The Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024
The Creative Future Writers’ Award (CFWA) is a national writing development programme which celebrates talented, underrepresented writers who lack opportunities due to mental health issues, disability, identity, health or social circumstance.
The theme for our 10th Awards is ‘Reveal.’ Your work should respond to the theme, implicitly or explicitly, but we’re looking for quality writing first and foremost. The theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement. Send us your best work!
The deadline for entries is Sunday 19 May 2024 at 11:59 pm.
Prizes:
Poetry Platinum: £75 cash prize; The Literary Consultancy Chapter & Verse mentorship and manuscript assessment & Being A Writer membership; Faber Academy online masterclass; One year’s membership from The Poetry Society
Poetry Gold: £50 cash prize; The Literary Consultancy manuscript assessment; Poetry School online masterclass; One year’s membership from The Poetry Society; Writers’ & Artists Yearbook
Poetry Silver: £25 cash prize; The Writing Coach manuscript assessment & coaching; 1:1 consultation with Bad Betty Press; One year’s membership from The Poetry Society
Poetry Bronze: Poetry School manuscript assessment & feedback; Mslexia Indie Print Guide; One year’s membership to The Poetry Society
Fiction Platinum: £75 cash prize; Curtis Brown Creative mentorship & manuscript assessment; One year The Literary Consultancy Being A Writer membership; Writing A Novel course with Faber Academy; One year’s membership with Society of Authors
Fiction Gold: £50 cash; prize Manuscript assessment via The Literary Consultancy; Online course from Curtis Brown Creative; One year’s membership from the Society of Authors; A copy of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook
Fiction Silver: £25 cash prize; Manuscript assessment & coaching from The Writing Coach; 1:1 agent consultation with Catherine Cho; One year’s membership to The Society of Authors
Fiction Bronze: Booksmiths London mentoring & manuscript assessment; A copy of Mslexia’s Indie Press Guide
Creative Non-Fiction Platinum: £75 cash prize; The Literary Consultancy Chapter & Verse mentorship and manuscript assessment & Being A Writer membership; Faber Academy’s Memoir & Life Writing course; One year’s membership with Society of Authors
Creative Non-Fiction Gold: £50 cash prize; Manuscript assessment via The Literary Consultancy; Online course from Writing Magazine; One year’s membership from the Society of Authors; A copy of Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook
Creative Non-Fiction Silver: £25 cash prize; Manuscript assessment & coaching from The Writing Coach; 1:1 agent consultation with Clara Foster of Aevitas; One year’s membership to The Society of Authors
Creative Non-Fiction Bronze: Writers’ & Artists’ Opening Chapters manuscript assessment & feedback session; A copy of Mslexia’s Indie Press Guide
Joint Prizes: All winners receive one year’s membership to Jericho Writers and Writers Online, Creative Future’s Pitching To Agents guide (fiction & creative non-fiction) or Social Media Toolkit (poetry); Be published in the award anthology alongside our judges; Read their work at the high profile showcase event alongside the judges, as part of the London Literature Festival; Be invited to our Writer’s Day event as part of the London Literature Festival; Receive ongoing support, advice, and signposting from Creative Future
Highly Commended Poetry: 1 year digital subscription to Mslexia; Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook or guide; One year membership to The Poetry Society
Highly Commended Fiction: 1 year digital subscription to Mslexia; Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook or guide
Highly Commended Creative Non-Fiction: 1 year digital subscription to Mslexia; Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook or guide
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