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Shannon Darkins

Shannon Darkins
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features, guides, entertainment, Lincoln, university news, short fiction, poetry, literature, books, booktok, university life, creative writing, national news, campus news.

  • Shannon Darkins is a writer and journalist. She is features editor for the Lincoln Tab. She also writes national campus news for The Tab.
  • Shannon is also in her third year of a Creative Writing degree at The University of Lincoln.
  • She was awarded the 2024 Philip Redpath Prize for American Literature from the Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage.

Experience

Shannon has been a writer for The Tab since 2024 and became features editor for the Lincoln Tab in January 2025. She also writes national news stories for The Tab and has written stories for Oxford, St Andrews and Edinburgh. She also co-founded and manages a social media brand based on Lincoln student life. She has previous editorial experience as a proofreader at Sanroo Publishing.

Education

Shannon Darkins is currently in her third year of an English and Creative Writing degree at the University of Lincoln. At A Level, she studied Psychology, Sociology and English Literature and Language.

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