2025 Future Worlds Prize Opens

The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour is open to submissions from unpublished writers of color based in the UK until January 26, 2025.

The winner will receive £4,500, one runner-up £2,500, and up to six shortlisted authors will each receive £850. All writers will also receive mentoring from one of the prize’s publishing partners: Bloomsbury, Daphne Press, Gollancz, Hodderscape, Orbit UK, Penguin Michael Joseph, Simon & Schuster, and Tor UK.

The prize is funded by author Ben Aaronovitch and actor Adjoa Andoh, with additional support from the publishing partners, and is administered by Future Worlds Prize CIC, a not-for-profit organisation.

For more information, see the prize’s website.

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