11 February 2025
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The theme for this year's award for underrepresented writers is 'Wild'
The free-entry Creative Futures Award for underrepresented writers in the UK is in three categories: poetry up to 50 lines; fiction up to 2,000 words; creative non-fiction up to 2,000 words.
This year the prize fund of writing and development awards is £20,000. There will be five winners in each category. Winning submissions will be published in an anthology. This year's guest judges are Nancy Campbell, Irenosen Okojie and Kieran Yates.
There is no entry fee. Each writer may submit one piece of writing, on the 'Wild' theme. The competition is only open to underrepresented writers in the UK.
The closing date is 18 May.
For full details see the website.
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