Author of Tomorrow Award 2024 by The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation [Anyone Upto 21 Years; Cash Prizes Worth Rs. 1.4L and Book Tokens]: Submit by April 30

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Submissions are invited for Author of Tomorrow Award 2024 by The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation. The last date of submission is April 30, 2024.

About the Foundation

Launched in September 2015, the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation dedicated to empowering young writers, the advancement of the adventure writing genre and the promotion of literacy.

Competition Details

Part of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, the Author of Tomorrow Award is an annual competition designed to find the adventure writers of the future. It is open to young people, aged 21 and under, who have completed a short piece of adventure writing in English. 

Written by young people, for young people to read, and judged by a panel of young readers, the Author of Tomorrow plays its part in improving global literacy levels. 

Prizes

Prizes are awarded in three categories:

• 11 and Under | Up to 500 words | Prize: £100, plus £150 book tokens for your school.
• 12-15 years | 1,000 – 2,000 words | Prize: £250, plus £150 book tokens for your school.
• 16-21 years | 1,500 – 3,000 words | Prize: £1,000.

Each shortlisted author also has their work digitally published on Worldreader’s BookSmart app. Each story will be online and available for readers anywhere in the world there is internet. 

Guidelines

• The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
• Stories entered must be in English and within the word count specified for the category being entered into.
• Stories entered must be the Author’s own original work, written independently.
• On the date of submission, stories entered must not have won another competition or have been published outside of your academic institution. You must notify us if your story is published outside of your academic institution, or you are shortlisted or win another competition with it, prior to the date that the shortlist is announced. If we believe there is a conflict of interest, we reserve the right to withdraw your entry from consideration.
• You may submit multiple entries. Each entry must be submitted separately and will be considered a separate entry.
• Entries must be submitted digitally, as a word .doc or .docx. 

How to Submit?

Interested participants can submit online via this link.

Submission Deadline

The last date of submission is April 30, 2024.

Contact

Email: charlotte[at]wilbur-niso-smithfoundation[dot]org 

Click here to view the official notification of Author of Tomorrow Award 2024 by The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation.

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