Writers' competition and publishing opportunity
Looking for Writers
NEW WRITING 14
The British Council is now seeking submissions for their new writing anthology.
New Writing is an annual showcase of work by both emerging and
established authors from the UK and Commonwealth. Each volume introduces some
of the best new writing in prose, poetry, fiction and non-fiction to wide
audiences in the UK and overseas. New Writing's roll of honour includes
Malcolm Bradbury, A. S. Byatt, Doris Lessing and Ben Okri. What's more, New
Writing remains one of the few opportunities in the UK for unknown writers
to be published by leading fiction publishers.
The British Council is now accepting submissions for New Writing 14, to
be edited by Lavinia Greenlaw and Helon Habila. Writers from, or resident in,
the UK and the Commonwealth are encouraged to submit short stories, poetry,
literary essays, memoirs, biography and fiction. This could be an extract from a
work in progress. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2005.
The work must be unpublished and not be due for publication until at
the earliest January 2007, and the author should be willing to give the British
Council non-exclusive electronic rights for two years following publication,
plus translation rights and other sub-rights to be confirmed. There is no limit
on the length of pieces, but constraints of space mean that longer items will
stand less chance of acceptance.
Submissions should be sent in triplicate, clearly typed,
double-spaced, page numbered and with a name and address on each piece to: New
Writing Film and Literature Department, British Council, 10 Spring Gardens,
London SW1A 2BN
Submissions from outside the UK can be submitted by email to Chris Bartram at
Chris.Bartram@britishcouncil.org
New Writing 14 will be published by Granta in September 2006. For
more information on the anthology series, please visit our website at:
http://newwriting.britishcouncil.org/
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