The judges of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust's Creative Writing Awards 2010 would like to thank all the entrants for their excellent efforts and fine writing. There were many interesting and individual texts, and a great range of styles and subject matter, allied to abundant enthusiasm and impressive commitment to the project. The entries were a credit to the writers in all instances.
The winners of the Awards will receive their prizes at the Graham Greene International Festival in Deans' Hall, Berkhamsted School (UK) on the afternoon of Saturday 2nd October 2010.
The judges are keen to encourage the authors to continue with their writing, and hope that they --- and other writers --- will enter the competitions next year. The titles for the Awards in 2011 will be released at the Festival in 2010.
At the Festival in 2010 there will again be Creative Writing Workshops. These are practical one-day courses which should suit aspiring adult writers of all ages.
The prose workshop will be taught by Creina Mansfield (Centre for New Writing, University of Manchester, UK). She is the author of My Nutty Neighbours (2006), It Wasn't Me (2001), My Nasty Neighbours (1995), Cherokee (1994) and other titles for young children. She is now researching for a Ph.D. on narratological theories and Greene’s The Quiet American.
The screenplay workshop will be led William Ivory, who writes for television, film and stage. He is the author of the screenplays for Women in Love (BBC, 2010), A Thing Called Love (BBC, 2005) and The Sins, for which he won The Edgar Allan Poe Award in New York presented by the Mystery Writers of America for Best TV Drama Series in 2002. His stage play Bomber’s Moon was given its première performances at the Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham (UK) in 2010. He created The Invisibles (BBC1, 2007). In 2009 he was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Nottingham, UK.