Image by Etta/Girl With Red Hat
Dear writers, readers and friends,
We are thrilled to launch our second ever Autumn Writing Prize, giving us a chance to unearth talent we might not otherwise spot. This is also an opportunity for you to flex your writing ambitions with our fast-paced writing challenge.
How to Enter
Visit the Visual Verse website (https://visualverse.org/submit/) and submit a piece of writing in response to the image prompt above. This prompt comes from Mexico-based artist ETTA, also known as Girl With Red Hat, and we are very excited to see what you find within it. Your submission must be strictly between 50-500 words, be new writing and be written specifically in response to this image. Please also ensure you read our submission guidelines (https://visualverse.org/submission-guidelines/) to see what we won’t publish.
Deadline
Submissions are open for a maximum of 24 hours. We will close submissions at midday UK time on Sunday 2nd October or when we reach 150 submissions, whichever comes first.
The Prizes
Our judges will select four winners who will be published as our featured writers for October. Each winner will receive £50 in prize money. Winner will be announced and published on Thursday 6th October.
The Judges
We are thrilled to have our inimitable co-founder, Professor Preti Taneja (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/people/profile/pretitaneja.html) , back as our head judge. Preti is supported by: deputy editor Isabel Brookes; Victoria Gosling (https://www.thereaderberlin.com/victoria-gosling/) , author of the brilliant novel Before the Ruins; the hugely talented US-based writer, storyteller, and performer Jay Délise (https://www.jaydelise.com/bio) ; and Visual Verse publisher and co-founder Kristen Harrison.
Eligibility
The prize is open to any writer, anywhere in the world except those who have been a lead/featured writer for us in the past. If you have been published by Visual Verse but not as a featured writer you are eligible for the prize – please do enter!
Got questions? Please Tweet us @visual_verse with any questions or email visualverse@thecurvedhouse.com. We will endeavour to reply quickly but please remember we are on multiple timezones so there may be a delay.
Good luck, writers!