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2025 Refreshers Fair Winners!
For the Refreshers fair, we organised a little flash writing competition to help stretch your writing skills. The Refreshers Fair is a chance to refamiliarize yourself with the campus after the winter break and to get back into the swing of things. So what better way than a competition to engage those writing muscles? We…
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celia by rebecca milne
“Follow me,” she whispered. I could not see any of her facial features as she grabbed my arm and I followed along behind her. Her boots, cloak and hat were all caught or attached to each other, not that she minded of course because she led me down the misty alley and we took an…
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6AM @ Subway by elspeth read
In the morning changing light of                               Soft and blue florescent bulbs, the Lines dividing science and fiction Become unfocused, hidden and faint.
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The Woeful Ballad of Invisible Girl by Ismah Ahmad
There once lived a girl with superhuman powers, But this girl did not shoot lasers or climb up towers. Instead, this girl’s blessed traits, Were that she could turn invisible, and lift heavy crates.
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Sad Songs on Road Trips By A.J. Flanagan
A young woman, staring. Not at anything in particular, not up, and not too deep into nothing, but staring with blank, unfocused eyes somewhere near an open door. Spotlights flashing across her eyes, shifting, pulsating, shine against the rest of her, which is darkened by the night time, by the rest of the bar’s lights,…
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An Interview with Northumberland Writer Chris Ord
Chris Ord is a writer and a musician who grew up in Northumberland. He taught English language in Turkey, Portugal and India before returning to England where he got an MA in International Politics. In 2015 he realised his eternal dream of writing a novel, and in September 2016 he debuted in his literary career…
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Why are writing exercises important for writers?
Creative writing doesn’t just come naturally. Like all forms of creativity, whether it be art, music, dance, or writing, it requires a lot of practice. After all, the more you do something, the better you’ll be.
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What Makes a Short Story Publishable
Grammar and punctuation are huge factors in getting published. You might have written the best story in the world, but if the reader has to keep stopping to work out why there are seven commas in a five-word sentence, they aren’t going to read on.
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Picket Fangs, by Rebecca Boyes
Peggy awoke to the rumbling of a car and a bitter wind on her face. Opening her heavy eyes, she was greeted by the sight of stars up above. Her head rested at a painful angle on the top of the seat, nothing but the bright red of the convertible car chassis behind her. She…
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