I am emailing you to let you know about an exciting new writing competition that my charity the National Literacy Trust has launched with Bloomsbury Books. The New Children’s Author Prize is set to unearth brilliant new talent in writing for children.
Unpublished authors who enter the competition will be in with the chance of winning a publishing contract with Bloomsbury , publisher behind the Harry Potter series. The first prize will also include an advance of £5,000 and an exclusive print run of the new author’s work.
I would be very grateful if you could help promote the competition on the site for your festival or in any newsletters you send out. There are full details here: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/authorprize and all the proceeds of the competition go to the National Literacy Trust and our work with children, improving their literacy and giving them better life chances.
I’ve taken the liberty of including some sample copy below for Twitter, Facebook, newsletters and websites. We also have flyers available soon if you might have anywhere to display or distribute these.
Twitter
New Children's Author Prize from @literacy_trust offers £5k advance and contract with Bloomsbury . Enter now http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/authorprize Pls RT
Facebook
Enter the New Children's Author Prize 2015 and you could win a publishing contract with Bloomsbury . The National Literacy Trust has launched a new writing competition for unpublished children’s authors and they want to read your work! s_ubmit a 20,000–40,000 word children’s story, targeted at children aged 8 to 12 to be in with a chance of winning a publishing contract and £5k advance. Entries cost £30 and the competition closes on 30 September. Visit www.literacytrust.org.uk/authorprize for more details and how to enter.
Newsletter/website
National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury Books announce New Children’s Author Prize 2015 for unpublished authors
A new writing competition to find the “next big thing” in children’s literature has being launched by the National Literacy Trust in partnership with Bloomsbury . The New Children’s Author Prize is set to unearth brilliant new talent in writing for children.
Unpublished authors who enter the competition will be in with the chance of winning a publishing contract with Bloomsbury , publisher behind the Harry Potter series. The first prize will also include an advance of £5,000 and an exclusive print run of the new author’s work.
To enter, authors should submit a 20,000–40,000 word children’s story, targeted at children aged 8 to 12, with a 350 word synopsis and a 1,000 word passage highlighted for judging in the early rounds. Entries cost £15 until 30 June and £30 after until the competition closes on 30 September. Stories should be emailed to: author.prize@literacytrust.org.uk. All proceeds from the competition go towards the National Literacy Trust’s work in tackling low literacy levels in deprived communities across the UK
Thank you very much in advance,
Anna Jones
Development Manager |
