Richell Prize for Emerging Writers
Call for entries

Entry Deadline 10 July 2020

Key Dates

• Longlist announced: Friday 7 September

• Shortlist announced: Monday 5 October

• Winner announced: Friday 6 November

Judging

The 2020 judging panel includes Vanessa Radnidge, Hachette Australia publisher; Hannah Richell, bestselling author; Jon Page, bookseller at Dymocks Sydney and Galina Marinov, Member Services Development Manager at the Australian Booksellers Association.

Winning Entry

The successful entrant will receive $10,000AUD and a 12 month mentorship with Hachette Australia.

Description

Hachette Australia, along with the Richell family, is honoured to launch the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for 2020, in partnership with The Guardian Australia and The Emerging Writers’ Festival.

The Prize is once again open to unpublished writers of adult fiction and adult narrative non-fiction. Writers do not need to have a full manuscript at the time of submission, though they must intend to complete one. The Prize will be judged on the first three chapters of the submitted work, along with a synopsis outlining the direction of the proposed work and detail about how the author’s writing career would benefit from winning the Prize.