Author of Tomorrow Award (Prize: £2500 + Publication)

The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation is currently calling for submissions from young people 21 and under to submit in their Author of Tomorrow Competition.

Launched in September 2015, the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation dedicated to empowering young writers, the advancement of the adventure writing genre and the promotion of literacy. The Author of Tomorrow Award is designed to find the adventure writers of the future. Part of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, the Author of Tomorrow Award is an annual competition designed to find the adventure writers of the future. It is open to young people, aged 21 and under, who have completed a short piece of adventure writing in English. Ensure your submissions meet the adventure theme, check out ways to get ideas if you have none.

Categories for Submissions

Category 1: age 16-21 years

Young writers must submit a short adventure story between 1,500-5,000 words in length.

Category 2: age 12-15 years

Young writers must submit a short adventure story between 1,500-5,000 words in length.

Category 3: age 11 and under

Young writers must submit a short adventure story up to and including 500 words in length.

Submissions Guidelines for the Author of Tomorrow Award

Submissions must be made through the Submittable account on the Wilbur & Niso Foundation website.
The competition is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
Stories entered must be in English and within the word count specified for the category being entered into.
On the date of submission, stories entered must not have won another competition or have been published outside of your academic institution. You must notify us if your story is published outside of your academic institution, or you are shortlisted or win another competition with it, prior to the date that the shortlist is announced. If they believe there is a conflict of interest, they reserve the right to withdraw your entry from consideration.
You may submit multiple entries. Each entry must be submitted separately and will be considered a separate entry.
Entries must be submitted digitally, as a word .doc or .docx. Please contact charlotte@wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org if you have any questions about file type.