Bridport prize

Bridport prize

The Bridport Prize [http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/ The Bridport Prize web site] International Creative Writing Competition was founded in 1973 and has steadily grown in stature and prestige. Today many thousands of entries are received from over 80 countries. In many cases a win in the Bridport Prize has led to further successes and helped to launch new writers. Kate Atkinson (a short story winner in 1990) said that it was very important, confirming that she had found her "voice". Her short story went on to become the first chapter of her novel, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum", winner of the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year. She returned to judge the Short Story section in 2001.

Other noteworthy names include Helen Dunmore (also a 1990 winner) whose "Spell of Winter" won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 1996; Tobias Hill, a winner in both categories (poetry 1994, short story 1996), Tess Biddington, a winner in 2000, who made it onto the short list for The Forward Prize and gained an agent for her forthcoming novel, Linda Leatherbarrow a winner in 2001 who has since appeared in many publications, plus many others.

The Bridport Prize is a fund raiser for the Bridport Arts Centre

Bridport Arts Centre

The Bridport Arts Centre [http://www.bridport-arts.com/ Bridport Arts Centre web site] is based in the heart of the West Dorset market town of Bridport. It has a 200-seat theatre, three exhibition spaces plus a café and bar. The Bridport Arts Centre's annual festival has talks, readings, discussions and performances in venues around the town.

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