Cherise Saywell's guest appearances

Cherise Saywell

Pin Drop

Vox: Short audio from the RLF

Writers Aloud: The RLF Podcast

Bethan Roberts

Charles Jennings

Lucy Flannery

Susan Fletcher

Alex Martin

Caitlin Davies

Lucy Moore

Emylia Hall

Courttia Newland

Doug Johnstone

Tiffany Murray

Ann Morgan

James Woodall

Hannah Vincent

Nicholas Murray

OwlTail

'As a writer, you're only in control of how good the work is. None of this means I don't feel it, if something is rejected. 'As a writer, you're only in control of how good the work is. None of this means I don't feel it, if something is rejected. I know how it's going to feel now and I map out a plan. Sometimes I use visualisation to help.

'As a writer, you're only in control of how good the work is. None of this means I don't feel it, if something is rejected. 'As a writer, you're only in control of how good the work is. None of this means I don't feel it, if something is rejected. I know how it's going to feel now and I map out a plan. Sometimes I use visualisation to help.

Cherise Saywell: Rejection

'If something really gets to me, I want to figure out how and why. What is it the writer does that takes me to a particular place, or time? How do they expose a character?'If something really gets to me, I want to figure out how and why. What is it the writer does that takes me to a particular place, or time? How do they expose a character and make them compelling? And what makes a voice special?

'If something really gets to me, I want to figure out how and why. What is it the writer does that takes me to a particular place, or time? How do they expose a character?'If something really gets to me, I want to figure out how and why. What is it the writer does that takes me to a particular place, or time? How do they expose a character and make them compelling? And what makes a voice special?

Cherise Saywell: My Reading Habits

Cherise Saywell speaks with Doug Johnstone about the correspondence course that showed her she had something to say, the striking sense of place in her writing, her love of clean, understated prose and the benefits of continuing to write short stories alongside her novels.

<a href="/fellowships/cherise-saywell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cherise Saywell</a> speaks with Doug Johnstone about the correspondence course that showed her she had something to say, the striking sense of place in her writing, her love of clean, understated prose and the benefits of continuing to write short stories alongside her novels.

Morelia Spilota

Penelope Wilton

Cherise Saywell has been awarded the RA &amp; Pin Drop Short Story Award, for her exceptional short story Morelia Spilota. The winning story was announced and narrated at a special live event by award-winning actress Dame Penelope Wilton.The judging panel for the award includes the Royal Academy of Arts’ Artistic Director, Tim Marlow, and Pin Drop Studio’s founders Elizabeth Day and Simon Oldfield, who commented;‘It was a privilege to judge this year’s RA &amp; Pin Drop Short Story Award and select the winning story from such a strong short list. Cherise Saywell is a worthy winner for her superb story, ‘Morelia Spilota’, which is written with great confidence and verve. It is a brilliant short story.’‘Cherise’s story is a superb example of the short form: elegant, lyrical and with a quiet, restrained power. It is written with such surety of tone and pace that reading it, you feel at once you are in the hands of a master storyteller.’ – Elizabeth Day‘The quality of writing and the ambition of the writers seems to get stronger each year. It was a pleasure and a privilege to judge the prize and to encounter this year’s short-list’ – Tim Marlow

Cherise Saywell has been awarded the RA &amp; Pin Drop Short Story Award, for her exceptional short story Morelia Spilota. The winning story was announced and narrated at a special live event by award-winning actress Dame Penelope Wilton. The judging panel for the award includes the Royal Academy of Arts’ Artistic Director, Tim Marlow, and Pin Drop Studio’s founders Elizabeth Day and Simon Oldfield, who commented; ‘It was a privilege to judge this year’s RA &amp; Pin Drop Short Story Award and select the winning story from such a strong short list. Cherise Saywell is a worthy winner for her superb story, ‘Morelia Spilota’, which is written with great confidence and verve. It is a brilliant short story.’ ‘Cherise’s story is a superb example of the short form: elegant, lyrical and with a quiet, restrained power. It is written with such surety of tone and pace that reading it, you feel at once you are in the hands of a master storyteller.’ – Elizabeth Day ‘The quality of writing and the ambition of the writers seems to get stronger each year. It was a pleasure and a privilege to judge the prize and to encounter this year’s short-list’ – Tim Marlow