Major Writing Awards – Poetry, Story, Novel/la

Cinnamon Press Writing Awards

Cinnamon Press competitions have been offering new and established writers excellent publication opportunities for the last seven years. Several authors who have won the competition have gone on to win other prestigious prizes or been short listed for major awards. From autumn 2012 we are re-launching the writing awards to make them even more accessible to a greater number of writers. The competitions in three genres will continue to run twice a year, but with a new pricing structure and new prize structure. We hope that writers will continue to enjoy the competitions and take advantage of the opportunities they provide

 

Poetry Collection Award £150

The aim of this award is to provide a platform for new voices in poetry.

The winning author has his/her poetry collection published with Cinnamon Press and receives an advance on royalties of £150. We have commissioned several other collections as a result of being short-listed. We also publish an anthology of the best poems submitted and all those included will receive a copy of the winners’ anthology. Entrants can also choose whether they would like to automatically include a copy of the anthology with their entrance fee.

Please use drop down menu to select whether you want to pay for the competition only or add a copy of the anthology

Entries

competition only £12.00 GBP competition + anthology £16.00 GBP extra entries £10.00 GBP

 

Short Story Award: £150

The competition is open to new and published authors.

The first prize for a story between 2,000 and 4,000 words is £150 & publication. Up to ten runners up stories’ are also published in the winners’ anthology. All those included will receive a copy of the anthology. Entrants can also choose whether they would like to include a copy of the anthology with their entrance fee.

Please use drop down menu to select whether you want to pay for the competition only or add a copy of the anthology

Entries

competition only £12.00 GBP competition + anthology £16.00 GBP extra entries £10.00 GBP

 

Novel / Novella Award £400

The aim of this award is to encourage new novelists, encouraging debut novel and novella writers to achieve a publication in this genre.

The winning author has his / her first novel published by Cinnamon Press and receives an advance on royalties of £400. We have also commissioned other novels as a result of short-listing in the competition and this a good way to get your work seen.

Entries

competition only £12.00 GBP competition + book £16.00 GBP extra entries £10.00 GBP

 

Guidelines for all Genres

Entrants for the novel/novella and poetry categories should not previously have had a novel/novella or full poetry collection published (those with pamphlets and self published collections are eligible).

 
Short story writers may have previous publications of single stories or story collections or may be new writers, but the story submitted must be unpublished.

 
Entries should be submitted electronically – send as two email attachments – one with the work and the other with contact details – please ensure you have up to date virus protection and send as a .doc or .docx or .rtf file. (If you have problems preventing electronic submission please email for guidance)

Submit the first ten thousand words of your novel/novella or 10 poems up to 40 lines (unpublished) or story of 2,000-4,000 words (unpublished) in a clear type script, double spaced for prose.

Please mark your story/poetry/novel/la with a nom de plume and working title in the header (this is simply for reading purposes to guarantee that all pieces are read blind and judged fairly)

Do not put any other identification on the work, but enclose a separate attachment with name, address, email contact & nom de plume and titles of poems/working title of novel/story title.

Deadlines fall twice a year on 30th June & 30th November. The next deadline is 30th November 2012.

Entry is £12 per entry for all categories. You can optionally add £4 to this to include a copy of the winners’ anthology for the poetry and short story categories, or a novel/la by a previous competition winner for the novel/la category (worth £8.99).

Payments can be made online at www.cinnamonpress.com/ using PayPal
Work will not be returned, so please keep a copy.