// WRITER
Anna McNutt is an award-winning writer spanning prose, poetry, theatre, and screen.
Her short stories and poetry have been published in literary journals and zines, and featured in Words By_ , a UNICEF x Next Generation London anthology created to raise funds for children affected by war.
Her 15-minute play was shortlisted for the Lockdown, Taboo & You Playwriting Competition and received a rehearsed reading with professional actors. FringeReview commended its complexity, noting it "would really benefit from a live theatrical production".
Anna is currently focused on long-form prose and screenwriting.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Thicker Than Blood • Play • Shortlisted for the Lockdown, Taboo & You Playwriting Competition (Rehearsed Reading) • March 2021 • Contemporary drama, a college student returns home for Christmas during the pandemic.
The Great Grassbee • Short Story • Winner of the [smiths] Short Story Competition (Print Magazine, Issue 77) • May 2016 • Literary fiction, a modern reimagining of The Great Gatsby set in Amsterdam.
Away With Me • Flash Fiction • Winner of the Goldsmiths' Creative Writing Competition (Print) • March 2016 • Literary Fiction, a night out becomes a fragmented descent into social anxiety.
PUBLICATIONS
Well, I'm not nice at all • Poetry • WordsBy_ Anthology (Print) • September 2019 • Free Verse • Violence breaks out across my face, my eyes, pools of mud...
Ode to Redemancy • Poetry • GoldDust (Online) • November 2017 • Free Verse • Yet I hope it rains in your city, every day of the week.
Revenge Body • Poetry • Xerox Candy Bar (Online) • June 2016 • Free Verse • Body, not coffin. Stop telling others to rest their heads.
Re: bound • Poetry • Writers Bloc (Print) • January 2016 • Free Verse • I'm not scared of anything...but spiders, sharks, and graveyards.