Deborah Rogers foundation Writers Award 2023

Entrants must reside in the British Commonwealth or Eire.

An award of £10,000 will be presented to a first-time prose writer whose submission demonstrates literary talent and who would benefit from financial support to complete their work.

Submissions should take the form of 15,000 – 20,000 words of a work in progress. The work can be fiction, non-fiction, children’s or short stories.

Judges will be Abdulrazak Gurnah, Claire Adam and Annalena McAfee.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner receives £10,000 and the two shortlisted authors £1,000 each.