SI Leeds Literary Prize

The Covert Talent Development Programme with Writing Our Legacy is open for applications.

It's an opportunity for 12 Black, Asian & ethnically diverse/BPOC writers to develop their writing practice with online workshops, peer support & mentoring.

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Call for Blog Pitches! – for December 2025-February 2026 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network Upcoming paid opportunities for writers of colour in Scotland to contribute to our blog!

Are you a Black writer or a writer of colour based in Scotland?

The Scottish BPOC Writers Network has shared a call for blog posts on the theme ‘Speaking with the ancestors’.

scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-blo...

Delighted to see that 'Da' by Arathi Menon, our 2024 second place prize winner, will be published by the lovely @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social next year! 👏

Are you a first or second-generation migrant, an asylum seeker, refugee, international student or international worker who has lived or currently lives in the UK?

TogetherintheUK is hosting a ‘Then & Now’ writing competition that you might be interested in.

togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/

#Writers, the Hilary Mantel Prize offers an exceptional new opportunity. The late author, who twice won the #WalterScottPrize, was committed to championing emerging talent, and the winner receives a cash award plus mentoring. Submissions are open through 31 December. See https://loom.ly/NFsTZjE

The Money Anthology Short stories about saving and spending designed for key stage 4 (ages 14 to 16)

We're delighted to collaborate with the Bank of England on a new classroom resource for 14–16-year-olds, promoting financial and economic literacy.

📝 The Money Anthology, edited by Saima Mir, is a collection of stories exploring how money affects our lives.

www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/ed...

Autumn writing workshops Exploring folklore Wed 24 September 7pm-8.30pm The Ghost story Wed 22 October 7pm-8.30pm Alternative Lives Wed 26 November 7pm-8.30pm Plotting a Christmas mystery Wed 17 Dec 7pm-8.30pm All on Zoom, £15/£7 amylordauthor.com/events

This autumn, I'm running a few fun online writing workshops on different themes. We'll be exploring:

✨ Folklore
✨ Ghost stories
✨ Alternative lives
✨ Plotting a Christmas mystery

I'd love to see you there! You can find the full details & booking links on my website: www.amylordauthor.com/events ✍️

Please share widely. Enter one of Britain's biggest crime prizes. We have some wonderful judges: @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Ayo Onatade, Renita D’Silva, Heloise Wood, thank you

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#prize #entry #books #crime

There are some great tips for short story writers in this thread 👇

We're open for #submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and looking fwd to reading your work #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Audible invests £40k in West Midlands-based young storytellers Audible has announced the latest recipients of its Future Stories Fund, investing more than £40,000 in three grassroots organisations across the West Midlands to support young people aged 16 to 25 from historically marginalised communities.

Audible has announced the latest recipients of its Future Stories Fund, investing more than £40,000 in three grassroots organisations across the West Midlands to support young people aged 16 to 25 from historically marginalised communities👇

Not long left to enter Simon & Schuster's New Chapter competition that’s exclusively open to un-agented, currently not under contract fiction writers of colour. The winner will receive a two-book UK publishing contract with S&S UK with a six-figure advance.

www.simonandschuster.co.uk/p/new-chapter

ONE WEEK left to register! 📝⌛

The South Asian Arts Show is next Saturday (!!) and we're super excited to be celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with you! 🫶 Join us, Jay Sandhu, TruSkool, Ishi Khan and Priya Gill for a very special workshop and open mic. 🎤✨

Register here ➡️ bit.ly/SAHMWEM

Who came along to our masterclass on Saturday? Did you know we have two more coming up?! 👀

Now that you've got some novel-editing know-how under your belt, you might want to start looking at how to approach agents... Enter these two classes!

Find out more here ➡️ bit.ly/WEMSHOP

Peepal Tree Press reflects on 40 years of publishing

Read our interview with founder Jeremy Poynting and associate fiction editor Jacob Ross from Leeds-based independent publisher Peepal Tree Press (@peepaltreepress.bsky.social‬), as they look back on 40 years of publishing Caribbean and Black British literature 👇

A reminder that our fabulous 2024 shortlisted writers will be at @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday - come say hello!

Call out for South Asian authors in Derby! 📢

Are you looking for a space to sell your books? The South Asian Arts Show is keen to platform your writing! If you want a table at the event to share your work, get in touch via the email below for more info ⏬

📧 Email: progs@writingeastmidlands.co.uk

The Alfred Fagon Award is the leading award for black British playwrights and the 2025 prize is now open for submissions!

The winning writer will receive £6,000 and excerpts from their winning play will be showcased at the award ceremony.

Enter by 31 Aug

www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk/awards/2025-...

@leedslitfest.bsky.social is back in June & we have 3 events here in the bookshop. #leeds #litfest

- Investigate the psychology of heartbreak with @rosiewilby.bsky.social
- #CosyCrime with debut author Mel Pennant
- #Windrush Day with Howard Gardner

Info & tickets: trumanbooks.co.uk/events

We have a cracker of an opportunity for aspiring TV writers - the @channel4tv.bsky.social Writing for TV Awards are now open and close on 8 June 2025. We are looking for unique talents, based in the North of England, who have never had a script published.

4th Estate and Guardian 4thWrite Prize 2025 - 4th Estate 4th Estate and The Guardian are thrilled to announce that the 2025 4thWrite Prize, a competition open to Black, Asian … Continued

The 2025 4thWrite Prize, a competition open to Black, Asian & minority ethnic writers living in the UK or Ireland, is open for submissions.

Deadline 8 June

Longlist announced 10 August, shortlist 30 September & winner in October (date tbc) at a prize ceremony in London.

www.4thestate.co.uk/prize/

SI Leeds Literary Prize showcase SI Leeds Literary Prize is the biennial award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women writers. A national award

Delighted that our 2024 shortlisted writers will be appearing at a special showcase event @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday 21 June at Hyde Park Book Club.

Hear them read from their submissions & discuss the challenges & opportunities for writers today.

www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/si-le...

Delighted to see our 2022 prize winner Suad Kamardeen chosen for this opportunity! 👏

Writer-carers, a wonderful literary prize for you to check out 👇

2024 - Awards Film Short Version This is "2024 - Awards Film Short Version" by SI Leeds Literary Prize on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Did you join us for the announcement of this year's prize winners?

Find out the results from the judges in this short film...

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SI Leeds Literary Prize 2024 winners announcement

1st place winner SI Leeds Literary prize and SI Readers choice award 2024 Maeve Clarke Trapped Between Two Worlds

2nd place SI Leeds literary prize 2024 Arathi Menon Da

3rd place SI Leeds literary prize 2024 Jac Shreeves-Lee The house that Jack built and other stories

We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize.

✨1st & SI Readers' Choice winner: Maeve Clarke, Trapped Between Two Worlds
✨2nd: Arathi Menon, Da
✨3rd: Jac Shreeves-Lee, The House that Jack Built and other stories

Congratulations to our winners!

SI Leeds Literary Prize shortlist announcement

Trapped Between Two Worlds – Maeve Clarke God in a Butcher’s Shop – Nazish Khan-Lane Wildwood – Angelita Lapuz Bradney Da – Arathi Menon The House that Jack Built and other stories – Jac Shreeves-Lee Welcome Home – Pauline Walker

We're delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize, which features six wonderful writers. Congratulations! 🎉

The winners will be announced in an online ceremony on Wednesday 13 November, hosted by Ilkley Literature Festival.

www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/2024-shortli...

Could you be one of the judges for this year’s SI Readers’ Choice Award? We’re looking for volunteer readers to join the team. Email us by 30 August to sign up. audience@sileedsliteraryprize.com

⏰ Last chance to sign up! ⏰

If you're a book lover and you'd like to be part of our 2024 SI Readers' Choice Award volunteer judging panel, get in touch by 30 August.

🔗 Details on our website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/were-looking...

SI Leeds Readers' Choice Award 2024. We're looking for book group readers to join this year's prize team. Sign up by 30 August to confirm an author visit for your group. audience@sileedsliteraryprize.com

📢 Calling book groups! 📚

We need volunteer judges for the SI Readers’ Choice Award: sign up & you could get an online author visit from 2022 winner Laura Fish to discuss her winning novel, Lying Perfectly Still.

Limited places. Sign up by 30 August.

www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/calling-book...

Are you a working-class book lover?

If you identify as working-class, like to read & live in the UK, please contribute to this survey for New Writing North's A Writing Chance project, which aims to open access to the writing industries. Deadline 15 September
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