The overall winner will receive £5,000, whilst the five regional winners will receive £2,500 each. All finalists will also receive a free membership from The London Library and have their piece published in Granta magazine. Read more about language, and other eligibility rules, here. Now into its second decade, the Prize has been career-changing for many writers: it showcases your work to a global platform and connects you with a network of talented writers and dedicated readers. It was the springboard for 2017 winner Ingrid Persaud who published her debut novel ‘Love After Love’ to great acclaim in 2020, and 2020 winner Kritika Pandey who secured her dream agent and is now working on her first novel. The prize has historically accepted pieces written in or translated to English, and written in other languages (Bengali, Chinese, French, Greek, Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil, and Turkish). There is a new addition for this year’s prize: the Creole languages of the Commonwealth.
Submissions open September 1 and close November 1 |