Skip to Content

Writing Opportunities 2024

« Prev  

  Next »

National Novel Writing Month 2024

Information
Closing date: 
30 November 2024
Entry: 
Open to all writers No entry fee
Prize: 
You win by writing a 50,000 word novel

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. Why do it? For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to silence your inner critic, let your imagination take over, and just create!

• What's National Novel Writing Month?
• Set a Goal
• NaNo Prep 101 Resources
• Connect with Community
• Pep Talkers and NaNo Coaches
• NaNoWriMo Flair
• Events Calendar

Committed to writing 50,000 words in the 30 days of November?

National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with a first draft. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave as novelists.

On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.

Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.

More details

 

  • Printer-friendly version
  • Share this

The Conversation Prize

Information
Closing date: 
30 November 2024
Entry: 
Open to academics writing in English
Prize: 
£1,000, publication on the Conversation's website, and mentorship from a Curtis Brown literary agent and a Faber book editor.

The Conversation Insights is partnering Faber and Curtis BrownSee Curtis Brown listing in launching a writing prize for academics.
The Conversation Prize aims to discover 'the most promising new writers from the world of academia' and is aimed at experts who are keen to develop a trade publishing career.

The winner will receive £1,000, publication on the Conversation's website, and mentorship from a Curtis Brown literary agent and a Faber book editor.

Applicants should submit a 2,000-word article based on their area of expertise, plus a trade non-fiction book idea that they would like to develop into a publishing proposal. The deadline is 30 November.

Are you an academic keen to develop a writing career? Do you have a book idea that has the potential to be a nonfiction bestseller?

The Conversation Insights, in partnership with talent agency The Curtis Brown GroupRepresents screenwriters and specialises in film and TV. Commission : 15-20%.

Website includes submission guidelines. Also represents directors, designers and actors.

Founded 1914. and book publisher Faber, is looking for the best longform article and nonfiction book idea aimed at a general audience from our community of academics.

If you are an expert in your field who wants to develop your writing career for a wider audience, enter your 2,000-word story for a chance to win £1,000, online publication of your article on The Conversation's website, and mentorship for developing a nonfiction book from a literary agent from Curtis Brown and a Faber book editor.

As part of your submission, we'd also like you to include an idea for a trade nonfiction book on your article subject. Please pitch your proposed book idea in 350 words or less and explain why you're the right person to write this book.

Submissions should be in the following areas: History, Arts + Culture, Business + Economy, Education, Environment, Health, Politics + Society, Science + Technology or World.

More details
https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-prize-for-writers-in-partne...

Commonwealth Prize Short Story Competition 2025

Information
Closing date: 
2 November 2024
Entry: 
Eligibility: open to writers over 18 who are Commonwealth citizens. No entry fee. Entries accepted in a number of languages and in translation into English
Prize: 
Prize for overall winner £5,000, 5 regional winners £2,500

Writer and filmmaker Vilsoni Hereniko from Rotuma, Fiji will chair the panel of judges for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, which has opened for entries.

Hereniko's fellow judges, drawn from the five regions of the Commonwealth, will be: Cameroonian author, poet and scholar Nsah Mala (Africa); Malaysian writer and 2019 Asia regional winner Saras Manickam (Asia); Nigerian-British author Irenosen Okojie (Canada and Europe); writer, editor and stand-up comic Lisa Allen-Agostini from Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean); and poet, actor, musician and writer Apirana Taylor from Aotearoa/New Zealand (Pacific).

Five regional winners receive £2,500, and the winner will receive £5,000. The prize, administered by the Commonwealth Foundation, is open to citizens of all Commonwealth countries aged 18 and over, and is free to enter.

Submissions should be a short story of 2,000-5,000 words.

In addition to English, submissions are accepted in Bengali, Chinese, Creole, French, Greek, Malay, Maltese, Portuguese, Samoan, Swahili, Tamil, and Turkish. Stories that have been translated into English from any language are also accepted, and the translator of any story that wins (regional or overall) also receives prize money.

The closing date for entries is 2 November.

The five regional winners are published online by Granta and in a print collection from Paper + Ink. The shortlisted stories will appear in the Commonwealth Foundation's online literary magazine adda.

https://commonwealthfoundation.com/short-story-prize