Cinnamon Press Writing Awards
Cinnamon Press competitions offer writers in different genres excellent publication opportunities. One of our competition winning poetry collections, for example, was short-listed for the Forward Prize and anther for the Jerwood Aldeburgh prize, while Cinnamon competition winner, Jane McKie won best first book of the year in the Sundial Scottish Arts Award 2008 for Morocco Rococo, demonstrating the ability of the competitions to allow fine new writing to emerge.
We run each of the competitions twice a year with closing dates of June 30th and November 30th.
Poetry Collection Award £100
The aim of this award is to provide a platform for new voices in poetry.
The winning author has his/her poetry collection published with Cinnamon Press and receives a prize of £100. We also publish an anthology of the best poems submitted and entry includes a copy of the winners' anthology. We often commission other collections as a result of being short-listed.
Short Story Award: £100
The competition is open to new and published authors.
The first prize for a story between 2,000 and 4,000 words is £100 & publication. Up to ten runners up stories' are also published in the winners' anthology. Entry includes a copy of the winners' anthology.
Novel/Novella Writing Award £400
The aim of this award is to encourage new authors, enabling debut novelists/novella writers to achieve a first publication in this genre. The winning author has his/her first novel published by Cinnamon Press and receives a prize of £400. The four runners up also receive a full appraisal of their novel. We have also commissioned other novels as a result of short-listing in the competition.
Guidelines for all Genres
Entrants for the novel/novella and poetry categories should not previously have had a novel/novella or full poetry collection published. Short story writers may have had stories, but not a single author collection published.
Entries must be made by post unless they are entries from outside UK, which may be submitted electronically – contact jan
Please enclose sae or email (sufficient for response only, not return of work)
Submit the first ten thousand words of your novel/novella or 10 poems up to 40 lines (unpublished) or story of 2,000-4,000 words (unpublished) in a clear type script, double spaced for prose.
Please mark each sheet with a nom de plume and working title in the header.
Do not put any other identification on the work, but enclose a separate sheet with name, address, email contact & nom de plume and titles of poems/working title.
If you pay online please include the date of your payment and if possible a printout of your paypal receipt on a separate sheet with your entry.
Deadline for submissions –30th June & 30th November each year
Entry is £16 per entry for all categories (this includes a copy of the winners anthology for the poet and short story categories, worth £8.99)
Please make cheques payable to ‘Cinnamon Press’ or you can pay online in a range of currencies using PayPal
Work will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
Send your work to:
- Ty Meirion,
- Glan yr afon,
- Tanygrisiau,
- Blaenau Ffestiniog,
- Gwynedd,
- LL41 3SU.
Results will be sent to everyone who includes a sae or valid email by October (for June competitions) or March (for November competitions)
All enquiries: jan
Envoi Poetry Competitions
There is also a regular poetry competition for single poems in each issue of the Poetry Journal Envoi.