The 2021 Creative Future Writers’ Award is now open for entries. There are £10,000 in cash and development prizes available, plus publication and reading at an award event as part of the London Literature Festival (TBC). The judges are novelist Dorothy Koomson, poet Joelle Taylor, Aki Schilz of The Literary Consultancy and Sarala Estruch of Poetry School. This year's theme is ‘Essential.’
It is open to UK residents/UK citizens living abroad, over 18 years old, who have not previously published a single-author book. The Award is for under-represented writers—including those who lack opportunities due to mental health, disability, health, and from working class, LGTBQIA+, and Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.
The key details are:
- Fiction: up to 2,000 words
- Poetry: one poem up to 42 lines
- Deadline: 6 June 2021
- More information: https://www.creativefuture.org.uk/for-writers/creative-future-writers-award/
- Enter online: https://zealous.co/creativefuture/opportunity/Submit-to-the-Creative-Future-Writers--Award-2021--free-to-enter/
