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SUMMARY:Kelpies Prize for Writing
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 28 February 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Nine months of mentoring with an experienced editorial or design team; Consideration for a publishing deal with Floris Books; £500 cash\nWhat to Enter: The first five chapters of a book for children\, either fiction or non-fiction OR a whole picture-book story\, plus a synopsis and and addition piece of writing for children (see site for details)\nEligibility: Open to writers over 18 years old living in Scotland\nCategory: Children’s Book Competitions\nCompetition Website:  discoverkelpies.co.uk/kelpies-prizes/\n\nRun by Floris Books (an award-winning independent publishing company based in Edinburgh and the largest publisher of children’s books in Scotland)\, the Kelpies Prize for Writing is seeking quite specific entries. They are seeking: \n\nThe first five chapters of a book for children\, either fiction or non-fiction\,\nOR a whole picture-book story. Please state whether the book is:\n• a picture-book story for 3–6 year olds\n• an early-reader chapter book for 6–8 year olds\n• a novel for 8–11 year olds\n• a novel with storylines and themes more suitable for 11–13 year olds\n• a work of non-fiction for any of the age groups listed above\nA synopsis or summary of the book (between 100 and 300 words).\nA short piece of writing (1\,000–3\,000 words) for children that begins with either\nof these two lines:\n• It seemed like such an ordinary day…\nOR\n• I opened the door and found…\nThis can be a short story\, poetry or a picture-book text; it can be comic\, dramatic\, moving\,\nlargely dialogue or whatever you like.\nSome information about you (see site for full details).\n\nNote that the organisers are also running the Kelpies Prize for Illustration at the same time. See their website for details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/kelpies-prize-writing/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Writing Magazine Writing for Children - Chapter Book Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 October 2024\nEntry Fee: £7.50 (standard rate) or £6 (for magazine print subscribers or digital members)\nPrizes: 1st Place: consultation with top children’s fiction agent Julia Churchill; 2nd Place: picture book critique by Amy Sparkes; 3rd Place: a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership\nWord Limit: 5\,000-10\,000 words\, plus synopsis and five-live pitch\nJudge: Writing Magazine editorial team\nCategory: Children’s Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: writers-online.co.uk/writing-competitions/writing-for-children-chapter-book-prize-2024/\n\nRun by Writing Magazine\, this award is open to all unpublished and unagented writers and is an opportunity for you to submit your chapter book texts. We are not looking for illustrated stories or accompanying sample illustrations – please just send the story text. \nPlease enter\, in a single document:\n– The full manuscript of your story\, between 5\,000 and 15\,000 words.\n– A one-side\, double-spaced synopsis of whole book\n– Five-line pitch of your book \nThe first prize winner will be offered a consultation with top children’s fiction agent Julia Churchill\, a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership. The second prize winner will be offered a picture book critique by Amy Sparkes through Writing Magazine Writing Courses\, a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership. The third prize winner will win a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/writing-magazine-chapter-book-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241101
DTSTAMP:20260418T132846
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SUMMARY:Writing Magazine Writing for Children - Picture Book Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 October 2024\nEntry Fee: £7.50 (standard rate) or £6 (for magazine print subscribers or digital members)\nPrizes: 1st Place: consultation with top children’s fiction agent Julia Churchill; 2nd Place: picture book critique by Amy Sparkes; 3rd Place: a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership\nWord Limit: 800\nJudge: Writing Magazine editorial team\nCategory: Children’s Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: writers-online.co.uk/writing-competitions/writing-for-children-picture-book-prize-2024\n\nRun by Writing Magazine\, this award is open to all unpublished and un-agented writers and is an opportunity for you to submit your picture book texts. Note that they are not looking for illustrated stories or accompanying sample illustrations – please just send the story text. \nEntries need to reflect traditional published picture book texts which do not rely on pop-ups\, tabs or touch to help deliver the story. The story should be fiction and can be rhyming or non-rhyming. The word count should be no more than 800 words. Your story can be split up into spreads (usually 12-14 spreads) or be one continuous piece of writing.   \nThe first prize winner will be offered a consultation with top children’s fiction agent Julia Churchill\, a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership. The second prize winner will be offered a picture book critique by Amy Sparkes through Writing Magazine Writing Courses\, a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership. The third prize winner will win a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/writing-magazine-picture-book-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240902
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SUMMARY:Searchlight Awards − Best Children’s Picture Book Text 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) 1 September 2024\nEntry Fee: £12 per entry\nPrizes: 1st prize: £500 plus one-to-one call with the agent judge; 2nd prize: Detailed Editorial Review by Natascha Biebow; the top 10 entries will feature in Searchlight’s Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of winning stories\nWord Limit: Your text and illustration notes together should be no more than 1\,000 words; pitch maximum: 125 words\nJudge: Lorna Hemingway of Bell Lomax Moreton\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  searchlightawards.co.uk\n\nAuthors working on picture books (or the text for picture books at least) for children should take a look at this Searchlight Awards competition. Authors should submit the complete manuscript and a short pitch that tells us what the story is about. Note that this year the competition is for unagented and unpublished writers only. \nAs well as the top prize of £500\, the top 10 entries are included in a Publisher Pitch Book which is sent to a selection of literary agents. The winner will also have a one-to-one call with the judge\, Lorna Hemingway of Bell Lomax Moreton. While the author of the entry picked in second place will receive a Detailed Editorial Review by Natascha Biebow\, expert picture book editor and founder of Blue Elephant Storyshaping. The review includes an in-depth consideration of your picture book manuscript (up to 1000 words)\, and a detailed editorial review letter\, with specific comments about the work\, notations on your manuscript and suggestions for revision.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/searchlight-awards-picture-book/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240902
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SUMMARY:Searchlight Awards − Best Novel Opening for Children or Young Adults 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) 1 September 2024\nEntry Fee: £16 per entry\nPrizes: 1st prize: £1\,000 plus a one-to-one call with the agent judge; 2nd prize: editorial review of 5000 words of your manuscript and a one-hour on-line meeting with celebrated author and creative writing tutor Steve Voake; The top 10 entries will feature in Searchlight’s Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of winning stories\nWord Limit: 1\,200 words\, not including the title. Pitch: maximum 175 words\nJudge: Rachel Petty of The Blair Partnership\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  searchlightawards.co.uk\n\nAuthors writing for children and young adults have a great opportunity with this Searchlight Awards competition. As well as the top prize of £1\,000\, the top 10 entries are included in a Publisher Pitch Book which is sent to a selection of literary agents.  \nAuthors should submit the first 1\,200 words of a longer novel for middle-grade or young adult readers and a short pitch that tells the judges what the book is about. You don’t need to have finished writing your manuscript to enter. Note that this year the competition is for unagented and unpublished writers only.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/searchlight-awards-novel-opening/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
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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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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: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:PFD Queer Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1 March 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Representation by the Peters Fraser + Dunlop agency\nWord Limit: Three chapters and a synopsis (see below)\nCategories: Novel Competitions – 1. Adult and 2. YA & Children’s fiction\nCompetition Website:  petersfraserdunlop.com/pfd-queer-fiction-prize-back-for-2024\n\nRun by Peters Fraser + Dunlop (one of the longest established and most highly respected literary agencies in the UK)\, the PFD Queer Fiction Prize is a novel prize specifically for new LGBTQIA+ writers with the aim of finding emerging talent.  \nNote that there are two categories for the prize:  \n1. Adult\n2. YA & Children.  \nBoth are free to enter\, but entrants must only submit one entry.  \nThe prize of this free-to-enter contest is well worth winning: representation by the agency and support in writing to the end of your novel – which could prove invaluable for anyone looking to make it in the world of adult or YA & children’s literature.  \nEntrants should submit a cover letter introducing yourself and your book. Then attach a three chapter sample of your work plus a synopsis (no more than 1-2 pages of A4). See the prize site for the full submission details. \nPlease note\, the eligibility criteria: the prize is open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and who is un-agented and in the process of writing a piece of fiction is eligible to enter. Submissions do not necessarily have to be about LGBTQIA+ experiences as long as the writer identifies as such\, though the organisers are especially interested in stories with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/pfd-queer-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240202
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SUMMARY:Farnham’s First Five Thousand Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1 Feb 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 per entry\nPrizes: First prize:  £100 + a Literary Critique; Runner Up: £75; three further prizes of £50\nWord Limit: 5\,000 words max plus 300-word synopsis. \nJudges: Louise Morrish\, B.A. Paris\, Gill Thompson & Melanie Whipman\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/literary-writing-competition\n\nRun by Farnham Literary Festival\, Farnham’s First Five Thousand Writing Competition is seeking the first 5\,000 words of unpublished novels with no theme or style restrictions. It has an exceptional panel of judges featuring four brilliant writers\, editors and/or educators. It also has a very affordable entry fee (compared to most novel competitions!) and the winner will receive a literary critique of their work (along with the £100 cash prize!). Note that all five shortlisted works will be published on the Farnham Literary Festival website.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/first-five-thousand-competition/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Searchlight Awards − Best Chapter Book for 5-8-year-olds 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 1 February 2024\nEntry Fee: £12 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £350 and a one-to-one call with the agent judge; the top 10 entries will feature in Searchlight’s Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of winning stories\nWord Limit: Submit one chapter (1\,000 words max) plus a pitch (80 words max)\nJudge: Katie Blagden of The Bright Agency\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  searchlightawards.co.uk\n\nAuthors working on chapter books for children aged between five and eight should take a look at this Searchlight Awards competition. As well as the top prize of £350\, the top 10 entries are included in a Publisher Pitch Book which is sent to a selection of literary agents. The winner will also get a one-to-one call with the competition judge\, who is an agent at The Bright Agency. There is no guarantee she will represent the winner\, but it could be a great opportunity to pitch your children’s book to someone in the industry.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/searchlight-awards-chapter-book-5-8/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102
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SUMMARY:Letter Review Prize for Reprints
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1st January 2024\nEntry Fee: $20\nPrizes: Three Winners share in the $1\,000 USD total prize pool\nWord Limit: First 5\,000 words of your manuscript or up to 70 lines of poetry\nCategory: Various\nCompetition Website: letterreview.com/information/\n\nThe Letter Review Prize is a regular writing competition split into the following categories: Short Fiction\, Poetry\, Nonfiction\, Published Books and Reprints. It offers cash prizes and publication to the winners. You can access previous winners on the Letter Review site to give you an idea of what floats their boat. \nThe Reprints Prize is open to  Stories\, Poems\, and works of Nonfiction which have been previously published\, and are not currently available to read online. Be sure to refer to the full entry guidelines for further details. Entrants should submit the first 5\,000 words of their manuscript\, whether it be prose or poetry.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/letter-review-prize-reprints/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Watson\, Little x Indie Novella Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight UK time on 14 February 2023\nEntry Fee: Free to enter\nPrizes: Mentoring and report by literary agency Watson\, Little\nWord Limit: 5\,000 words plus 300 word synopsis\nCategory: Novella Competitions\nCompetition Website:  indienovella.co.uk/writing-prize\n\nThe Watson Little x Indie Novella Prize is a collaboration between literary agency Watson\, Little and Indie Novella\, an online hub providing information and advice to aspiring authors. The prize is open to writers aged 16 or over who are based in the UK or Ireland. It is free to enter and although there is no cash prize\, the winner will receive a one-hour mentoring session with Watson\, Little (which may lead to representation if they particularly like your work\, though there are no guarantees on this). \nNote that this is a themed competition and entrants can choose one of the following three themes: Community\, Climate\, or Crime Fiction. Although it’s called a novella competition\, it’s open to fiction of all lengths (novels\, novellas\, stories). \nFor those people seeking to get published but don’t want to splash loads of cash on entry fees\, this could be the competition for you. Visit the indienovella.co.uk website for the full details and terms and conditions.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/watson-little-indie-novella-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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