How to Exit a Burning Building Launch (Part II) – Photos!

On Friday, March 4th, young writers gathered with their friends and family to celebrate the secondary launch of How to Exit a Burning Building. This anthology showcases the winning and commended work from the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015. In December, they met for the first time at Chapter to hear the winners, Natalie Ann Holborow, Eve Elizabeth……

How to Exit a Burning Building Launch – Part II

Join us for our second How to Exit a Burning Building Launch Party! We’ll be gathering on Friday, March 4th from 7-9pm at the Little Man Coffee Co. in Cardiff. This anthology, published by Parthian, showcases the winning and commended work from the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015, an award established by the……

Natalie Ann Holborow wins the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015

A Swansea writer has become the second person to be awarded the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers by the Welsh Writers’ Trust 24-year-old Natalie Ann Holborow will be presented with her £500 prize on Sunday 13 December 2015 at an awards ceremony at Chapter, Cardiff’s iconic arts centre. Runners-up Eve Elizabeth Moriarty and Mari……

Robin Reeves and Anna Lewis

All the submissions for the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers Competition have now been received and we’d like to thank everyone who sent in their stories and poems around the theme of adversity. The winner of the competition will be announced in September and an award ceremony will be held in November later this……

Judge announced for the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers

We are incredibly pleased to announce the judge for the Search for the Next Generation of Welsh Writers is Dylan Thomas Prize winner, Rachel Trezise. Hailing from the Rhondda Valley, Trezise has been a solid fixture on the literary scene after the massive success of first book In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl and……

Wales Book of the Year

Administered by Literature Wales and funded by the Arts Council of Wales, Wales Book of the Year is an annual prize which is awarded to the best Welsh and English-language works in Wales of the previous year. Established in 1992, it covers Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction, with a winner in each respective group both in……

Competition: Search for the next generation of Welsh Writers

Search underway for next generation of Welsh writers Budding writers from across Wales are being invited to enter a competition to have their work published in a new anthology of the nations’ most talented young scribes. The Welsh Writers’ Trust is teaming up with Parthian Books to publish an anthology which will include work by……

Literary Awards for Welsh Writers

Here’s a roundup of some of the awards available to writers in Wales If you would like to include any others, please let us know: Wales Book of the Year Award Run by Literature Wales with funding the Arts Council of Wales, Wales Book of the Year is awarded to the best of works published……

Celebrating Cinnamon Press

Cinnamon Press is a small, family-run press based in North Wales and was established in 1995. As an independent publisher, they aim to publish a large percentage from Welsh writers but also take on books from all over the world, including New Zealand, South Africa and China. They publish fiction, poetry and selective non-fiction and……