The Emerging Writers' Festival

The winner will receive $10,000 in prize money, to be donated by Hachette Australia, and a year’s mentoring with one of Hachette Australia’s publishers.

To be eligible, you must reside in Australia to participate in the 12-month mentorship that forms an essential (and we think particularly exciting!) part of the prize. This includes Australian citizens, permanent residents, and those on long-term visas including study or work.

The Richell Prize is for unpublished writers; and by unpublished writers we mean writers who have not had any work published by a commercial publishing house (this includes small press and independent publishers).  

Richell Prize for Emerging Writers

Entries must be saved as a single PDF, comprised of the following:

•The first three chapters of the work with a maximum word length of 20,000 words;

•A one-page synopsis;

•A chapter breakdown of the rest of the work, no more than two A4 pages long;

You will also need to write a statement up to 750 words about how winning the prize will further your writing career, to be entered in the online form at the time of submission.

Richell Prize for Emerging Writers

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