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Fern Academy Prize for essays

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Closing date: 
23 April 2024
Entry: 
Open to unpublished and unagented writers from around the world. No entry fee
Prize: 
Prize of £3,000; publication with Tortoise Media; literary representation by RCW literary agent Laurence Laluyaux and other prizes

Fern Press and How to Academy have partnered on a new essay award worth £3,000, in association with Tortoise Media, for unpublished authors.

Fern Press was launched by Vintage last year, while the annual non-fiction essay prize is "for those working at the frontier of creativity and thought", organisers said.   Read more

The Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize 2020

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Closing date: 
24 September 2020
Entry: 
Open to anyone from across the world aged between 18 and 35 years of age. No entry fee
Prize: 
First Prize £1,000 cash and an e-publication with The Bodley Head, publication in the FT of their winning essay and a mentoring session with The Bodley Head. Two runners-up £300

Every year, the Financial Times and The Bodley HeadRandom House imprint, one of Britain's leading publishers of non-fiction, team up to find the best young essay-writing talent from around the world. Now in its eighth year, The Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize competition has been the springboard for many exciting writers.  Read more

Haus of Liberated Reading’s Twin Anthology

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Closing date: 
2 July 2017
Entry: 
Essays, short stories and poetry from writers from across the African diaspora No entry fee
Prize: 
Inclusion in the anthology

Haus of Liberated Reading

The home of radical writing and the literature of decolonised minds.  Read more

Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize 2016

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Closing date: 
29 January 2017
Entry: 
Open to anyone across the world between 18-35 years old. No entry fee.
Prize: 
£1,000 plus several other prizes

FT and Bodley Head launch essay prize 2016

First prize is £1,000 and an e-publication with the Bodley Head; a mentoring session with the Bodley Head and Financial Times; a subscription to FT.com; and a selection of Bodley Head books. Two runners up will win £500 each, e-publication, FT subscriptions and books.  Read more

Notting Hill Essay Prize 2017

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Closing date: 
9 January 2017
Entry: 
Open to all writers Entry fee is £20 to include a copy of the 2015 Winner’s book
Prize: 
£20,000 and £1,000 for 5 runners-up

The biennial Notting Hill Essay Prize, now in its third round, is open for submissions.

The Prize is open to unpublished essays in the English language, of between 2,000 and 8,000 words, on any subject. The winner receives £20,000, with £1,000 for five runners-up. David Bradley took the top prize last year, for "A Eulogy for Nigger".  Read more

New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes 2008

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Closing date: 
1 December 2008
Entry: 
Entry fees
Prize: 
FACT: 1st prize £150, 2nd £100, 3rd £50; FICTION: Short Stories: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Novella: 1st prize £300; POETRY: Collection: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Single: 1st prize £100, 2nd £75, 3rd £50

One of the major, international prizes for contemporary fiction and poetry, essays and articles, this is an opportunity to bring your work to a wider audience.

Closing date 31 November 2008

Total Prize Fund £2,500

Entry fees

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The Bodley Head and Financial Times Essay Prize 2012

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Closing date: 
18 November 2012
Entry: 
Writers who are 35 and under
Prize: 
£1,000

Random House imprint The Bodley HeadRandom House imprint is launching its first annual essay prize in partnership with the Financial Times

The winner will also see their essay published digitally by The Bodley Head and receive a mentoring session with the Financial Times/Bodley Head. Four runners up will be involved in a separate e-publication with the winner.  Read more

The New Writers Prose and Poetry Prizes 2012

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Closing date: 
30 November 2012
Entry: 
Eligibility: International writers Entry fee (depending on category entered)
Prize: 
Over 100 seminars, workshops and networking events

The New Writers Prose and Poetry Prizes

Deadline: 30 November 2012

Eligibility: International writers

Entry fee (depending on category entered)

Now in its 16th year, one of the most prestigious annual international competitions for short stories, flash fiction, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for th  Read more

The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes 2012

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Closing date: 
30 November 2012
Entry: 
International writers
Prize: 
Various

Now in its 16th year, one of the most prestigious annual international competitions for short stories, flash fiction, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New WriterThis well-regarded magazine comes out six times a year and publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry, including top stories from the Fish Prize and Real Writers annual competitions. Runs annual Prose and Poetry prizes, including short stories, novellas and essays, material to be submitted by end November. The magazine is towards the more literary end of the spectrum, but offers more publishing opportunities and market information for subscribers than other UK-based creative writing magazines. http://www.thenewwriter.com magazine each July.  Read more

Bodley Head/FT 2013 Essay Prize

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Closing date: 
24 November 2013
Entry: 
Open to all writers aged 18 to 35
Prize: 
£1,000

The second annual Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize aims to discover the world's best young talent in long-form essay writing. We are looking for a dynamic, authoritative and lively essay of no more than 3,500 words on a non-fiction topic of your choice. It can be journalistic, it can be a case study; it can be wide-ranging or minutely focused.  Read more

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