HarperFiction has launched Killing It: The Killer Reads Competition for undiscovered writers based in the UK which aims to help open doors to crime writers who need a way into the publishing industry.
All you need to do to enter is send us the first 10,000 words of your crime, thriller or suspense novel, a short synopsis, and a short paragraph about yourself, too. We encourage submissions from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic writers in particular.
Three winners will be chosen to receive:
Editorial reports from HarperFiction crime editors on their full manuscripts, covering pace, characterisation, pitch, and more. / Editorial mentoring (up to three one-hour sessions) with a HarperFiction crime editor.
The competition will be judged by HarperFiction Editorial Director Phoebe Morgan, Commissioning Editor Kathryn Cheshire, Assistant Editor Sophie Churcher, and Ayo Onatade, a crime critic and the former chair of the Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger.
Find out more here
Submission deadline: midnight, 7 April 2021