28 November 2016
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Spread the Word Life Writing Prize judges
The prize, launched in association with Goldsmiths Writers' Centre, is open to new and emerging writers
The prize, launched in association with Goldsmiths Writers' Centre, is open to new and emerging writers
The prize is to celebrate and develop life writing in the UK. It is a five-year scheme designed to boost literary opportunities for life writers. The winner will receive £1,500, an Arvon course, two years membership to the Royal Society of Literature and a meeting with an agent or editor. Two runners up will each get £500 and a meeting with an agent or editor.
The competition is for original, unpublished life writing up to 5,000 words by new and emerging writers. Entries may be self-contained, or an extract from a longer piece of work. Writers entering the competition may be unpublished, or may have up to six professional publishing credits in fiction, life writing or poetry.
This year's judges are author Blake Morrison, writer and researcher Katy Massey and Margaret Stead, publishing director of Atlantic Books.
The Spread the Word Life Writing Prize has been funded by a donation from Joanna Munro, and this year is free to enter.
The closing date is 5 February.
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