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Novellas

New Writer magazine Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006

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Closing date: 
30 November 2006
Entry: 
You can enter a large range of work for different prizes: - Essays, articles, Interviews - covering any writing-related or literary theme in its widest sense up to 2,000 words. - Short Stories, Serials/Novellas - stories up to 4,000 words, serials/novellas up to 20,000 words on any subject or theme, in any genre (not children's). Previously published work is not eligible. - Single Poems and Collections - single poems up to 40 lines and collections of between 6 - 10 poems. Single poem entries must be previously unpublished; previously published poems can be included as part of a collection.
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Cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection - a special edition of The New Writer magazine each July

The New Writer magazine Prose and Poetry Prizes 2006

One of the major annual UK competitions for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles has just been announced. It offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection - a special edition of The New Writer magazine each July.  Read more

New Writer Prizes 2007

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Closing date: 
30 November 2007
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New Writer Prizes for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; the magazine offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers. Entry fees £4 per
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Varies by categories; cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers

New Writer Prizes

Now in its eleventh year, the New Writer Prizes for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; the magazine offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers

Closing date 30 November 2007  Read more

New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes 2008

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Closing date: 
1 December 2008
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Entry fees
Prize: 
FACT: 1st prize £150, 2nd £100, 3rd £50; FICTION: Short Stories: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Novella: 1st prize £300; POETRY: Collection: 1st prize £300, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Single: 1st prize £100, 2nd £75, 3rd £50

One of the major, international prizes for contemporary fiction and poetry, essays and articles, this is an opportunity to bring your work to a wider audience.

Closing date 31 November 2008

Total Prize Fund £2,500

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The Novella Award 2016

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Closing date: 
29 April 2016
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Open to all writers over 16 Entry fee £17
Prize: 
£1000 and publication with Sandstone Press

Manchester Metropolitan University has announced the opening of its third annual Novella Awards, with the deadline for submissions being 29 April. Prizes include £1000 and publication by Sandstone Press. See www.thenovellaaward.com for information on how to enter.  Read more

The Novella Award 2015

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Closing date: 
15 June 2015
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Open to any writer in the English-speaking world Entry fee £17
Prize: 
1st Prize £1,000 and publication by Sandstone Press, Runner Up: £500 and a reader’s report

Welcome to The Novella Award, a writing competition that celebrates new fiction in the novella form.

This year the award is judged by Alison Moore, award winning author of The Lighthouse and He Wants, and Nicholas Royle, editor at Salt Publishing. The competition has previously been judged by Jenn Ashworth author of The Friday Gospels.  Read more

MMU Novella Award 2014

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Closing date: 
24 May 2014
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Open to all writers over 16 Entry fee £15
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Publication by Sandstone Press

Manchester Metropolitan University's Cheshire Faculty has launched the inaugural MMU Novella Award, which will become a bi-annual literary prize. The competition will conclude with a one-day Novella Festival at the Cheshire Campus consisting of readings, talks and panel discussions.  Read more

Jonathan Cape open submission

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Closing date: 
30 June 2014
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No criteria No entry fee
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Consideration of your work by Jonathan Cape

Jonathan Cape will be open to submissions from "new writers of high calibre and imagination" for a month this summer.

The publisher, an imprint of Penguin Random House's Vintage Books in London, is asking for prose fiction. Writers are asked to submit 50 pages, which can be from a novel or novella, or short stories, and the work can be finished or in progress.  Read more

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