Freshers Writing Competition 2023 winners announced

Have a read of our winning entries with the theme 'time' from our Freshers Writing Competition.

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We asked OU students to send us creative writing pieces on the theme ‘time’, for our Freshers Writing Competition as part of Freshers Fortnight 2023 (25 Sept - 8 Oct). We received 16 brilliant entries, and the judging panel of OU students and Society Committee members had the difficult task of choosing the winners. The judges would like us to mention that they were very impressed with the standard and quality of the entries. 

The winners are as follows... 
 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

'Caught In An Hourglass' by Jamie-Lee, who lives in Chelmsford and is studying towards BSc (Hons) Psychology.

Read the highly commended piece here

 

THIRD PRIZE

'12 Hours' by Courteney, who lives in Glasgow and is studying BA (Hons) Arts and Humanities.

Read the third prize piece

 

SECOND PRIZE

'Time Past' by Jackie, who is from Rayleigh, Essex and has just started studying A215 (Creative Writing) for a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing.

Read the second prize piece

 

FIRST PRIZE

'Destined for Love' by Zara, who lives in Northamptonshire and is studying Advanced Creative Writing.

Read the first prize piece

 

Well done to the winners, and all the students who entered the competition.

If you love writing and fancy getting your work out there, why not try writing for our online magazine The Hoot?