#Merky Books New Writers' Prize

Creative Lives in Progress; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

What's on offer?

The winner of the New Writers’ Prize will receive a publishing contract with #Merky Books. All shortlisted writers will also be invited to our Writers’ Camp, where they will get the chance to participate in writing workshops, panel talks, editorial one-to-ones and meet the #Merky Books team. The prize will also aim to provide all applicants with the tools, information and access they need to develop their ideas, progress their writing and set off on the path to publication.

Who are we looking for?

The prize is open to Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic writers who are aged between 18 and 35 and residing in the UK or Republic of Ireland. Applicants will need to be unpublished and un-agented in order to apply. If you have a manuscript you are working on, or an idea ready to be put onto paper, we want to hear from you.

This year, we are looking for the next William Rayfet Hunter, Hafsa Zayyan and Rivers Solomon. We are focusing on fiction only and unfortunately, we are not accepting non-fiction, poetry or children’s books this year.