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| Cathy Hogan (Best Screenplay 2011) with Lee Langley (right) |
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| Fergal Casey (Best Thriller 2011) with Lee Langley (left) |
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| Matthew Smith (Best Fiction 2011) with Prof Michael Brennan (left) |
The starting points for the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust’s Creative Writing Awards 2012 were announced at the Graham Greene International Festival 2011.
Prose writers must begin with the following line, and continue from there:
“A voice near his / her/ my foot said, 'Got a cigarette?'….”
Screenplay writers must embed this line somewhere in their dialogue:
“A voice near his / her/ my foot said, 'Got a cigarette?'….”
Whether working on prose or screenplay, writers should choose between the words "his / her / my".
The Graham Greene Birthplace Trust’s Creative Writing Awards 2012 are offered in the following categories:
(i) best prose fiction writer;
(ii) best prose thriller writer;
(iii) best prose travel writer;
(iv) best screenplay writer;
(v) best (prose or screenplay) writer under the age of twenty-one years on 1st April 2012;
(vi) best (prose or screenplay) Berkhamstedian writer (i.e. a writer who is a pupil at Berkhamsted School on 1st April 2012);
(vii) best (prose or screenplay) Old Berkhamstedian writer (i.e. a writer who is a former pupil at Berkhamsted School on 1st April 2012).
The closing dates for entries will be 1st April 2012. Each entry shall be written mostly in the English language and shall have a title. Each prose text shall be no more than 800 words; each screenplay text shall be written on no more than four sides of A4 paper in a normal font size (e.g. Times New Roman 11pt).
Full details and rules may be seen at:
At the Festival 2011, prizes were presented by Prof Michael Brennan (University of Leeds, UK) and Lee Langley (screenwriter, The Tenth Man, USA, 1988) to the following winners of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust’s Creative Writing Awards 2011:
Matthew Smith (above, lowest image) (Wimbledon, London, England, UK) for Best Fiction
Fergal Casey (above, middle image) (Ballinteer, County Dublin, Ireland) for Best Thriller
Cathy Hogan (above, top image) (Kilkenny & National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland) for Best Screenplay
Emily Beauchamp (Hertfordshire, England, UK) for Best Berkhamstedian.
Nathan Ellis (Oakham, Rutland, England, UK) won the award for Best Under 21 Writer, and his prize will be presented on a later date.