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Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award
Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-11-24
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- Deborah Rogers Foundation
- Deadline
- 24 November 2026
- Where
- Online
- Compensation
- 10,000 pounds
- Disciplines
- fiction, nonfiction
About this opportunity
The Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award is a prestigious, fee-free competition offering £10,000 to unpublished writers from the British Commonwealth or Ireland for a work-in-progress in fiction or nonfiction. Applicants must submit a 15,000–20,000-word excerpt, synopsis, and biographical note via an online form. The award honors literary agent Deborah Rogers (1938–2014), co-founder of Rogers Coleridge & White.
Who can apply
- Resident of the British Commonwealth or Eire with no previous published or self-published books of prose.
- Entries may be children's, middle-grade, YA, or adult literature.
- No picture books or graphic novels.
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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