2024 Creative Future Writers’ Award Winners
The Creative Future Writers’ Award has announced the 2024 winners.
The award is a writing development programme which celebrates talented, underrepresented writers who lack opportunities due to mental health issues, disability, health or social circumstances. The Prizes for winners usually include £23,000 worth of cash and writing development prizes supplied by prominent publishers and development agencies. The Creative Future Writers’ Award Winners are also published in an anthology alongside the judges, which will be available in hard copy and as an eBook.
The theme for the 2024 award was ‘Reveal,’ drawing over 1,600 submissions from unpublished writers across the UK. The fifteen winning pieces in fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry delved into various themes, including gender identity, betrayal, rites of passage, and personal experiences.
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The 2024 Creative Future Writers’ Award winners
Creative Non-Fiction
- Platinum: Louis Bailey, “The Nightjar (excerpt from ‘The Night Run’)”
- Gold: Ciara McVeigh, “A Space That Speaks”
- Silver: Shwetha Bai, “Flowers Don’t Wither, Portraits Don’t Bleed”
- Bronze: Kaylia Dunstan, “Fox and Me”
- Highly Commended: Vanita Parti, “Monobrow”
Fiction
- Platinum: Patrick Cash, “Kai”
- Gold: Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim, “Alade Must Die”
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- Silver: Sophia Khan, “Prayers”
- Bronze: Melanie Banim, “Bungalow”
- Highly Commended: Harper Walton, “Diamond and Pearl”
Poetry
- Platinum: Maya Little, “Childe of Hale”
- Gold: Rona Luo, “Karst”
- Silver: Francis-Xavier Mukiibi, “Dig Up Black Boy Bones from Brown”
- Bronze: Lara Mae Simpson, “Graduation Dinner”
- Highly Commended: Kasmira Kincaid, “Mother Fregoli”
Congratulations to the winners. Visit the Creative Future Organisation X (FKA Twitter) Page to connect with them.
