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SUMMARY:Mo Siewcharran Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11:59PM on 2nd May 2026\nEntry Fee: FREE\nEligibility: Entrants must be unagented and previously unpublished\, aged 18 or over\, resident in the UK and from a Black\, Asian\, mixed heritage and/or multiple ethnic background.\nPrizes: First prize: £2\,500 plus editorial feedback\, a meeting with a literary agent and more; second prize: £1\,500 plus feedback and mentoring; third prize: £750\, feedback and a hamper\nWord Limit: Up to the first 10\,000 words of the novel plus a synopsis of up to 700 words.\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/tfb-blog/2026/01/07/bookouture-to-host-the-mo-siewcharran-prize-2026\n\nHachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf is running the Mo Siewcharran Prize for its sixth year to help discover unpublished fiction writers from Black\, Asian\, mixed heritage and/or multiple ethnic backgrounds. For 2026\, the prize will be hosted by Bookouture and we are looking for page-turning commercial fiction within the genres of psychological thriller and romantic fiction. \nThe initiative\, named in memory of NielsenIQ BookData’s former Director of Marketing and Communications\, aims to nurture talent from under-represented backgrounds writing in English. Run as part of Hachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf scheme\, the prize was launched in 2019. \nThe Judges are: Ellen Gleeson (Publishing Director at Bookouture)\, Hennah Sandhu (former co-chair of Thrive\, Hachette UK’s network for Black\, Asian and Mixed Heritage employees and allies)\, Leodora Darlington (editor\, Bookseller Rising Star\, and author of The Exes)\, Silé Edwards (Literary Agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates)\, and Jenn Li (book influencer @bookmarkonthewall). \nJudges will be looking for:\n– A well-written and entertaining piece of writing\n– A page-turning story that will speak to romance or psychological thriller readers\n– An attention-grabbing concept\, also known as the hook\n– A compelling plot that drives us through the story\n– Memorable characters that readers care for\n– The submission must be aimed at adults.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/mo-siewcharran-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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