Creative writing prize: Discoveries 2025

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05 October 2024
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The writer development programme from The Women's Prize Trust is inviting entries from aspiring women novelists

Discoveries is a development programme aimed at discovering talented and original new female writing voices in the UK and Ireland. It is run as a partnership between The Women's Prize Trust, Audible, Curtis Brown literary agency and Curtis Brown Creative.

Prizes will be given for novel manuscripts by unpublished writers in any adult genre. Submit the first 10,000 words and a synopsis between 500 and 1,000 words. Novel manuscripts do not have to be completed.

The winner will be offered representation by Curtis Brown and £5,000.Shortlisted writers will be offered a mentoring session with a Curtis Brown agent and a free place on a six week Curtis Brown Creative online course. One writer will be named 'The Discoveries Scholar' and win a free scholarship to attend a three-month Curtis Brown Creative Writing Your Novel course. Longlisted authors will receive a bespoke two-week online Discoveries Writing Development Course.

This year's judges are Kate Mosse, Clare Khoda, Dreda Say Mitchell, Chloe Timms, Anna Davis and Jess Molloy.

Entry is free.

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The closing date is 13 January 2025.

For full details see the website.

 

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