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Writing Opportunities 2020
The Kindle Storyteller Award 2020
Open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing. No entry fee
The Kindle Storyteller Award is a £20,000 literary prize recognising outstanding writing. It is open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing. Readers play a significant role in selecting the winner, helped by a panel of judges including various book industry experts.
The 2020 Kindle Storyteller Award is open for entries between 1st May and 31 August 2020.
Terms and conditions - please read carefully
Open to all. Entry fee Poetry entries £12 | Short Fiction entries £18 but offer if enter by 10 May
£1,000 awarded to both the Poetry and Short Fiction winners, and publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, which is awarded to 60 writers, shortlisted by the judging panel.
Winners are selected for both categories and awarded with £1,000. Publication within the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, is also awarded to a further 60 writers whose works are highly commended.
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Entry Fee: Poetry £9 | Short Fiction £13.50
(Original Fee: Poetry £12 | Short Fiction £18)
Offer Ends: Sunday 10 May 23:59 (GMT+1)Submissions close 31 August 2020
Women Poets' Prize 2020
Open to all women poets of 18 and over resident in the UK and Northern Ireland. No entry fee
Awarded every two years to three women writers who each receive a package combining 'financial aid, creative development, well-being, and pastoral support'. This includes a £1000 bursary.
The Women Poets' Prize 2020 has opened for submissions.
The prize is awarded every two years to three women writers who each receive a package combining 'financial aid, creative development, well-being, and pastoral support'. This includes a £1000 bursary, a mentor for a year, the offer of pastoral coaching, creative opportunities such as performance and bookbinding, practical support such as digital skills training and childcare cover, and links and collaborations with prize partners. In 2020, the 30 poets on the longlist will receive a year's free membership to the writers' creativity platform Being a Writer.
The judges this year have been confirmed as Liz Berry, Malika Booker and Pascale Petit.
Petit said: "I won't know what I'm looking for until I find it - I'm hoping for surprises! I'm open to work that is beyond my aesthetic and taste, and will read with an adventurous mind. This is such a fantastic prize, where the winners will be nurtured and fully supported with pastoral care as well as top mentors. There are so many new women's worlds to discover, it's exciting to be part of that process and I can't wait for the discussions with my dream co-judges Malika and Liz."
The prize was founded by the Rebecca Swift Foundation. Swift was an editor, novelist, diarist, poet and founder and director of The Literary Consultancy from its beginning in 1996 to her death in April 2017. Her two passions were 'poetry and women's empowerment' and the prize aims to honour them.
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