{"id":4172,"date":"2015-02-13T09:20:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4172"},"modified":"2015-02-13T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:20:32","slug":"local-writer-up-for-welsh-writing-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/13\/local-writer-up-for-welsh-writing-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Local writer up for Welsh Writing Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF&#8217;S Philip Jones has been shortlisted for the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newwelshwritingawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Welsh Writing Awards 2015<\/a>.<br \/>\nFirst prize includes \u00a31,000 cash, e-publication by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newwelshreview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Welsh Review<\/a> and a weekend stay at Gladstone\u2019s library in Flintshire. Their work will also be critiqued by leading literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes and includes a lunch in London.<br \/>\nThe New Welsh Writing Awards 2015 is sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwf.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWF Cymru <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadcentreuk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CADCentre<\/a> and offers a prize for writing on nature and the environment.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4186\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11337051566_6d858bd61f_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-4186\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11337051566_6d858bd61f_o-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"11337051566_6d858bd61f_o\" width=\"691\" height=\"373\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-4186\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/11337051566_6d858bd61f_o-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"11337051566_6d858bd61f_o\" width=\"691\" height=\"373\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Black Mountains, Wales.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Judges are looking for \u00a0memoirs set\u00a0 mainly in landscape; character-based journal set outdoors; creative non-fiction pieces about &#8220;being unplugged&#8221;; journal involving wild animals or birds, or memoir set in an outdoor cityscape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Philip Jones text <em>Waves on the Hydrocarbon Seas of Titan<\/em> is set on Newgale Beach in Pembrokeshire. A moving account of surfing, grief and waves of all types from light and sound to the seas of distant planets, is a memoir where sport, landscape, climate and science meet.<br \/>\nHis work takes three neglected subjects: the Welsh landscape, the science of waves and the sport of surfing. It uses a controlled voice in relation to its personal story or morning, and a clever tripartite structure to fully exploit the long essay form promoted by this prize.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nJudge Gwyn Davies said: &#8220;Both me and co-judge\u00a0Mark Cocker hope this will encourage writers to take up the topic of the Welsh Landscape and nature. \u00a0We are looking for work which blurs the outdoors and nature, I also hope we receive urban and post industrial entries. We are looking for character based narratives and human satire. Essays that interrogate a hot environmental topic are welcomed.<br \/>\n&#8220;In terms of what we are looking for, non fiction only that looks at the nature of the environment in a positive light. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This is a\u00a0brand new prize for previously unpublished non-fiction writing of between 8,000 and 30,000 words. It is open to UK and Ireland residents, plus individuals living worldwide who have been educated in Wales. Work should take the subject or setting of nature, the outdoors, landscape or the environment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4189\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6941823464_f116218e72_k.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-4189\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6941823464_f116218e72_k-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"6941823464_f116218e72_k\" width=\"779\" height=\"584\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-4189\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6941823464_f116218e72_k-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"6941823464_f116218e72_k\" width=\"779\" height=\"584\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> A Day On The Dee, Flint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p>Also Nominated were:<br \/>\n<i>Blurred Boundaries<\/i>, Ellie Rees<br \/>\n<i>Banjar Dalung<\/i>, Timothy L. Marsh<br \/>\n<i>Energy Crisis \u2013 A Memoir of Summer<\/i>, Philippa Holloway<br \/>\n<i>Scenes from a Hokkaidan Life<\/i>, Eluned Gramich<br \/>\nThe long list will be announced at a ceremony at the Old College, Aberystwyth, on Wednesday 25 February 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF&#8217;S Philip Jones has been shortlisted for the inaugural New Welsh Writing Awards 2015. First prize includes \u00a31,000 cash, e-publication by New Welsh Review and a weekend stay at Gladstone\u2019s library in Flintshire. Their work will also be critiqued by leading literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes and includes a lunch in London. 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