直播 of Cambridge and First Choice is a hugely exciting moment
Di Speirs, BBC
These awards听highlight the BBC鈥檚 commitment to the short story form and to bringing it to a wider audience. 探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge will support all three of the awards and the charity, First Story, will become a partner for the BBC Young Writers鈥 Award and the Student Critics' Award.听 探花直播partners replace BookTrust who have been working as a partner with the BBC since 2006.
Dr Sarah Dillon, lecturer in English Literature and Film at the 探花直播 of Cambridge, said
鈥 探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge has a rich heritage of investigating storytelling for eight hundred years and in that time we have produced many acclaimed creative writers including those who excel at the short story form such as A.S. Byatt, Helen Oyeyemi and Zadie Smith. 探花直播BBC shares more stories with more people than any other organisation in the world, and both organisations have an outstanding reputation for excellence and literary merit. 探花直播combined strengths of Cambridge and the BBC with First Story will make this a powerful and productive partnership.鈥
探花直播new partnership heralds an expanded programme of activity around the awards. A short story symposium will be hosted by the new 探花直播 of Cambridge Centre for Creative Writing at Madingley Hall, the Institute of Continuing Education鈥檚 campus. 探花直播symposium is aimed at new writers and anyone interested in short stories and creative writing and will include writing workshops and talks by established authors. Cambridge will host the 2018 prizegiving, with a special short story edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme Front Row which will be broadcast live from the 探花直播 Library. 探花直播Cambridge School of Arts and Humanities will also host First Story鈥檚 Young Writers鈥 Festival for 600 young people in 2018.
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Bob Shennan, Director of BBC Radio, said:
鈥淚鈥檇 like to warmly welcome both of our new partners as we continue to champion brilliant storytelling across the BBC, including these awards on Radio 1 and Radio 4. We are the biggest commissioner of short stories and these awards are very much part of our commitment to bring our listeners the best new writing both from established and emerging talent. We greatly appreciate the support of our new partners, and I鈥檇 also like to thank BookTrust for their work with us over the past decade.鈥
探花直播BBC Young Writers鈥 Award and the BBC Student Critics鈥 Award enhance the offering for young people, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of readers and writers of short stories. Entrants to the Young Writers鈥 Award will have the opportunity to write their own short stories inspired by a treasure trove of literary artefacts, as the Cambridge 探花直播 Library opens up its digital archives for writing prompts. Through the Student Critics鈥 Award selected 16鈥18 year olds around the UK will read, listen to, discuss and critique the five stories shortlisted for the NSSA and have their say. They will have access to discussion guides and teaching resources created with BBC Learning, and in-school events with writers, judges, First Story networks, and staff and students from the Faculty of English at the 探花直播 of Cambridge.
Di Speirs, Books Editor for BBC Radio said: 鈥 探花直播launch of our new three-way partnership with the 探花直播 of Cambridge and First Story is a hugely exciting moment.听 探花直播BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers鈥 Award have made a genuine difference to individual writers and to the literary landscape over the past twelve years. 探花直播Student Critics鈥 Award will听foster a new generation of readers alongside our exciting plans for writers of all ages.听We share with our partners a commitment to inspiring new writers and readers and to championing the very best short story writing in the UK.鈥
探花直播prizes for both the BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers鈥 Award remain the same. 探花直播five writers shortlisted for the BBC NSSA will all be celebrated individually on Radio 4: as in previous years, the stories will be read on Radio4 and the authors will be interviewed on Front Row, followed by a live edition of the programme where the winner is announced. For the Young Writers鈥 Award, the shortlist will have their stories published on the BBC Radio 1 website and the winning story will be broadcast on Radio 1. 探花直播awards will open for entry in December 2017.
A creative writing course at the Institute of Continuing Education
探花直播 探花直播 of Cambridge Centre for Creative Writing offers a wide range of part-time and short courses, from one-day classes right up to a part-time Master鈥檚 degree. Students from all backgrounds and levels of experience can take part. For more information about the Centre go to:
More information about the Awards can be found at:
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