Deborah Rogers Award 2025

The Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2025

We bring you good news, The Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2025 is now open. The competition is open to writers who have not previously published or self-published a full-length book of prose. The competition deadline is on the 31st of March, 2025.

Eligibility Requirements of The Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2025

• Accordingly, applications are open to writers who have not previously published a full-length book of their own prose writing (including self-published or published on-line) excluding a collection of their own poetry.  They may have published short prose writing within a magazine/anthology.
• Aspiring contestants must reside within the British Commonwealth or Eire.
• Meanwhile, applicants who submitted work for the DRF Writers Award previously may re-apply but the work submitted must be new.

Guidelines of The DRF Writers Award 2025

• First and foremost, all submissions should take the form of 15,000-20,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non-fiction, which is not under option or contract.
• Secondly, applicants may not be under contract to any publisher for any work or title in any language.
• Significantly, entrants must write in the English language.
• Your submission should be accompanied with a brief synopsis and biographical note.
• If your submission is on the longlist you will be notified by email. The shortlist and Award announcement dates will be confirmed shortly.

How to Apply for The DRF Award 2025

• Generally, interested applicants should fill and submit the application form.
• Please do not submit more than one application because multiple or duplicate applications will be ignored.
• Once you start your submission you may save and return to complete it later should you wish.
• It is important that your submission can be read anonymously. Therefore, do not include your name.
• Please label your document clearly: TITLENAME_AUTHORNAME

Entry Fee for The DRF Writers Award

The competition is free to enter

Award for The Winners

• £10,000 will be presented to a first-time writer whose submission demonstrates outstanding literary talent and who needs financial support to complete their work. 
• The two runners-up will each receive £1,000.