Centre's students launch Wufniks magazine
Wufniks, a new Manchester-based writing magazine established by students on the MA in Creative Writing at the Centre for New Writing, recently held a launch party to celebrate its first two issues.
The magazine publishes short stories, interviews and other writerly features, and commissions a writing challenge from a well-known author each month. This challenge is then put on their website, and the best responses are published in the next issue.
The launch party included readings from several writers featured in the the first two issues of the magazine. These contain work from both graduate and undergraduate students of The University of Manchester, as well as from up-and-coming young writers around the UK, and feature special writing challenges from M.J. Hyland and Geoff Ryman, lecturers at the Centre for New Writing.
Issue 3 of Wufniks will contain a challenge from Irvine Welsh and will be on sale in May. Zadie Smith has provided a very special challenge for issue 4, details of which can be viewed at www.wufniks.com.
Wufniks is currently and always accepting submissions. See the website for details.
Copies of Wufniks are available in Manchester from Cornerhouse and online at www.wufniks.com.