Spread the word has announced a new writing award, the Spread the Word Life Writing Prize
The prize, launched in association with Goldsmiths Writers’ Centre, is open to new and emerging writers, and is intended to celebrate and develop life writing in the UK. It’s a five-year scheme designed to boost literary opportunities for life writers. The winner will receive £1,500, an Arvon course, two years’ membership to the Royal Society of Literature and a meeting with an agent or editor. Two runners-up will each get £500 and a meeting with an agent or editor.