Neal Mason Author

Neal Mason was born in Middlesex and educated in Norfolk. Many of his stories, monologues and poems have been published, and he has been successful in numerous play, story, and poetry competitions. Neal's work was also published in Peterloo Preview 2, Peterloo Poets, 1990. His first poetry collection, Excavations, was published by Peterloo Poets in 1991. His second collection, Leading the Guidebook Astray, was published by University of Salzburg Press in 1995. For six months, Neal was a Writer in Residence for the Arts Council in Welsh Valley. He tutored many courses for the University of Wales, WEA, Fairfield Arts Centre, and was awarded a bursary by the Arts Council. Neal was selected for a five-day masterclass at Hay-on-Wye Festival and advised the Arts Council's Grants to Publishers Panel. He visited many schools, writers' groups etc. under Writers on Tour scheme. For the last five years, he has been running soundwork-uk.co.uk, a non-profit website that records and produces free audio plays, stories, poems, and monologues for online listeners.