welcome to the
Yeovil Literary Prize
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 1 | Novel |
| Requirement: | Synopsis and Opening Chapters (combined maximum 10,000 words) |
| Professional Judge: | Victoria Howard, author and member of Sheffield Authors |
| Prizes: | 1st £1250 2nd £500 3rd £125 |
| Entry Fee: | £14.50 |
| Category 2 | Short Story |
| Requirement: | Maximum 2,000 words |
| Professional Judge: | Steven Kay, writer and publisher |
| Prizes: | 1st £600 2nd £250 3rd £125 |
| Entry Fee: | £8 |
| Category 3 | Poetry |
| Requirement: | Maximum of 40 Lines |
| Professional Judge: | Jessica Mookerjee, Welsh poet of Bengali heritage |
| Prizes: | 1st £600 2nd £250 3rd £125 |
| Entry Fee: | £5 |
| Category 4 | Children’s and Young Adult Novel |
| Requirement: | First 3000 words plus a 500 word synopsis (May include one illustration) |
| Professional Judge: | Hannah Gold, multi-award-winning children’s novelist |
| Prizes: | 1st £600 2nd £250 3rd £125 |
| Entry Fee: | £12.50 |
| Category 5 | Writing Without Restrictions |
| Requirement: | You write it – we’ll read it. Details are in your category Rules |
| Professional Judge: | Sally Bayley, an acclaimed creative writer of fiction and non-fiction |
| Prizes: | 1st £250 2nd £125 3rd £75 |
| Entry Fee: | £6 |
| Local Prize | Western 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.
