Write a novel celebrating single parent families and you could earn yourself a £10,000 publishing contract in a new prize from Orion imprint Trapeze Books.
The One in Four new writer contest, run jointly by Trapeze, single parents’ charity Gingerbread and women’s lifestyle website The Pool, has the dual aims of finding new writing talent and raising awareness of single parent families. The name reflects that one in four families with children in England and Wales has a single parent.
To enter, submit the first 5,000 words of a novel that celebrates single parent life. The winner will receive a £10,000 publishing contract with Trapeze and three hours of mentoring from bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe, who was a teenage single mum to her first daughter.