The WestWords Prize is a new publishing Prize that welcomes submissions from writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction who have a completed, previously unpublished manuscript, and who have a connection to Western Sydney.
The winner of the Prize will receive a publication deal with WestWords’ Books, WestWords’ adult trade imprint.
For more information, and the enter the Prize, visit: https://www.westwords.com.au/the-westwords-prize/
Dates …
- The WestWords Prize opens August 26th, 2024
- The WestWords Prize closes October 8th, 2024
- The Winner of the Prize will be announced late November, 2024
Connection to Western Sydney …
For the purposes of this Prize, we define a connection to Western Sydney as one of these three:
- have been born and raised in Greater Western Sydney
- have lived in Greater Western Sydney for more than 2 years
- have worked in the region for a substantial length of time and within the past 5 years
The manuscript …
- must be completed, and not previously published (including self-published)
- can be any genre of fiction or narrative non-fiction, intended for an adult readership
- must be between 60k and 90k words
- must not be entered into any other prizes, or under consideration at any other publisher
- must be submitted in 12pt font, Times New Roman, double spaces, with default margins
