The 2020 Exeter Novel Prize is now closed for submissions.
This year we are delighted to welcome literary agent Kate Nash  as our final judge.
For more information, rules and how to enter, go HERE
 The 2020 Exeter Story Prize 
 Results and full listings are HERE
Congratulations to all those who have a story listed.

We're really thrilled that our first writing guide: The Creative Writing Student's Handbook has proved such a help to so many. Here's one student's 5* review:
'It's all very easy to understand, and is laid out really well. I've read a few books on creative writing, but this has been by far the best and most useful. It is now full of sticky notes to help me find the useful bits quickly (there are a lot of sticky notes!)'
Click on the cover for more Amazon reviews.
Since 2009, thousands of writers have entered one or more of our competitions. We've often wondered what they did next, so we decided to find out. Many have gone on to have novels published. They tell us what the competition meant to them and what they've been been writing since, over on the blog. HERE
CreativeWritingMatters was founded in 2009 and the years since have  gone by very quickly. Our aim was, and still is, to offer encouragement, advice and opportunities to fellow writers through our appraisals, mentoring service and competitions. Opening a new competition submission always comes with a little thrill. Is it this one? Or this one? 
During these past years we haven't only been reading, we've also been busy writers. The  books on this shelf represent our output. Yes, that's right, there are three of us, but four names on the spines. Sophie is aka Lizzie Lovell. We hope you will enjoy reading our work.
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Our bookshelf - click to enlarge
What can a writing mentor do for you?
Read our happy customer testimonials HERE​​
Not sure about your writing?
Read about manuscript appraisal HERE
 Meet the Team: Cathie Hartigan, Sophie Duffy, Margaret James