The Emma Press is inviting submissions of proposals for poetry pamphlets for adults and children. Writers submitting are able to select which of four editors they’d like to read their proposal. The last call was in 2015, when twelve pamphlets were selected. The call for pamphlets is open until 10 December. Website: https://theemmapress.com/about/submissions/
The Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize has been won by Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li, published by Legend Press – a harrowing look at the aftermath of a rape from the perspective of survivor and perpetrator.
The £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction is open to submission from publishers of first novels published between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018. The closing date is 24 November. Website: www.desmondelliottprize.org.uk