Writing and reading poems is no longer a minority pastime as verse overlaps with self-help genre and classics are revisitedIt was only last year that the Scottish poet Donna Ashworth was given a publishing contract. Now the 48-year-old has ended 2023 with five of her books in the Top 20 poetry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-24 12:00:53 UTC ]
Karzai’s picture book My Key was awarded top honors—$8,000 and a publishing contract from Clavis—in the first-ever Key Colors Competition in the United States. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
HarperFiction is joining forces with the Comedy Women in Print Prize, with the publisher offering the winner a publishing contract and £5,000 advance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A wedding photographer has won a publishing contract with HarperCollins imprint Mills & Boon after winning Prima Magazine’s Love to Write competition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Created in memory of the late New Zealand literary community figure Michael Gifkins, the new award provides a publishing contract and advance. The post A New Zealand Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript: Submissions Open appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unpublished author Tara Guha has won the 2014 Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary, winning £2,500 and a publishing contract with Legend Press. Guha won the bursary for her debut novel Absent, which will now be published in November 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Journalist, biographer and author who explored the history of property ownership in AmericaThe Scottish author Andro Linklater was fascinated by the relationship between people and land. His death at the age of 68 from a heart attack came while he was on the isle of Eigg, researching for a new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Tue, 09/08/2011 - 09:05 Egmont has won the publishing contract for the latest preschool series to run on CBeebies, Baby Jake, which launched in July and which is expected to be the next big childrens hit. Baby Jake was developed by Darrall Macqueen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]