2008 Creative Writing Competition: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/international/competition.asp

Bath Spa University (BSU), a British university that has led the teaching of creative writing since the 1980s, producing many published authors and one of the highest ranked teaching-led modern universities in the UK, is once again running a competition to find the best creative writers in Nigeria and Ghana. We ran this competition last year in Nigeria in conjunction with Bridgeway Overseas Admission Centre (BOAC). The competition will once again be judged by BSU and Nigerian-born Segun Afolabi, author of A Life Elsewhere, Goodbye Lucille and winner of the 2005 Caine prize for African writing.

You could be in with a chance to win a SCHOLARSHIP.

We are looking for talented writers of prose fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, literary non-fiction or writing for young people, whose work shows, in our judgement, the potential for publication. We want to help you develop your talent by offering this fantastic opportunity of a lifetime.
The writer of the winning entry will receive the prize of £200 and be considered for a place on a graduate or undergraduate creative writing course at BSU. If the place is awarded, it will be supported by an annual scholarship of £2,000. See terms and conditions below. A runner up prize of £75 is also offered.
Terms and conditions (for full terms and conditions please see www.boac-uk.net)

* Entries should be prose fiction (novel excerpt or short story), poetry or short drama. 300 to 5,000 words. Any subject permissible.
* Judging criterion is literary merit as our judges perceive it. The decision of Bath Spa University is final.
* There will be one winner, who will be offered a scholarship of £2,000 per year towards the tuition fees at Bath Spa University, dependant upon a successful
application to the course (BA (three-year) or MA (one-year) Creative Writing or MA (one-year) Writing for Young People) or MA (one-year) Scriptwriting and a
confirmed visa offer. Applications to courses are subject to the normal conditions for application to all Bath Spa University courses. In addition and regardless
of whether the winner applies for a place at BSU, the winner will be awarded a cash prize of £200 and a runner-up will be awarded a cash prize of £75.
* Full-time attendance is required for all courses. The scholarship is offered for each year of the course, subject to satisfactory academic progress each year.
* The deadline for receiving applications is 31st March 2008. The winners will be contacted by 30th April 2008 by email.
* All entries should be submitted in a word document online to office@boac-uk.net.
* More information can also be obtained via Tel +2341 8144733, Mobile +23418028560071 or www.boac-uk.net.


For more information on applying to BSU please visit www.bathspa.ac.uk or email office@boac-uk.net.