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🎙️ JUDGE SPOTLIGHT 🎙️
Meet @midorikawaemily, judge of this year’s Book Edit Writers’ Prize! ✨
Emily’s debut novel, A Tiny Speck of Black and Then Nothing, took over two decades from first draft to publication with Manilla Press. Her advice to writers sitting on an unfinished manuscript? “The work will not die in your absence from it. It may lie dormant, but it can be revived.”
She’s also co-author, with @littlegoatbarnretreats director Emma Claire Sweeney, of A Secret Sisterhood and author of Out of the Shadows, and a former prize winner herself.
On what she’s hoping to find in this year’s entries: “A sense of atmosphere, a strong voice and characters that I can believe in.”
Read the full interview – link in bio. Entries close 16 October!
#WritersPrize #AuthorSpotlight #Diversevoices #UKPublishing #WritingCommunity by @bookeditors

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🎉 IT’S HERE! The Book Edit Writers’ Prize 2026 is officially open for entries! 📖✨
Eight talented unpublished writers, from backgrounds and communities currently underrepresented in UK publishing, will read their work to an audience of literary agents at our online showcase in November.

This year we’re delighted to welcome award-winning author @midorikawaemily as our judge.

💷 Completely free to enter
📝 Just 1,000 words + a synopsis from a completed novel
⏰ Deadline: 16 October
Full details via link in bio. Good luck!
#WritersPrize #UnpublishedWriters #WritingCommunity #diversityinpublishing #NewVoices by @bookeditors

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✨ ANNOUNCING: “THE STORY WITHIN” - A SIX-WEEK WRITING JOURNEY ✨
Bookings are now open for my intimate six-week writing course starting this May online
“The Story Within” is designed for writers who want:
* Support and accountability
* A nurturing, fun, and heartfelt creative space
* To rediscover their writing confidence
* To connect with a supportive writing community
What past participants are saying:
“I came away with a renewed appreciation of how committing to our writing can help us to live more fully in other ways - and how precious that is. I also loved the approach to feedback which felt much more constructive and targeted than the last time I participated in workshopping,” author Rebecca Ley. And from Grayson Anderson, winner of our Writers’ Prize 2024: “Emily is an exceptional tutor whose knowledge and encouragement creates the perfect environment for creativity to flourish.”
📝 THE DETAILS:
* Wednesdays, 6-8pm via Zoom
* 7 May - 18 June 2025 (No session 28 May - half term)
* Limited to just 10 participants
* £290 (two free spaces available for low-income writers)
* Booking deadline: 22 April 2025
Ready to unlock your creative potential? DM me to reserve your place or tap the link in bio for more information.
#TheStoryWithin #WritingCourse #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity #UKWriters #TheBookEdit #WritingWorkshop #FindYourVoice by @bookeditors

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🌟 3 DAYS LEFT — AND SOME SERIOUS INSPIRATION 🌟
Past Book Edit Writers’ Prize winner @uduaque_ has had an incredible year:
🏆 Runner-up, The Hilary Mantel Prize for Fiction 2026 🏆 Shortlisted, Women’s Prize Discoveries 2026 🏆 Winner, Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2026, for ‘The Prodigal Father.’ And just days ago, ‘The Prodigal Father’ was published online by Wasafiri.

Every one of our winners started exactly where you are now, with an entry. Entries close 5pm this Friday, 16 October. Link in bio!
#WritersPrize #WriterSuccess #diversebooks voices #UnpublishedWriters #WritingCommunity by @bookeditors

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🎉 HOT OFF THE PRESS 🎉
Huge congratulations to past Book Edit Writers’ Prize winner @felicityyeohauthor, who has sold her debut adult novel, THE TWILIGHT DUMPLING HOUSE, to Hodder Fiction! 🥟✨
Set in the heart of London’s Chinatown, the novel follows the Chong family and their one-of-a-kind restaurant, where the dumplings take on magical properties. When the family patriarch falls ill, it’s up to his daughters to keep the restaurant, and the magic, alive.
This comes hot on the heels of Felicity’s two picture book deals with HarperCollins and Little Tiger. What a year! ✨
⏰ 4 weeks left to enter this year’s prize. Link in bio!
#WritersPrize #WriterSuccess #diversevoices #UnpublishedWriters #WritingCommunity by @bookeditors

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✨ FROM THE PRIZE TO THE PAGE ✨
Some recent news from past entrants:
📖 @david_mcgrathz has sold his novel, Donkey Christ, to Peninsula Press.
✍️ Jane Coucaris, longlisted in 2025 with Fireflies, has just signed with agent Stephanie Glencross at David Higham Associates.
⏰ 5 weeks left to enter this year’s prize. Could you be next? Link in bio.
#WritersPrize #UnpublishedWriters #WritingCommunity #diversevoices #bookstagramuk by @bookeditors

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I designed the Novel Studio 20 years ago to help writers develop their novels.

A few spaces have unexpectedly opened up for September, on campus and online.

If you’ve got a novel in you, or an idea for you one you’d love to explore, this is your sign. DM me directly to apply or check link in bio.

Limited spaces. Fast turnaround. #novelwriting #bookstagramuk #amwritingfiction #creativewriting by @bookeditors

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Not quite ready to apply to the Novel Studio, but curious? Come and experience it for yourself. 🖊️
As founder and director of the Novel Studio at City St George’s, I’m delighted to share that we’re running a free one-hour taster session next Thursday 18th June, 12:30–1:30pm BST, online via Zoom.
Dr Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone will explore reading like a writer while Dr Kiare Ladner will turn to the art of endings. Two brilliant tutors. One hour. Completely free.
There’ll also be an overview of the programme and time for your questions, and our application deadline is 30th June, so this is the perfect moment to make up your mind.
Places are limited — link in bio to register. by @bookeditors

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I can’t promise you’ll become a Sunday Times bestselling crime author nor end up on Traitors. 👀 (Though one of the Novel Studio alumni did exactly that.)
What I can promise is a year of brilliant teaching, genuine community, and real progress on your novel. 🖊️
As founder and director of the Novel Studio at City St George’s, I’m looking for writers who are serious about their novel, and we still have spaces for our September start.
We’ve extended the deadline to 30th June, and there’s a bonus too:
🎟️ The next ten people to apply get a free ticket to our end-of-year showcase.
To apply, email me Emily.Pedder.1@city.ac.uk with 2,000 words of fiction + a CV of your writing experience.
Link in bio ✨#harriettyce #novelstudio #creativewritings #bookstagramuk🇬🇧 by @bookeditors

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Spot the face. Day out to Folkestone. Gloriously sunny 🌞 🏊‍♀️🦀 by @bookeditors

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#rosewylie @royalacademy Good Friday treat with @saskia_lamche. Lots of cats 🐈‍⬛ by @bookeditors

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So nice to finally meet you in person @anniefrostnicholson and to see your amazing work up close tonight on what felt like a balmy summer’s evening on Wilton Way. And @larahaworth, big ❤️ ❤️ by @bookeditors

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