2024 Mo Siewcharran Prize Open to Fantasy Submissions
Hachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf has opened submissions for this year’s Mo Siewcharran Prize, which “aims to nurture talent from under-represented backgrounds writing in English.” This year’s submission call is for YA and adult fantasy novels, and submissions are open from February 1 to May 1, 2024.
The winner receives £2,500, feedback and mentorship from an editor at Hodderscape, a ticket to the 2025 London Book Fair, and various additional career-building opportunities. The runner-up receives £1,500, feedback from a Hodderscape editor, and books; and the second-runner up receives £750 and books. Winners and runners-up will be announced in September 2024.
To be eligible, “entrants must be unagented and previously unpublished, aged 18 or over, resident in the UK and from a Black, Asian, mixed heritage or Minority Ethnic background.” This year’s judges include Edwina de Charnace, Anissa de Gomery, Saara El-Arifi, Sangu Mandanna, Feyi Oyesanya, and Natasha Qureshi.
For more information, including how to enter, see the announcement from The Future Bookshelf.
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