Kent’s School of English has launched a creative writing competition for students with A levels (or equivalent).
Students are invited to submit a piece of creative writing in response to the prompt ‘The Window’, in the form of a short story of 500-1,000 words or a single poem of up to 30 lines. Prizes will be awarded for first place (£50) and second place (£30) in each category.
The prompt ‘The Window’ does not need to be the title of the creative writing piece, yet entrants should consider their own perspective. For example:
- Who is (or is not) looking through the window, and what side of it are they on?
- What can be seen through the window? How clearly can it be seen?
- What sort of window is it? (e.g. large, small, a house, a train, a metaphor…?)
The competition judges are Lecturers in Creative Writing at Kent: David Flusfeder, Dorothy Lehane, and Amy Sackville.
Amy Sackville, Director of Creative Writing at Kent, said: ‘We are delighted to host this competition for level 3 students and provide a taster of what studying creative writing at Kent could look like for them. The competition aims to inspire young writers to create compelling stories and poems and we look forward to reading each of them.’
Entries should be sent to Amy Sackville at A.Sackville@kent.ac.uk by Wednesday 2 December 2020. Entrants should give their work a title, and include their name, age, a contact email address, and school/college.
Kent’s School of English offers an undergraduate degree in English Literature and Creative Writing (BA Hons), while wider English Literature students also have the opportunity to attend Creative Writing classes during their degrees. Kent is committed to high quality literary fiction, and the most exciting and experimental contemporary poetry.