Friday, 1 February 2019 at 7:00 pm – Friday, 1 February 2019 at 9:00 pm
Manchester Writing Competition: Award Ceremony and Anniversary Gala
Date: Friday 1st February 2019
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Location: Baronial Hall at Chetham's Library
Tickets: Free – Available on Eventbrite: https://mcrwritingcompanniversarygala.eventbrite.com/
Join us for a very special evening to award the 2018 Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes– and celebrate ten years of the Manchester Writing Competition with some special guests and an all-star line-up.
Established by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy in 2008, the Manchester Writing Competition has awarded more than £155,000 to its winners. We will be awarding two £10,000 prizes at this year's special event: the Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for best short story.
The evening will open with a drinks reception and there will be short readings from each of the poetry and fiction finalists.
Regular hosts James Draper and Matthew Frost return to present the evening and judges Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Carol Ann Duffy, Niven Govinden, Alison Moore, and the Manchester Writing School's own Livi Michael, Adam O’Riordan and Nicholas Royle will be there to celebrate the UK's biggest literary awards for unpublished writing.
Livi Michael is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing (Fiction and Writing for Children) at the Manchester Writing School. Adam O'Riordan is Academic Director of the Manchester Writing School and Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Fiction. Nicholas Royle is Reader in Creative Writing (Fiction) at the Manchester Writing School.
The writers and researchers at Manchester Met, based in the Manchester Writing School, are always exploring two distinct paths within their work; how creative writing might serve as a mode of enquiry into the world and how such research might be disseminated outside of the academy in order for it to have the greatest impact. Our Writers at Manchester Met series allows us to interrogate the very best contemporary writing and continue to explore new ways in which it might reach wider audiences.
All are welcome and entry is free but advance booking is essential. Hosted at the iconic medieval Baronial Hall at Chetham's Library. Drinks reception from 7pm; ceremony starts at 7.30pm.