Bridport Prize Memoir Award 2024 competition nears deadline

Writers are getting their pens and keyboards at the ready as the deadline is fast-approaching for a prestigious town writing competition. 

The Bridport Prize is an international creative writing competition which began more than 50 years ago.

It has a £20K prize fund across different literary forms including novel, short story, poetry and flash fiction. In 2023 the Bridport Prize added memoir to the competition's genres.

The deadline for this year's memoir writing contest is fast approaching on Monday, September 30.

The contest asks what stories we have to tell about ourselves, the good, bad, and how we ended up where we are. The award celebrates life stories, a look back into what was and is.

Entries must be between 5,000 to 8,000 words, including a 300 word overview. 

The top prize will be £1500 plus a mentoring package from The Literary Consultancy. The winner is also invited to attend an industry day with London literary agents and publishers and take part in a discussion with the University of Exeter’s Creative Writing Department.

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