Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2016
The New Writing Prize 2016 is now open for entries!
Submissions are welcome in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Ensure that you submit your entry/entries by the deadline: 5pm BST on 15 July 2016. Winners will receive £300 and their entries will be published in Wasafiri.
1. The competition is open to any nationality and any age group.
2. The word limit is 3000 maximum (or a maximum of 5 poems).
3. Work submitted must not have been previously published (this includes self-publishing and publishing on websites, personal or otherwise) or have won a prize in another competition.
We are pleased to announce this year's judges: How to Write pages provide pithy insights into writing novels, screenplays, radio plays and memoirs from authors such as Martin Amis, Rober McKee and Michele Roberts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/howtowrite/index.shtml You might also be interested in their international playwriting competition and the top tips for play-writers.
Diran Adebayo, named 'one of the Best Young British Novelists' in 2002; world-renowned prize-winning poet Imtiaz Dharker; and Vesna Goldsworthy, award-winning writer, former BBC World Service
Background to the prize:
The path to literary success can sometimes seem elusive, even for those with talent. So, in 2009, the Wasafiri New Writing Prize was launched to support new writers, with no limits on age, gender, nationality or background. With a list of high profile judges over the years including Brian Chikwava, Colin Grant, Maya Jaggi, Jackie Kay, Tabish Khair, Toby Litt and Blake Morrison, the NWP has boosted the confidence of writers in competitive times. In the words of one winner: 'Before I was shortlisted I was ... convinced I was never going to write another poem again... thank you so much for this, I never ... want to stop writing.'
