WRITERS’ NEWS
88 MARCH 2020 http://www.writers-online.co.ukYour essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets,
opportunities to get into print and publishing industry news.Win a £10,000 first prize for new writing on
the theme of Forgiveness and Retribution in
the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2020.
Every year, the Alpine Fellowship awards
prizes to the best works concerning the
theme for the Alpine Fellowship Annual
Symposium, which for 2020 is Forgiveness
and Retribution.
Writers at any stage of their career are
invited to submit work in any genre up
to 2,500 words that addresses the theme.The winner will receive £10,000, and be
presented with their award by poet John
Burnside. There are runners-up prizes
of £3,000 and £2,000. The winners and
runners up will be invited to attend the
Alpine Fellowship symposium in Fjällnäss
in Sweden.
There are also two £3,000 prizes, for the
best responses to the theme in drama, and
academic writing.
All entries must be original and unpublished.Entry is free. One entry will be accepted
per writer.
The closing date is 1 April.
Website: https://alpinefellowship.com/
writing-prizeTina JacksonAim for the summit
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
The Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction is inviting entries.
Bestselling author LJ Ross set up and sponsors the £2,500 prize for new crime writers from
the north of England.
The Lindisfarne Prize will be given for outstanding crime or thriller writing by new
writers who are from, or whose work celebrates, the north of England. Writers entering the
competition must not previously have had a crime or thriller story published in any form.
The winner will receive £2,500 to support the completion of their work, and editorial mentoring
and support from an independent publisher. Bestselling crime writer LJ Ross, whose DCI Ryan
series is set in her native Northumberland, is sponsoring the prize in association with the Newcastle
Noir Crime Writing Festival, and the winner will be announced at the Festival in May.
The winner of last year’s inaugural Lindisfarne Prize was Cressida Downing, whose work The
Roll Bearer’s Daughter is set on Holy Island at the beginning of the 15th century.
To enter, send a short story no longer than 10,000 words or the first two chapters and a
synopsis of a work in progress.
The closing date is 31 March.
Website: http://www.ljrossauthor.com/lindisfarne-prize/
The biennial Edwin Morgan Poetry Award
is open to submissions of an unpublished
collection of 25-50 poems from poets under
the age of 30 who have been born or raised
in Scotland, have lived there for the last three
years or have a Scottish parent.
There are glittering prizes of £20,000 for the
winner, £2,500 to a runner up and £1,000 to
those who are shortlisted. And that’s not all.
As this year will be a centenary celebration the
Award will be featured in venues and events
across Scotland, the UK and internationally.
Poems may be written in English, Scots
or Gaelic. If writing in the latter, attach an
English version. If individual poems have been
previously published in journals or online a
note should be made of this.
Submit three typed/printed hard copies of
your poetry collection on numbered single
or double sided pages. Connect your work
together by a paper lip, in a folder or by a spinal
attachment. As judging will be anonymous your
name should appear on the entry form only,
available from the website, and this should be
included separately. Include an email address
or SAE for notification of receipt and any
subsequent notification of shortlisting success.
The closing date for submissions is 5pm on 2
March and the winners will be announced in August.
Details: Edwin Morgan Poetry Award,
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close,
Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DT;
website: https://edwinmorgantrust.comSisters doing it
The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a biennial prize for new Black and Asian women writers with
unpublished fiction manuscripts. Entries are invited for the 2020 competition.
The SI Leeds Literary Prize was established in 2012 by Soroptimist International to showcase
the work of aspiring Black and Asian women writers. Since its inception, winners and runners
up who have achieved major publishing success include Kit de Waal, Mahsuda Snaith, Winnie
M Li, Season Butler and Amita Murray.
The prize for the winner includes £3,000 and an Arvon course. There are prizes of £1,250
and £750 for the runners-up. All three top-placed writers will be offered manuscript assessment
by The Literary Consultancy, opportunities for industry networking, editorial consultancy by
and consideration for publication with Peepal Tree
Press. All shortlisted writers will be invited to read
from their work at Ilkley Literature Festival.
Entrants must be UK-based Black and Asian women
fiction writers, who are asked to submit complete
manuscripts of original, unpublished novels or short
story collections of no less than 30,000 words, and a
brief synopsis.
There is a £10 fee for entry.
The closing date is 30 April.
Website: http://www.sileedsliteraryprize.comGrand prize for
young Scots poets