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Stop Stigmatising Fanfiction – You Are Ruining Everybody’s Fun by Emily Gough

MA Professional Writing student Emily Gough writes a brief defence of fanfiction, its uses, and its existence in our literary canon.

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'Empty Kitchen' and 'Expiration Date' by Jess Buxton

In another poetry instalment, second year student Jess Buxton writes about an encroaching monotony in ‘Empty Kitchen’ and a bunch of flowers, wilting in a vase, that sat on her kitchen table during lockdown. Jess likens these images to mental health, exploring the idea that we often only realise in hindsight that we have not been kind to ourselves.

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Market Report - Dating Simulation Games by Eleanor Rogers

In her market report, third year Eleanor Rogers writes about the evolution of dating simulation games.

'You!' and 'conputruerunt Iumenta in cerebrum/ his brain is rotten' by Olivia Caldwell

In the second instalment of a two-part poetry series, Olivia Caldwell pens two poems packed full of anatomical imagery.

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Market Report - Queer Young Adult Literature by Aimee Shaw

In this instalment of the market report series, Aimee Shaw explores queer characters and representations in young adult literature and the publishing industry.

Consider Me by Olivia Caldwell

‘Consider Me’ is a poem full of contrasts by second year creative writing student Olivia Caldwell, and is the first of a two-part poetry series.

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'she shouldn't bake' and 'leave it to the birds' by Amy Barrett

2nd year Creative Writing student Amy Barrett writes about life and love in two poems, exploring turbulent childhoods and the image of a florist, selling dying flowers to blooming lovers, each with its own surface of positivity that can be unpicked and unravelled.

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'Ashes, Ashes' by Nicky Peters

‘Ashes Ashes’ is a poem celebrating a huge coppiced ash tree known amongst the Tregoniggie Woodland community as the ‘Tregoniggie Titan’. Ash trees in the UK are under threat from disease, ash dieback, which threatens to wipe out the entire ash population, and third year student Nicky Peters writes with this in mind, creating a poem that is an homage and a possible farewell to a fascinating member of the woodland community.

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'Below Densham’s Delight: Fungus Symbiosis' and 'Other Apples in the Orchard 2' by Nicky Peters

Inspired by a residency at the Roger and Laura Farnworth Arts Residency in Bodmin, Nicky Peter’s poems ‘Fungus Symbiosis’ and ‘Other Apples in the Orchard 2’ are an inquiry into the disgusting, surreal, and warped version of tree life that is often ignored in favour of more romantic readings of the natural world. The poems explore the symbiotic relationship between tree root and fungus, and the moments of decay that aesthetic images of apple orchards omit.

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Win It All by Leonora Ellis

First year student Leonora Ellis writes about anxiety and finding someone to weather the storm with you in her poem ‘Win It All’.

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The Memory iii by Hailey O'Gorman

In the final part of her Memories series, 2nd year creative writing student Hailey O’Gorman explores illness and things that scare her through poetry and collage. When she was 16, she suffered with scurvy - these are small snippets of memory from that time.

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The Memory ii by Hailey O'Gorman

In the second instalment of her three part series, 2nd year creative writing student Hailey O’Gorman explores illness and things that scare her through poetry and collage. When she was 16, she suffered with scurvy - these are small snippets of memory from that time.

The Shepherd by Joseph Cobb

First year student Joe Cobb explores the world’s dangers and being pulled down two equally unsavoury paths in this allegorical poem about wolves, sheep, and shepherds.

The Memory i by Hailey O'Gorman

In the first of a three part series, 2nd year creative writing student Hailey O’Gorman explores illness and things that scare her through poetry and collage. When she was 16, she suffered with scurvy - these are small memories from that time.

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At Home With Solitude by Tillie Holmes

In this MaynxFalWriting collaboration, Tillie Holmes and Julia Wrzesinska explore home and isolation.

This Home by Nadia Leigh-Hewitson

In the fifth instalment of the MaynxFalWriting series, Nadia Leigh-Hewitson and Liz Tollemache explore ideas of ‘home’ in poetry and photography.

Light and Shadow by Emily Gough

In the fourth of our six-part series in collaboration with Mayn creative, MA Professional Writing student Emily Gough explores the idea of ‘home’ alongside photographer Paris Naik-Neenan.