16 March 2020
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Lisa McInerney, this year's judge, will mentor the winning writer for a year
Writers & Artists welcome submissions of unpublished work by writers who identify as working class who do not have a publisher or agent. As well as being mentored for a year by Lisa McInerney, the winner will get £200, a year's free subscription to the Society of Authors, free entry to any W&A one-day event and copies of either the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook or the Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, Writers' & Artists' Guide to Getting Published and Writers' & Artists' Guide to How to Hook an Agent.
To enter, send the beginning of an unpublished work in any genre no longer than 2,000 words, a synopsis and a brief description of your writing background and how you identify as a working class writer.
Entry is free.
The closing date is 15 June 2020.
For full details see the website.
A synopsis is a vital part of a fiction writer's submission package. Get it right by following this advice.