Creative writing prize: New Welsh Writing Awards 2023

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09 December 2022
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This year's category is the Rheidol Prize for Prose with a Welsh Theme or Setting

The New Welsh Writing Awards from New Welsh Review are for short, unpublished books between 5,000 and 30,000 words. Each year has a different theme. This year's award is for Welsh-themed prose, which may be a fictional novella or short story collection or a book of non-fiction.

The winner will receive £1,000 as an advance against digital publication by New Welsh Review under the New Welsh Rarebyte imprint. The winner will also receive a critique from Cathryn Summerhayes, literary agent at Curtis Brown. The competition will be judged by Gwen Davies, editor of New Welsh Review.

The entry fee is £12.

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The closing date is 16 March.

For full details see the website.

 

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