Book Writing Prize Competitions

arranged in closing date order

The Biographers' Club Tony Lothian Prize 2014
Closing date: 31st July, 2014.
Prizes: The £2,000 Tony Lothian Prize (sponsored by her daughter, Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch) supports uncommissioned first-time writers working on a biography.
Entry fee: £15 (cheques payable to the Biographers' Club).
Applicants should submit a proposal of no more than 20 pages (unbound), including a synopsis and 10-page sample chapter (double-spaced, numbered pages), CV and a note on the market for the book and competing literature, to the prize administrator:  Ariane Bankes, email [email protected] or by post to 79 Arlington Avenue, London N1 7BA. Enquiries: 020 7359 7769.
For further details and mandatory entry form visit biographersclub.co.uk

Cinnamon Annual Debut Novel or Novella Prize
Closing date: 31st July, 2014
Prizes:  £1,000 plus a publishing contract.
Entry fee: £12.
Submit the first 10,000 words of an unpublished novel. The prize is open to authors who have not previously published a novel.
For full entry rules and conditions see website. cinnamonpress.com

Commonword Diversity Writing For Children Prize 2014
Closing date: 1st September 2014.
Prizes: The winner's prize will be as follows: £500 cash, to be paid by cheque. Professional mentoring will be from Catherine Pellegrino & Associates - this will consist of a full manuscript assessment and an initial meeting to discuss representation potential. There is no obligation for Catherine Pellegrino to agree to professionally represent the winner. Puffin books of the winner's choice to the value of £100 (based on RRP). To be chosen from titles available on the www.puffin.co.uk website.
The runners up will be offered detailed feedback on their manuscript by Commonword
Entry fee: Free entry.
The Prize is for Children's novels which embrace ethnic diversity, by previously unpublished authors.
Email: [email protected]
Website: ihaveadream.org.uk

Mslexia Women's Memoir Competition 2014
Closing date: 22nd September 2014.
Prizes: First prize £5,000. Five finalists will receive free professional feedback from The Literary Consultancy, and be invited to meet literary agents and editors at a special networking event.
Entry fee: £25 per memoir.
The only competition of its type in the UK, Mslexia is looking for memoirs of at least 50,000 words of prose that narrate actual events in the writer's own life.
To enter the competition, send up to 5,000 words - which must be the first 5,000 words of the memoir.
The judging panel is comprised of memoirist and novelist Julie Myerson, literary agent Jenny Brown and Guardian Women's Editor Jane Martinson.
Email: [email protected]
Website: mslexia.co.uk/memoir 

Third Annual Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Independently Published Book, sponsored by Bowker
Closing date: 1st October, 2014.
Prizes: Winner receives a year's worth of full-page ads in Shelf Unbound magazine (rate card value $6,000). Winner, finalists, and more than 100 notable books will be featured in the December/January 2015 issue of Shelf Unbound.
Entry fee: $40
Any self-published or independently published book in any genre, with any publication date, is eligible for entry.
Email: [email protected]
Website: shelfmediagroup.com/competition.html

Flash 500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Competition
Closing date: 31sth October 2014.
Prizes: £500(1st), £200(runner up).
Entry fee:  £10.00 (Optional critique £25.00).
Open theme, 1st chapter up to 3.000 words and one page synopsis.
More details on flash500.com/index_files/novel.htm

McKitterick Prize
Closing date: 31st October, 2014.
Prizes: £4,000.
Entry fee: Free entry.
For the best first novel by an author over the age of 40 on 31st December, 2014.
Email: [email protected]
Website: societyofauthors.org

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