BRITAIN'S BIGGEST CRIME PRIZE SEARCHES FOR THE NEXT BESTSELLING WRITER OF COLOUR. DEADLINE 31 OCTOBER - ENTER NOW!
The Joffe Books Prize is looking for a talented new crime fiction writer of colour, with one of the UK's largest literary prizes for the winner.
The judging panel includes award-winning author of My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite, and literary agent Ella Diamond Kahn.
The prize invites submissions from unagented authors from Black, Asian, Indigenous and minority ethnic backgrounds writing in crime fiction genres including electrifying psychological thrillers, cosy mysteries, gritty police procedurals, twisty chillers, unputdownable suspense mysteries and shocking domestic noirs.
The winner gets a two-book publishing deal with Joffe Books, a £1,000 cash prize, and a £25,000 audiobook offer from Audible for the first book.
The submission period has been extended to midnight on 31 October 2022.
HOW TO ENTER
Entrants are invited to submit their full-length manuscript, written in English, along with a synopsis of the book and author biography, to prize@joffebooks.com.
This prize is open to UK residents and British citizens (including those living abroad) only. The opening date for entries is 1 May 2022. The competition closes 31 October 2022, 23.59 p.m. GMT. No entries received outside this period will be accepted.
