The Creative Future Writers’ Award 2026 is open for entries.
Submission Guidelines
- Open to any underrepresented writer over 18, living in the UK, who has not published a book in a literary genre
- Theme: ‘Material’
- Submit one work
- Categories: Poetry: 50 lines, Fiction: 2,000 words, Creative Non-Fiction: 2,000 words
Judge: Judging is anonymous.
Entry fee: Free to enter
Prizes: Fifteen prize winners are selected by a panel of prestigious authors and industry experts and are given the chance to develop their work through £25,000 of prizes in training, mentoring, assessment and coaching.
Deadline: Tuesday 5 May
Please note: This is an external competition; all details and all submissions are on their website. Click here.