Joffe Books, in conjunction with bestselling crime writer Dorothy Koomson and literary agent Susan Yearwood, is launching a new writing prize for unagented crime fiction writers of colour to turn their fantastic manuscripts into bestsellers. The winner will receive a two-book publishing contract with Joffe Books.
The competition aims to champion authors from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds writing in one of our favourite crime fiction genres: electrifying psychological thrillers, cosy mysteries, gritty police procedurals, twisty chillers, unputdownable suspense mysteries, shocking domestic noirs.
Whether you are writing your crime fiction debut, previously published or self-published, if you are an unagented crime fiction writer of colour, we want to hear from you!
Open to all UK residents and British Citizens (including those residing abroad) aged 18 or over without a literary agent who identify as being from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background.
How to enter: Entrants are invited to submit their full-length manuscript, written in English, along with a synopsis of the book and author biography, to prize@joffebooks.com.
Joffe Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers of excellent commercial fiction, especially crime and mystery fiction.
Find out more here
Deadline: 30 September 2021, 23.59 GMT