Creative Writing at Swansea University

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🎉 We’re delighted to announce that the winner 🏆 of the 2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition is Keza O'Neill for 'The Man on the Train' - a tale of one man's homecoming and his wrestle with internal thought processes punctuated by childhood memories. bit.ly/KezaONeill

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@elaine_canning @Peterfinch @SwanseaUni @LitWales @swanseastones @Books_Wales @BCWales @NationCymru @FoldingRockMag 🗣️Here's what this year's winner of the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition, Keza O'Neill, had to say about winning this prestigious competition. 🏆✍️📚 bit.ly/KezaONeill

📚 'Sut i gael eich cyhoeddi': Kate Mosse mewn sgwrs gydag Elaine Canning 🗓️ 2 Hydref | 18:00-19:00 📍 Urban HQ, 37 Stryd y Berllan, Abertawe SA1 5AJ 🎟️ TOCYNNAU: bit.ly/katemosseswans…

This is going to be a fantastic event! Do get to Swansea for it if you can!

📢 FREE 📚'Wittgenstein in Swansea': Philosophy and Legacy 🗓️ 8 October | 15:00-16:00 📍 Tabernacle URC Church, Newton Road, Mumbles SA3 4AR 🎟️ BOOK NOW: bit.ly/wittgensteinsw…

🎉 We are thrilled to announce that multi-award-winning author and founder director of the @WomensPrize Kate Mosse, will be at the FREE Children's and Young People's Literature Festival at Swansea's National Waterfront Museum in October! 📚 🔗 bit.ly/CYPLitFest25

🎉📚🙌🎉📚🙌 The Children's & Young People's Literature Festival is returning to Swansea this October! More details announced next week!

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ “When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.” – Raymond Chandler Not recommended for every story, however It would make every story more interesting. #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." - George. R. R. Martin If you could live any character's life, who would you choose? #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ “When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” – Mary Higgins Clark It's cheaper than therapy. We've all done it... right? #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

Love these peeps🥰

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami Always look for a gem outside of the mainstream. #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ “A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay The former is a vulnerable practice, the latter is an illegal one. #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." - W. Somerset Maugham What are your three rules when writing? #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

Dylan Thomas looks on at the latest winner of the prize that bears his name. Congratulations Yasmin Zaher! 📙🏆 #SUDTP25

This very special evening, introduced by Prize Director @elaine_canning, celebrates the 2025 @SwanseaUniversity @dylanthomasprize shortlist - including @Seanhewitt (Rapture's Road), Ferdia Lennon (Glorious Exploits), @rebeccawhatsun (I Will Crash), Eley Williams (Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good), Yael van der Wouden (The Safekeep) & Yasmin Zaher (The Coin) #SUDTP25

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ “Sure, it’s simple, writing for kids… Just as simple as bringing them up.” – Ursula K. LeGuin Sometimes trying to control your characters is like having a unruly children #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

✨Wisdom Wednesdays✨ "Write a short story in a week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row." - Ray Bradbury There's surely logical sense to this... Right? 🤔 #amwriting #WritingCommunity @elaine_canning @Culture_SwanUni @dylanthomprize

We are thrilled that our prize patron, the wonderful, and great @michaelsheen, will help us celebrate 20 years of the prize and this year's incredible shortlist at the @britishlibrary on 14th May (the night before we crown this year's winner!) Tickets: bit.ly/SUDTP25BL