The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize is an international prize that supports and celebrates the best adventure writing today. The Prize is open to writers of any nationality, writing in English. Deadline approaching for the categories New Voices Award and Author of Tomorrow Award.
Awards are presented in three categories:
Best Published Novel Award
Deadline: Friday 16th February 2024
New Voices Award
The New Voices Award supports writers to develop an idea they've yet to commit to paper, or those in the very early stages of their work in progress. The Award provides mentorship and editorial guidance for aspiring authors and encourages entries from all writers, including those from underrepresented backgrounds with a new story to tell. Open to writers of any nationality writing in English aged 18 years or over. The prize is exclusively for unpublished and unagented writers.
Entry fee: £30 (Fee waivers available for authors who cannot make the financial commitments of entry.)
Find out more here
Deadline: 23.59pm GMT, Tuesday 30th April 2024
Author of Tomorrow Award
The Author of Tomorrow Award is designed to find the adventure writers of the future. Part of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, it is an annual competition open to young people across the world who have completed a short piece of adventure writing in English.
Prizes are awarded in three categories:
11 and Under | Up to 500 words | Prize: £100, plus £150 book tokens for your school
12-15 years | 1,000 - 2,000 words | Prize: £250, plus £150 book tokens for your school
16-21 years | 1,500 - 3,000 words | Prize: £1,000
Each shortlisted author also has their work digitally published on Worldreader’s BookSmart app. Each story will be online and available for readers anywhere in the world there is internet.
Open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
Find out more here
Deadline: Tuesday 30th April 2024