Writing prizes and opportunities

The Desmond Elliott Prize encourages publishers from across the UK and Ireland to submit literary fiction debuts for consideration, awarding one winning author £10,000 to shape their developing career. ### Forward Prizes for Poetry The Forward Prizes for Poetry honour excellence in contemporary poetry published in UK and Ireland. ### FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year [...] Run by Wasifiri, the magazine of international literature, in conjunction with Queen Mary University, this prize supports new writers. ### Rhys Davies Short Story Competition The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition is a distinguished national writing competition for writers born or living in Wales. The first prize is £1,000 and publication in a short story anthology to be published by Parthian Books. ### The Royal Society of Literature V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize [...] Run by The Deborah Rogers Found - set up in memory of a late literary agent - The Writers Award gives £10,000 to an unpublished writer to enable them to complete a first book. It is run biannually. ## For published writers