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SUMMARY:Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 5 May 2024\nEntry Fee: $35\nPrizes: First prize: publication contract offer from Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press (with advance)\nWord Limit: Minimum 22\,000 words\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: leapfrogprize.org/contest\n\nRun by Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press\, Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize is open to unpublished novels. They accept previously unpublished fiction manuscripts (minimum 22\,000 words) of novels\, novellas\, and short-story collections\, and in either adult or YA/Middle-Grade categories. They are seeking literary fiction and mainstream fiction\, including science fiction and the judges tend to be less interested in strict genre fiction\, but if a manuscript is good and grabs the attention\, they will be open to it. \n\nFirst Prize: publication contract offer from Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press\, with an advance payment against royalties\, plus the finalist awards (see below).\nFinalists: $150 and critiques of the manuscript from contest judges; permanent listing on the Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms contest pages as a contest finalist.\nSemi-Finalist: Choice of a free Leapfrog or Can of Worms book; permanent listing on the websites.\nHonorable Mention: listing on the Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press websites.\n\nThis is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring novelists to skip the agents’ slush pile and get their novel out into the world!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/leapfrog-global-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Sapere Books Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: Free\nPrizes: First prize: Publishing contract for a five-book series\nWord Limit: First three chapters plus a synopsis of up to 2\,000 words\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: saperebooks.com/writing-competition\n\nThis is a writing competition with a difference for authors – or aspiring authors – seeking to establish a long-term partnership with a publisher to produce a series of novels. Sapere Books are seeking a full synopsis (no more than 2000 words) and draft the first three chapters of the first book in the series based on one of the following briefs:\nBRIEF ONE: The Bletchley Park Codebreaker series\nBRIEF TWO: WWII Naval Thriller series\nBRIEF THREE: The Medieval Queens series\nBRIEF FOUR: Age of Sail series\nBRIEF FIVE: The King Arthur Origins series\nBRIEF SIX: The Gothic Houses mystery series\n(Please see the competition site for the full details of each brief.) \nOpen to debut and unpublished writers as well as established writers and ghost-writers\, this is a fine opportunity to get your foot in the publishing door and develop a career as a novelist.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/sapere-books-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Genesis Emerging Writers Programme
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Mentorship\, seminars\, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry\, fiction and non-fiction.\nWord Limit: 1200 words or 5 pages of poems\nEligibility: Applications are welcomed from emerging writers from all backgrounds\, of any or no faith\, aged over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published\, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer.\nCategories: Poetry\, Fiction and Non-fiction\nWebsite: jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/programmes/genesis-emerging-writers-programme\n\nThe Genesis Emerging Writers Programme offers mentorship\, seminars\, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry\, fiction and non-fiction. The programme is open to emerging writers over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published\, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer. \nApplicants should be working\, or planning to work\, on a specific project\, with the aim of publication\, and should be committed to participating fully in all sessions offered by the programme. The Programme runs from 1 June 2024 to 1 April 2025. Grants will be made to successful applications on receipt of bank details. The programme of mentorship is designed to take place online and/or in person\, depending on the preference of the selected writer and their mentor. Group sessions are designed to take place online so that the programme is accessible to all. \nApplications close at 11.59pm time on 31 May 2024. \n To apply\, you must fully complete the online form which asks for:\n– Your personal/contact details;\n– A little about you and your writing project\, including a personal statement\, why you are applying for the programme\, a very brief synopsis of the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme and the genre of your project.\n– An uploaded sample of your writing\, up to 1200 words or 5 pages of poetry\, from the same project or in the same genre. Please make sure your name is not on the document as your writing sample will be judged anonymously. Please check headers/footers etc.\n– An uploaded budget for up to £1\,500 of funding to support your writing in the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme. Please note we will not approve budget requests for the purchase of laptops\, tablets\, mobile telephones or other technological equipment. Click here to view an example budget.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/genesis-emerging-writers-programme/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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