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Letter Review Prize for Books
Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-11-27
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- NewWriters.org.uk in partnership with Letter Review
- Deadline
- 27 November 2026
- Where
- Online
- Compensation
- $1,000 USD total prize pool shared equally among top 3–4 winners; includes potential publication extract and letter of recommendation from judges
- Disciplines
- fiction, non-fiction, poetry
About this opportunity
The Letter Review Prize for Books is a global writing competition open to unpublished, self-published, or indie-published manuscripts in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Entrants submit the first 5,000 words of their manuscript or 15 pages of poetry, with an entry fee of $30 (additional entries $20). The top 3–4 winners share a $1,000 USD prize pool and may receive a publication extract and judge’s recommendation.
Who can apply
- Open to anyone in the world.
- Manuscripts must not have been traditionally published.
- Accepts unpublished, self-published, and some indie-published works.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.
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