On October 22 the Professional and Creative Writing Programme at St Mary's College awarded the Strawberry Hill Gothic Prize for Creative Writing.
At this event there were poetry readings by two members of St Mary's staff, Robyn Bolam and Conor Carville, and a reading of a new story by Richard Mills. The college's Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Brian Keaney, read the first chapter of his latest novel.
The special guest was a novelist, Michael Mail, who won the Macallan Scotland on Sunday Short Story Prize in 1999 and who has just published his second novel, Exposure.
The first prize of 150 guineas was awarded to Martyn Jones and Jane Scott-Bromley and Carolyn Veldmeijer were awarded joint second prizes. Over fifty students from the Professional and Creative Writing Programme attended the event.
For further information on the Professional and Creative Writing Programme call St Mary's College on 020 8240 4039.