1:00 AM 28th January 2025

The 2025 Writers' Award Is Open For Entries!

The 2025 Writers' Award competition is officially open for entries! The Creative Future Writers' Award is the only free to enter national competition for all underrepresented writers: those who face barriers due to mental health challenges, physical or learning disability, neurodiversity, survivors, and those from LGBTQIA+, working class and/or Black, Asian and global majority backgrounds.


The theme for this year’s award is ‘Wild’. The theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement. We’re looking for quality writing first and foremost.

Fifteen winners will share:
£20,000 worth of cash and development prizes
publication in anthology and eBook
read at showcase as part of the London Literature Festival 2025
ongoing development support from Creative Future
The judges are journalist, broadcaster and editor Kieran Yates, author Irenosen Okojie, and poet Nancy Campbell, alongside a panel of publishing industry experts.

You have until Sunday 18 May 2025, 11.59pm to submit your poetry (up to 50 lines), fiction or creative non-fiction (up to 2,000 words).

Before you apply, it’s really important that you check the rules and that you’re eligible. We aim to make it as easy as possible to submit work, you can enter online, by email, or by post.

The best way to get a sense of what we’re looking for is by looking at previous winners’ work. You can do this by purchasing the previous anthologies here.

If you need some tips or advice on perfecting your craft, check out some of the handy resources here and you might find the Pathway Guide for Writers helpful too