new media writing prize media release
The 2012 New Media Writing
Prize is now open for submissions
Shortlist announcement
01/11/2012 at an event in London
Prize Ceremony 28/11/2012 at
Bournemouth University.
Bournemouth University
and if:book UK are delighted to announce
• that the New Media Writing Prize 2012 is open for
submissions (deadline: midday GMT Friday 12th October 2012).
• the 2012 judging panel
Now in its third year, the New Media Writing Prize is awarded for
•
excellent storytelling (fiction or non-fiction)
•
creativity
•
work written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing via digital
media
• entries can include work in the form of short
story, novel, documentary or poetry using words, images, film and/or animation
with audience interaction.
In
addition to the main prize (open to all), there is a student award and, new for
2012, a People's Choice prize, sponsored by Arts Bournemouth as part of
Bournemouth Arts Festival.
The winner
of the main Prize will receive an iPad donated by if:book UK
The
student winner can choose between a paid internship with if:book UK and an iPad
Winning
entries will be published on www.ifbook.co.uk, high profile new media web-hub The Literary
Platform http://www.theliteraryplatform.com/, the Bournemouth University websites, and will
be showcased at the Awards ceremony, to be held at Bournemouth University on 28
November 2012.
The judges
Chair: Dr James Pope
Sarah Butler
Lisa Gee
Sam Missingham
Louise Rice
Chair: Dr James Pope.
Jim is co-founder of the New Media Writing Prize and
senior lecturer at the Media School, Bournemouth University. He has a
particular interest in how digital media may be changing narrative forms as
well as reading and writing practices. the teaching of creative
writing in digital media environments, and children's literature. As well as
several recent publications around his research into readers' reactions to
interactive fiction, Jim has also published six novels for children and
teenagers.
Sarah Butler
is a novelist and founder of Urban Words, a
consultancy running literature-based projects that engage with the process of
regeneration in innovative ways. She’s been writer in residence on the Central
Line and was lead writer on LEAP! the International 24 Hour Book produced with
Spread the Word. Her first novel Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love will
be published in February 2013 by Picador and rights have already been sold in
eleven languages and the USA.
Lisa Gee
writes on books and new media literature, is an
if:book associate, is the author of non-fiction titles Stage Mum and Friends:
why men and women are from the same planet and the editor of Bricks
Without Mortar: the selected poems of Hartley Coleridge. Her current
writing project – HayleyWorld: the story of a nice man, a proposed
biography of not-terribly-good, long-dead poet William Hayley – can be
viewed/pre-purchased on the Unbound website. @LIS4G33
Sam
Missingham
Sam Missingham is head of
events & marketing for The Bookseller Group. This includes FutureBook, The
Bookseller and We Love This Book. She is responsible for audience building,
events and awards management, programming and all areas of marketing.
Working
to ensure The Bookseller is considered the essential brand for the book trade and
to establish FutureBook as THE resource for all things digital publishing. She
thinks the world is full of exciting possibilities thanks to the meeting of
technology and the publishing industry.
She can mostly be found on
Twitter @samatlounge or drinking wine at some book do.
Louise Rice
has over 30 years' international publishing
experience in educational, trade and reference publishing, and now works as a
Producer and on Business Development at Touch Press, renowned for their
award-winning apps such as Elements and Waste Land. She is currently immersed
in the production of War Horse: A Novel by Michael Morpurgo. Prior to that she
was Publishing & Merchandise Director at the National Gallery .
@louise_rice
if:book UK
& the New Media Writing Prize
Together with Dr James Pope at Bournemouth University, if:book UK will be
involved in managing the Prize, appointing the judging panel, seeking further
sponsorship and promoting the Prize across international media, as well as
providing a (paid) internship for the winner of the student prize.
if:book
Director Chris Meade, said “This is a fantastic opportunity for if:book to
contribute our resources,network and ideas to the only international Prize
focused specifically on new media writing creativity. We are delighted to be
working with Jim and Bournemouth University to support this terrific
initiative.
Dr James Pope said:
“There’s tremendous synergy between if:book UK’s aims and those of the Prize.
My colleagues and I are looking forward to a productive partnership.”
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Notes for editors
1. Diary
The 2012 New Media Writing Prize is now open for
submissions
The shortlist will be announced on 01/11/2012 at an event in
London
The winners will be announced at the Prize Ceremony on 28/11/2012 at
Bournemouth University.
2. History
The New Media Writing Prize was introduced in 2010
by Sue Luminati and Dr James Pope as part of the Poole Literature Festival at a
launch event chaired by Chris Meade
Dr Pope took over the running of it in
2011
In 2010 it attracted 60 entries to the main prize and 10 in the student
category
in 2011 the numbers were 120 and 20 respectively
3. Previous
winners
Student Prize
2010 Lorenza Samuels
for Evidence http://evidence-interactive.co.uk/
2011 Simon Kerr for 5Haitis http://ispysi.org.uk/5Haitis/output/5Haitis.htm
2011 Simon Kerr for 5Haitis http://ispysi.org.uk/5Haitis/output/5Haitis.htm
4. Previous
judges
2010
Dr James Pope
Tim Wright
Andy Campbell
Tracey McGerrigan
Dr James Pope
Tim Wright
Andy Campbell
Tracey McGerrigan
2011
Dr James Pope
Sophie Rochester of the Literary Platform
Christine Wilks
Andy Campbell
Dr James Pope
Sophie Rochester of the Literary Platform
Christine Wilks
Andy Campbell
b: About
if:book
if:book uk is a small think
and do tank exploring digital possibilities for literature.
We are linked with an
international fellowship of organisations exploring book futures, including
the INSTITUTE FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK in New
York, IF:BOOK
AUSTRALIA in Brisbane, and IF:LIRE in Paris.
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