Submit your story, poem or song to the Brit Writers' Awards and be in with a chance of winning £10,000!

To give you the best possible experience from the Brit Writers' Awards, we're still working on this page! Please check back soon to read more detail about the writing categories you can enter your work within.

In the meantime, here's a preview:

Adults:

1. Poetry (collection of 5 entries)
2. Short stories (minimum 1,000 and maximum 5,000 words)
3. Novels
4. Non-fiction
5. Children's stories
6. Songwriting
7. Diverse Unpublished Writer of the Year (from people of black, minority or ethnic origin)
8. Published Writer of the Year (the only category for published writers)

Young people (aged 16 and under):

1. Poetry (collection of 3 entries)
2. Short stories (maximum 3,000 words)
3. Songwriting

These categories are open to Key Stage 1 (5-7 years), Key Stage 2 (7-11 years) and Key Stages 3 and 4 (11-16 years) age groups.


If you are considering entering your work but have a few questions, you will probably find the answers on our FAQs: Entries page - click here to view.


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