Commonword, Puffin Books and Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Agency (RCW) are pleased to announce a partnership for the Commonword Children’s Diversity Writing Prize, to be awarded annually from 2012. The prize will be the culmination of fortnightly Commonword writing workshops in Manchester and an annual Puffin and RCW-sponsored masterclass for budding writers who exhibit potential in children’s fiction writing for 7+ to teenage. The winning writer must embrace ethnic diversity either through their own ethnicity and culture and/or within their writing. The winning writer will receive a £500 cash prize, professional mentoring and £100 of Puffin books.
To read the full press release click below.
How do you submit? Where can you find the guidelines? Is it open to only authors in the UK?
How do you submit? Where can you find the guidelines?
Thank you for your enquiry regarding the Children’s Diversity Writing Prize. Details and deadlines for the competition itself have not yet been announced. If you are in the Manchester area and would like to attend the workshops, please email Marnie with a single-sided sample of your writing at marnie@cultureword.org.uk
Best wishes
Commonword
when is deadline for 2012?
sj
The closing date for entries was 29 February 2012. This wasn’t on the press release but was on subsequent posts.
Best Wishes
Commonword