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The Harry Bowling Prize 2010Award

First prize: £1,000

For more info, see The Harry Bowling Prize.

Closing date:
March 2010

 
 
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Prose and poSubmissionsetry submissions now open for Issue 17.

 
 
 

There are around 350 creative writing magazines in the UK, but we believe ours is the very best, and here's why...

We founded Gold Dust because wanted to create something fresh and new by publishing off-beat, original pieces from all genres in one place - which is why you'll find a quirky film script alongside an avant-garde poem, followed by the funniest flash fiction - we put it all together and the result is pure Gold Dust! Books

Every issue includes:

  • book reviews
  • author interviews
  • how to write features
  • short stories
  • poems
 
 
Interviews (established authors)
 
At Gold Dust, we are especially proud of our quality interviews. Since our launch in 2004 we've interviewed the following big name writers:

Jim CraceJim Crace
Jim Crace's first novel, Continent (Picador, 2008), won the Whitbread First Novel Prize & the Guardian Fiction Prize. His novels have been published by Picador and Penguin.

Minette WaltersMinette Walters
Minette Walters' first novel, The Ice House
(Pan Books, 1993), was made into a TV series starring Daniel Craig. All her novels are published by Pan Books.

Bernard CornwellBernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Sharpe series of novels, made into a TV series starring Sean Bean. This prolific writer has been published by Penguin and Harper.
Kenn NesbittKenn Nesbitt
Kenn Nesbitt is a children's poet whose work has appeared on television and in numerous school textbooks. His collections are published through Meadowbrook Press.
Adrienne KressAdrienne Kress
Adrienne Kress is a children's author and actress, published with Weinstein Books.
Janis IanJanis Ian
Multi Grammy award-winning singer songwriter, Janis Ian, has now released her autobiography through Tarcher for Penguin.
China MievilleChina Miéville
China Miéville, author of Un Lun Dun, has won numerous awards, including the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book in 2008. His is published by Pan Books.
Kevin BrownlowKevin Brownlow
Film historian Kevin Brownlow is also the screenwriter for It Happened Here and Winstanley, both critically acclaimed films.
 
Interviews (new authors)
  Gold Dust also loves to discover and support new talent. We've featured interviews with the following new writers, who have either self-published their novels or been picked up by one of the small presses:  
  Mark TurleyMark Turley
The Rainbow Maker (UKA Press, 2004)
 
 

David HoughDavid Hough
The Gallows on Warlock Hill (Lachesis Publishing, 2008)
The Gamekeeper
(Lachesis Publishing, 2007)
King's Priory (BeWrite Books, 2007)
The Vanson Curse (BeWrite Books, 2006)

 
  Sam SmithSam Smith
The End of Science Fiction (BeWrite Books, 2004)
Sick Ape
(BeWrite Books, 2003)
Marks (BeWrite Books, 2002)
Porlock Counterpoint (BeWrite Books, 2002)
Vera & Eddy's War (BeWrite Books, 2002)
The Care Vortex (BeWrite Books, 2002)
 
 
Kifle BanayehuKifle Bantayehu
The Healing Conscious (Lulu, 2003)
 
  Ian HockingIan Hocking
Déjà Vu (UKA Press, 2005)
 
 
Ali Al SaeedAli Al Saeed
QuixotiQ (iUniverse, 2004)
 
 

Shaun JeffreyShaun Jeffrey
The Kult (Leucrota Press, 2009)
Evilution (The Invisible College Press, 2003)

 
 
Aliya WhiteleyAliya Whiteley
Light Reading (Pan Macmillan, 2009)
Three Things About Me (Macmillan New Writing, 2006)
 
  Frank BurtonFrank Burton
Collected Words: The Poetry Album (Lulu, 2007)
 
 
 
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