Short Description
The competition is organized by the Deborah Rogers Foundation.
An award of £10,000 will be presented to a first-time writer whose submission demonstrates outstanding literary talent and who needs financial support to complete their work.
Submissions should take the form of 15,000-20,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non-fiction, which is not under option or contract.
Applicants may not be under contract to any publisher for any work or title in any language.
Applications are open to writers who have not previously published a full-length book of their own prose writing (including self-published or published on-line) excluding a collection of their own poetry. They may have published short prose writing within a magazine/anthology.
Entrants must write in the English language and reside within the British Commonwealth or Eire.
Submissions should be accompanied with a brief synopsis and biographical note.
Applicants who submitted work for the DRF Writers Award previously may re-apply but the work submitted must be new.
The submitted work can be fiction, non-fiction, children’s or short stories.
Eligibility
The competition is open to writers who have not previously published or self-published a full-length book of prose.
Entrants must reside in the British Commonwealth or Eire.
Program Benefits or Awards
The winner receives £10,000 and the two shortlisted authors £1,000 each.
Entry Fee:
none
Location:
United kingdom
Deadline:
31 March 2025
Website link:
https://www.deborahrogersfoundation.org/writers-award
Apply link
https://deborahrogersfoundation.formstack.com/forms/drf_writers_award_submissions_2025
