Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2020
Submissions for the two 2020 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prizes are now open. The international prize is now in its fifth year. Entries are accepted from writers of any nationality, writing in English. The deadline is 2 March.
Best Published Novel (£15,000) - The Best Published Novel award is designed to celebrate the best adventure stories of the last year with novels being submitted by publishers, literary agents, or writers themselves. The 2020 award is open for submissions 6th January - 2nd March 2020. Entries must have been published between 1st May 2019 - 30th April 2020. Proof copies will be accepted.
The award is open to writers of any nationality writing in English. Each September, under guidance from an expert judging panel, the title of Best Published Novel is presented to one winning author.
Best Unpublished Manuscript. The Best Unpublished Manuscript is designed to launch the career of aspiring adventure writers. The 2020 award is open for submissions 6th January - 2nd March 2020.
Unpublished and self-published writers submit their manuscripts to be in with a chance of winning a publishing deal with Bonnier Books UK.
Up to six writers will be shortlisted, and each will be offered one-to-one manuscript development with literary consultant David Llewelyn, intended to help each writer reach the standard necessary for submission to agents and publishers.
Authors must not already have a novel published although self-published works are eligible. Authors must not have a literary agent. There is an entry fee of £20.00 (GBP) per submission.
This year's judging panel is: David Risher, entrepreneur and co-founder of Worldreader; Henry Porter, author and winner of the 2019 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel and Pip Stewart, adventurer, journalist and film-maker.
Established in September 2015, The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation 'dedicated to empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. Through our work, we want to reach out to writers and readers across the world, allowing everyone to have their own adventures through the words on a page.'
