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Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers' Award

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Closing date: 
31 January 2016
Entry: 
Writers residing in the British Commonwealth and Eire No entry fee
Prize: 
£10,000

An award of £10,000 will be presented to a first-time writer whose submission demonstrates literary talent and who needs financial support to complete their work:

  • Submissions should take the form of 20-30,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non-fiction, which is not under option or contract
  • Applications are only open to writers who have not previously published a full length book
  • Entrants must write in the English language and reside within the British Commonwealth and Eire
  • Submissions should be accompanied with a brief synopsis and a short biographical note

Submissions for the 2016 Writers' Award will open on 1st November 2015 and close on the 31st January 2016. The judges will be comprised of three writers and two RCW agents. The winner of the Award will be announced by Ian McEwan at the 2016 Hay Festival.

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Closing date: 
31 January 2016
Entry: 
Writers residing in the British Commonwealth and Eire No entry fee
Prize: 
£10,000