There's still time to enter this year's SI Leeds Literary Prize! We're open to unpublished fiction by UK-based Black & Asian women writers. Entries close on Monday 25 May. 👉 www.sileedsliteraryprize.com

Tickets are selling fast! Here are just some of the exceptional line-up of writers, agents and other industry professionals featuring at this year's National Writers Conference. 📅 Date/Time: 13th June 2026, 10am–4pm 📍 Venue: Bramall Building, University of Birmingham To book: buff.ly/oH8LqGa

There's still time to enter this year's SI Leeds Literary Prize, which is open until 25 May. If the entry fee is a barrier, we have a number of free entry bursaries available, please get in touch to find out more: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/how-to-enter/

Have you met our 2026 prize judges? Find out more about them, and how to enter this year's award, on our website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com 📆 Deadline for entries 25 May 2026

We're delighted to say that our 2026 prize is now OPEN FOR ENTRIES! If you're a UK-based Black or Asian woman writer with an unpublished fiction manuscript, this could be an opportunity to kick start your writing career. Please help spread the word! www.sileedsliteraryprize.com #WritingCommunity

📣Exciting news! The 2026 SI Leeds Literary Prize will be open for entries from 27 April-25 May and we want to read your work 😍 We're looking for unpublished fiction manuscripts from UK-based Black & Asian women writers. Prizes include writer development opportunities. www.sileedsliteraryprize.com

London leg of our 'Da' tour! Join us at Bookbar Islington Mon 22 June for a party with Arathi Menon and a conversation with author Sean Gilbert. A tender love story between father and son fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/95087...

The Covert Talent Development Programme with Writing Our Legacy is open for applications. It's an opportunity for 12 Black, Asian & ethnically diverse/BPOC writers to develop their writing practice with online workshops, peer support & mentoring. writingourlegacy.org.uk/whatwedo/cov...

Are you a Black writer or a writer of colour based in Scotland? The Scottish BPOC Writers Network has shared a call for blog posts on the theme ‘Speaking with the ancestors’. scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/call-for-blo...

Delighted to see that 'Da' by Arathi Menon, our 2024 second place prize winner, will be published by the lovely @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social next year! 👏

Are you a first or second-generation migrant, an asylum seeker, refugee, international student or international worker who has lived or currently lives in the UK? TogetherintheUK is hosting a ‘Then & Now’ writing competition that you might be interested in. togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition/

#Writers, the Hilary Mantel Prize offers an exceptional new opportunity. The late author, who twice won the #WalterScottPrize, was committed to championing emerging talent, and the winner receives a cash award plus mentoring. Submissions are open through 31 December. See https://loom.ly/NFsTZjE#Writers

We're delighted to collaborate with the Bank of England on a new classroom resource for 14–16-year-olds, promoting financial and economic literacy. 📝 The Money Anthology, edited by Saima Mir, is a collection of stories exploring how money affects our lives. www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/ed...

This autumn, I'm running a few fun online writing workshops on different themes. We'll be exploring: ✨ Folklore ✨ Ghost stories ✨ Alternative lives ✨ Plotting a Christmas mystery I'd love to see you there! You can find the full details & booking links on my website: www.amylordauthor.com/events ✍️

Please share widely. Enter one of Britain's biggest crime prizes. We have some wonderful judges: @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Ayo Onatade, Renita D’Silva, Heloise Wood, thank you joffebooks.com/prize-2025 #prize #entry #books #crime

There are some great tips for short story writers in this thread 👇

We're open for #submissions of #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and looking fwd to reading your work #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Audible has announced the latest recipients of its Future Stories Fund, investing more than £40,000 in three grassroots organisations across the West Midlands to support young people aged 16 to 25 from historically marginalised communities👇

Not long left to enter Simon & Schuster's New Chapter competition that’s exclusively open to un-agented, currently not under contract fiction writers of colour. The winner will receive a two-book UK publishing contract with S&S UK with a six-figure advance. www.simonandschuster.co.uk/p/new-chapter

ONE WEEK left to register! 📝⌛ The South Asian Arts Show is next Saturday (!!) and we're super excited to be celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with you! 🫶 Join us, Jay Sandhu, TruSkool, Ishi Khan and Priya Gill for a very special workshop and open mic. 🎤✨ Register here ➡️ bit.ly/SAHMWEM

Who came along to our masterclass on Saturday? Did you know we have two more coming up?! 👀 Now that you've got some novel-editing know-how under your belt, you might want to start looking at how to approach agents... Enter these two classes! Find out more here ➡️ bit.ly/WEMSHOP

Read our interview with founder Jeremy Poynting and associate fiction editor Jacob Ross from Leeds-based independent publisher Peepal Tree Press (@peepaltreepress.bsky.social‬), as they look back on 40 years of publishing Caribbean and Black British literature 👇

A reminder that our fabulous 2024 shortlisted writers will be at @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday - come say hello!

Call out for South Asian authors in Derby! 📢 Are you looking for a space to sell your books? The South Asian Arts Show is keen to platform your writing! If you want a table at the event to share your work, get in touch via the email below for more info ⏬ 📧 Email: [email protected]

The Alfred Fagon Award is the leading award for black British playwrights and the 2025 prize is now open for submissions! The winning writer will receive £6,000 and excerpts from their winning play will be showcased at the award ceremony. Enter by 31 Aug www.alfredfagonaward.co.uk/awards/2025-...

@leedslitfest.bsky.social is back in June & we have 3 events here in the bookshop. #leeds #litfest - Investigate the psychology of heartbreak with @rosiewilby.bsky.social - #CosyCrime with debut author Mel Pennant - #Windrush Day with Howard Gardner Info & tickets: trumanbooks.co.uk/events

We have a cracker of an opportunity for aspiring TV writers - the @channel4tv.bsky.social Writing for TV Awards are now open and close on 8 June 2025. We are looking for unique talents, based in the North of England, who have never had a script published.

The 2025 4thWrite Prize, a competition open to Black, Asian & minority ethnic writers living in the UK or Ireland, is open for submissions. Deadline 8 June Longlist announced 10 August, shortlist 30 September & winner in October (date tbc) at a prize ceremony in London. www.4thestate.co.uk/prize/

Delighted that our 2024 shortlisted writers will be appearing at a special showcase event @leedslitfest.bsky.social on Saturday 21 June at Hyde Park Book Club. Hear them read from their submissions & discuss the challenges & opportunities for writers today. www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/si-le...

Delighted to see our 2022 prize winner Suad Kamardeen chosen for this opportunity! 👏

Writer-carers, a wonderful literary prize for you to check out 👇

Did you join us for the announcement of this year's prize winners? Find out the results from the judges in this short film... vimeo.com/1029962290

We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize. ✨1st & SI Readers' Choice winner: Maeve Clarke, Trapped Between Two Worlds ✨2nd: Arathi Menon, Da ✨3rd: Jac Shreeves-Lee, The House that Jack Built and other stories Congratulations to our winners!

We're delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize, which features six wonderful writers. Congratulations! 🎉 The winners will be announced in an online ceremony on Wednesday 13 November, hosted by Ilkley Literature Festival. www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/2024-shortli...

⏰ Last chance to sign up! ⏰ If you're a book lover and you'd like to be part of our 2024 SI Readers' Choice Award volunteer judging panel, get in touch by 30 August. 🔗 Details on our website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/were-looking...

📢 Calling book groups! 📚 We need volunteer judges for the SI Readers’ Choice Award: sign up & you could get an online author visit from 2022 winner Laura Fish to discuss her winning novel, Lying Perfectly Still. Limited places. Sign up by 30 August. www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/calling-book...

Are you a working-class book lover? If you identify as working-class, like to read & live in the UK, please contribute to this survey for New Writing North's A Writing Chance project, which aims to open access to the writing industries. Deadline 15 September yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Do you love reading? We're looking for book lovers to join our volunteer SI Readers' Choice Award team and help judge the 2024 prize! Judging takes places through Sep & Oct. Find out more on our website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/were-looking...

Exciting news! We're delighted to announce the longlist for the 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize. Read more on our website: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/2024-si-leed... Thank you to everyone who entered this year, and congratulations to the longlisted writers!

There are just three days left to enter this year's prize! Polish up those manuscripts and send us your work, we can't wait to read it 💕 Enter here 👉 www.sileedsliteraryprize.com

The SI Leeds Literary Prize is for UK-based Black and Asian women writers and offers an array of prizes and writer development opportunities. Our 2024 prize is open for entries until 13 May. www.sileedsliteraryprize.com

Writers: if you haven't got your entries in yet, there's still time to enter this year's prize. There are plenty of development opportunities for long and shortlisted writers, including coaching, manuscript assessments & mentoring, plus prize money for the winners! www.sileedsliteraryprize.com

Want to know more about SI Leeds Literary Prize and why you should enter? Check out this blog post from Leeds Inspired! www.leedsinspired.co.uk/blog/si-leed...

Writer Wenyan Lu won the SI Leeds Literary Prize in 2020 with her novel, The Funeral Cryer. The paperback of this book was released recently and has just been reviewed in the New York Times ❤️ www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/b...

Thanks to the support of some of previous winning writers, we're offering bursaries to low-income writers who would like to enter this year's prize. Get in touch to request one!

Thinking about entering this year's prize? Here are three reasons why you should! www.sileedsliteraryprize.com Deadline: 13 May

Writer @wenyanwrites.bsky.social won our 2020 prize, with The Funeral Cryer: www.waterstones.com/.../wenyan-l... We're delighted that Wenyan is supporting low income authors to enter our 2024 prize. To request a bursary to support your entry, get in touch: www.sileedsliteraryprize.com/contact/

The 2024 SI Leeds Literary Prize is open for entries! Send us your manuscripts by 13 May. Entries cost £10, but there are a number of bursaries available for those on low income. www.sileedsliteraryprize.com

#UKPublishers! Only a few weeks left to submit YA literature translated from French into English for the Entente Littéraire Prize! Books must have been published in the last 5 years and submissions close on Monday 8 April, the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale bit.ly/RSL_ELP

Wonderful to see the Jericho Prize back for 2024! The organisation is vital to our inclusive #kidlit community, working hard to support new Black-British children’s writers. Head to their page for more on their exciting picture book writer development programme. www.jerichoprize.com