Happy Thursday to 8,550 motivated writers 👋🏼 

How’s everyone doing? I’m doing great!

Sorry for the late send everybody! Internet was a bit spotty up in the mountains… which I should’ve known 😅

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Got a decent round up of freelance & writing opps for you all this week, so let’s get straight into it! ⬇️

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($20,000 prize) Graywolf Press | US writers! The Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize emphasizes innovation in form and content, and they want to see projects that push the boundaries of literary nonfiction. A $20,000 advance and publication by Graywolf Press will be awarded to the most promising and innovative literary nonfiction project by a writer not yet established in the genre. The winning author will also receive a $2,000 stipend intended to support the completion of their project. Open for submissions Feb 1-29. More info here

(£4,000 prize) Future Worlds Prize | UK & Irish writers! 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 The 2024 Future Worlds Prize is now open for entries! They’re looking for great works of science fiction and fantasy by new writers and are open to everything from space operas and dystopias to books set in magical worlds and more. The winner will receive a prize of £4,000, while a runner-up gets a prize of £2,000. All those shortlisted, as well as the runner-up and winner, will receive mentoring from their publishing partners. Deadline is Jan 29. More info here. Entries should be sent to [email protected]

(£3,000 prize) Prototype Prize | Another one for UK & Irish writers! The Prototype Prize is a new, biennial prize for published or unpublished writers and artists working at the intersections of different literary and artistic forms. The prize awards £3,000 plus publication by Prototype to the best book-length project, and a second prize of £2,000 plus publication by Monitor Books to the best short-form work. Fiction, poetry and non-fiction prose are all eligible. Open for submissions Jan 1 - Feb 1. More info here

($250+, estimate) Trip Advisor | Lauren is looking for a writer to put together a civil rights trail guide to the south for a last-minute December turnaround. Email your credentials to [email protected] if you’re interested

($250) NACLA | NACLA is currently accepting proposals for an issue on disappearance in Latin America and the Caribbean. They offer an honorarium of $250 to contributors who depend on writing as their primary source of income. Deadline is Jan 4. More info here.  Send pitches to managing editor Heather Gies at [email protected]

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