Prize

  • Nov112018
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    Dostoyevsky Wannabe

    Desperate Literature bookshop are one of the good ones. They’ve supported our weirdness for a long time now, their short-fiction…

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  • Nov112018
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    Caitlin Ingham

    The Desperate Literature Prize keeps going way after the winners are announced. They really continue to champion your work; sending it to…

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  • Nov112018
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    Gordon Collins

    Being shortlisted for the Desperate Literature competition was the highlight of my year. I got to read in Paris and…

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  • Nov112018
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    Ed Cottrell

    The Desperate Literature Prize has to be be unique in its internationalism and focus on new, experimental writing. It was…

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  • Nov082018
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    Claire Anderson-Wheeler

    For agents, it’s a pleasure when organisers make the effort to get their prizewinning writers’ work in front of you…

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