How do you feel your school will benefit from holding a mini BWA competition?"The children have got in to the swing of entering competitions in quite a low key way this year. The BWA would provide us with a bid incentive to get the whole school involved and create a bigger buzz around writing."
Tracey Hembrey
English Co - Ordinator
Good Shepherd RC Primary School
 "Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine" - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Awards ceremony
Is the story, poem or song that you started scribbling in your bedroom, office, car or kitchen taking you all the way to our star-studded awards ceremony in 2011?
For the UK's most promising storytellers, poets and songwriters, Brit Writers' Awards Unpublished 2011 is creating a springboard for making their writing dreams a reality. Not only are we offering £10,000 to the overall winner – the largest UK prize for unpublished writers – but BWA finalists will be stepping into the spotlight at our glittering awards ceremony and becoming the centre of attention for leading publishers, literary agents and producers.
Like the inaugural ceremony on Thursday 15 July 2010, our black-tie awards evening will be attended by representatives from major publishing houses, plus celebrities and international media representatives. It will open the doors to an industry that often feels hidden to the UK's aspiring writers.
We'll bring you more information about the awards ceremony as and when we have it. In the meantime, a few quotes from publishers and partners:
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"Penguin are thrilled to be involved with the Brit Writers' Awards. It's a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the UK's best undiscovered novelists, poets and songwriters, and we hope that it will inspire more and more people to pick up the pen and express themselves. After all, if there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."
Tony Lacey, Editorial Director, Penguin Books
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“At Pan Macmillan, we believe passionately in developing and nurturing new writers. We are absolutely delighted, therefore, to be involved with the Brit Writers’ Awards and we whole-heartedly support their vision. There is nothing more exciting than discovering a talented new author with a distinctive voice.”
Jeremy Trevathan, Publisher, Pan Macmillan
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“I believe passionately in my authors and their writing and the Brit Writers Awards is a wonderful way of recognising new talent and reaching a new readership. Finding a novel which opens a door into another, fully-realised world with characters that speak to the reader is inspiring, exciting and a privilege.”
Clare Smith, Publishing Director of HarperPress Fiction
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“What an exciting initiative! The Reading Agency is delighted to be partnering the Brit Writers’ Awards and wish them every possible success. Writing and reading go hand in hand, and since our mission is to inspire more people to read more, we wholeheartedly support the Brit Writers’ Awards ambitions and will be working together to help everyone, in every community, feel they can become a reader and a writer, with all the riches and life chances that brings.”
Miranda McKearney, Director, Reading Agency
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"I'm absolutely thrilled that Writing Magazine can get behind the Brit Writers Awards. Whether you're an eventual winner or just enjoy the challenge of taking part, these Awards are a great opportunity to get yourself started as a writer."
Jonathan Telfer, Editor, Writing Magazine and Writers' News
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“Creativity and partnerships lie at the heart of our business and we’re delighted to be involved with the Brit Writers Awards, an initiative which sets out to inspire and encourage creativity in young people.
We offer our whole-hearted support to the Brit Writers awards.”
Richard King, Chief Executive Faber Music
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Independent publisher, Infinite Ideas, is thrilled to be one of BWA’s partners in this ambitious and exciting project. Infinite Ideas is delighted to be part of a movement that encourages writers of all ages and backgrounds, promotes creativity and self-expression and gives new writers a voice. As the publishers of one of the winning books in 2010 we are proud to be playing our part in what promises to be a renaissance of creative writing in the UK.
Richard Burton, Director, Infinite Ideas
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"We at Fellowship Films strongly support what the good people at the Brit Writers' Awards are doing and through our own efforts wish to support, nurture and give new talent the opportunity to enter into mainstream film.
Whether they are writers, artists, musicians or creatives in any other area. The gift of imagination is a blessing and to share it with others is the reward."
Ilyas Kaduji, Film Producer and Director, Fellowship Films
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From the team
Message from our CEO
We've received thousands of entries!
The deadline has now passed, and we're over the moon about the popularity of the first ever Brit Writers' Awards.
Read the BWA team blog...
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