Yeovil Literary Prize

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2025 Competition Open From 1 Jan 2025 to 31 May 2025

Organised by the Yeovil Community Arts Association, this is your opportunity to enter five very different categories of writing. Aspiring writers throughout the world should enter this prestigious writing competition.

  • All genres are welcome.
  • Agents and Publishers regularly search our winner lists for new talent.
  • See what happened to previous entrants after being placed in the Yeovil Literary Prize! Click on the SUCCESSES tab.

Category 1Novel
Requirement:Synopsis and Opening Chapters (combined maximum 10,000 words)
Professional Judge:Alison Barrow
Prizes:1st £1350   2nd £450   3rd £200
Entry Fee:£18.50

Category 2Short Story
Requirement:Maximum 2,000 words
Professional Judge:Nikki May
Prizes:1st £625   2nd £275   3rd £150
Entry Fee:£10.50

Category 3Poetry
Requirement:Maximum of 40 Lines
Professional Judge:James Crowden
Prizes:1st £625   2nd £250   3rd £150
Entry Fee:£8.00

Category 4Children’s and Young Adult Novel
Requirement:First 3000 words plus a 500 word synopsis
Professional Judge:Ele Fountain
Prizes:1st £625   2nd £275   3rd £150
Entry Fee:£15.60

Category 5Writing Without Restrictions
Requirement:You write it – we’ll read it. Details are in your category Rules
Professional Judge:Sarah Hegarty
Prizes:1st £275   2nd £150   3rd £100
Entry Fee:£10.00

Local PrizeWestern Gazette Best Local Writer Award
Requirement:for a short-listed entry by author living in Western Gazette distribution area.
Professional Judge:The Yeovil Community Arts Association committee
Prize:£100

The writing competition runs from 1st January and closes on 31st May each year.

 

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