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The New Media Writing Prize awards evening took place at Bournemouth University on January 17th 2018. Vanita Patel, BA English Student at Bournemouth University, captured the event for us.On January 17th, Bournemouth University hosted the 8th annual awards ceremony for the New Media Writing Prize. This year’s attendees were lucky to have the opportunity to listen to Adrian Smith, Amuzo Director and one of the creators of the original Tomb Raider games. The evening also consisted of a presentation with the competition’s shortlisted entries and winners as well as giving an insight on some of the judges own personal opinions on what new media narratives meant to them. The event was organised by Jim Pope and was graciously sponsored by if:book boss, Chris Meade, Unicorn Training CEO Peter Phillips and Gorkana’s Philip Smith and Cheryl Douglas.

Adrian Smith talked about his experience with interactive narratives whilst creating Tomb Raider in 1996. Using the New Media Writing Prize’s key elements: Innovation, Interactive and Immersive as a starting point for his presentation, Smith gave an interesting talk about the creation of the iconic gaming franchise. It was clear that during the creation of Tomb Raider, the most important element of it was what the heart of the game should be. Whether it was being able to let the player explore the world, making the game accessible to all, or to produce achievable goals and challenges, Tomb Raider provides many options for whatever type of gamer you are.

(Source: Article from www.theliteraryplatform.com :  ‘The Cartographer’s Confession’ wins the New Media Writing Prize 2017, http://theliteraryplatform.com/magazine/2018/01/cartographers-confession...  )

The subcategory of the 2017 New Media Writing Prize for the Student Prize Winner and Shortlist.

• Natasha Nunn: Mary Rose http://mary-rose.ca 
• Mark Briggs: Paranormal Interactivity http://idoc17.buprojects.uk/ParaInt/#Home
• Amanda Wilson: Clutter https://clutter-title.netlify.com

The Student prize was awarded to Natasha Nunn: Mary Rose http://mary-rose.ca 

Main Prize Winner and Shortlist 2015

High Much a Muck Collective: High Muck a Much: Playing Chinese http://www.highmuckamuck.ca/

Lashihai by two.5: A Recollections: 12 vignettes http://twopoint5.co.uk/recollections-app/#sthash.skczJQUx.dpuf

Jason Nelson: Bafflemment Fires http://www.dpoetry.com/fires/#sthash.skczJQUx.dpuf

Christy Dena: Magister Ludi Game https://apps.apple.com/au/app/magister-ludi-game/id1031562918

Rob Wittig and Mark C. Marino: I work for the Web http://robwit.net/iwfw/

Alan Bigelow: The Fall http://webyarns.com/fall/fall.html#sthash.skczJQUx.dpuf

Student Prize Winner & Shortlist 2015

Shaun Hickman: Kindred https://shaunhickman333.wixsite.com/kindred

Annie Hitchman: City Links http://city-links.co.uk/

Madhushala Senaratne: From Walls to Walls http://wallstowalls.info/walls/index.html

DOT Award Shortlisted Writers 2015

J R Carpenter, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Maya Chowdhry & Sarah Hyman, Lori Diggle, Shaun Hickman, Saradha Soobrayen

The New Media Writing Prize awards evening took place at Bournemouth University on January 17th 2018. Vanita Patel, BA English Student at Bournemouth University, captured the event for us.On January 17th, Bournemouth University hosted the 8th annual awards ceremony for the New Media Writing Prize. This year’s attendees were lucky to have the opportunity to listen to Adrian Smith, Amuzo Director and one of the creators of the original Tomb Raider games. The evening also consisted of a presentation with the competition’s shortlisted entries and winners as well as giving an insight on some of the judges own personal opinions on what new media narratives meant to them. The event was organised by Jim Pope and was graciously sponsored by if:book boss, Chris Meade, Unicorn Training CEO Peter Phillips and Gorkana’s Philip Smith and Cheryl Douglas.

Adrian Smith talked about his experience with interactive narratives whilst creating Tomb Raider in 1996. Using the New Media Writing Prize’s key elements: Innovation, Interactive and Immersive as a starting point for his presentation, Smith gave an interesting talk about the creation of the iconic gaming franchise. It was clear that during the creation of Tomb Raider, the most important element of it was what the heart of the game should be. Whether it was being able to let the player explore the world, making the game accessible to all, or to produce achievable goals and challenges, Tomb Raider provides many options for whatever type of gamer you are.

(Source: Article from www.theliteraryplatform.com :  ‘The Cartographer’s Confession’ wins the New Media Writing Prize 2017, http://theliteraryplatform.com/magazine/2018/01/cartographers-confessio…  )

Bournemouth University and if: book UK announced the shortlist for the 2017 New Media Writing Prize. The shortlisted works for 2017 were:

Main Prize Winner and Shortlist 2017:

• James Attlee: The Cartographer’s Confession https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/the-cartographers-confession/id1263461799
• Natalia Theodoridou: Sleepless https://sub-q.com/play-sleepless/
• Jordan Magnusson: Ishmael http://necessarygames.s3.amazonaws.com/ishmael/index.html
• AltSalt Publishing: A Modern Ghost https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-modern-ghost/id1184166872
• Lynley Stace and Dan Hare: Hilda Bewildered https://www.slaphappylarry.com/story-apps/in-progress/
• Natasha Nunn: Mary Rose http://mary-rose.ca 
• Mark Briggs: Paranormal Interactivity http://idoc17.buprojects.uk/ParaInt/#Home
• Amanda Wilson: Clutter https://clutter-title.netlify.com
• Magdelena Chodownik, Akradiusz Sotdon, and Piotr Kliks: Lunik IX https://outride.rs/en/?p=31579 
• Magdelena Chodownik, Akradiusz Sotdon, and Piotr Kliks: http://outride.rs/en/lunik-ix/

The Main Prize was awarded to James Attlee: The Cartographer’s Confession 

The Student prize was awarded to Natasha Nunn: Mary Rose http://mary-rose.ca 

Gorkana Award for Journalism 2017 awarded to Magdelena Chodownik, Akradiusz Sotdon, and Piotr Kliks: Lunik IX https://outride.rs/en/?p=31579 

Lunik IX awarded to Magdelena Chodownik, Akradiusz Sotdon, and Piotr Kliks: http://outride.rs/en/lunik-ix/

(Source: New Media Prize 2017)

Bournemouth University and if:book UK announced the shortlist for the 2013 New Media Writing Prize. The shortlisted works for 2013 were: Mathew Charles, Juan Passarelli, Ann Luce and Rob Mundy: "The Engineer" http://guerrillapictures.tv/TheEngineer/ David Devanny: "Orange Sweatshirt" http://www.daviddevanny.co.uk/projects/os/orangesweatshirt.htm Declan Dineen: "Foursquare Tales" http://declandineen.com/foursquaretales/ Serge Bouchardon: "Opacity" http://i-trace.fr/opacity/ Jonathan Saunders: "The Ghosts of Yamaraja" http://js-portfolio.co.uk/yamaraja.html Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos: "Siri and Me" http://www.esmeraldakosmatopoulos.com/blank#!siri-and-me/ch26 The Main prize was awarded to Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos for her work "Siri and Me" (Source: New Media Prize 2013)