Young adult mysteries are required for the Poisoned Pencil, a trade paperback and ebook imprint of US-based Poisoned Pen Press. The protagonist should be aged 13-18, and while submissions should be suitable for an American teen readership the editors enjoy ‘off-beat approaches. They will also welcome teenage authors. Manuscripts should be 45,000-80,000 words. Payment is $1,000 against royalties.
Website: https://thepoisonedpencil.submittable.com/submit
Irish author Kevin Barry won the Goldsmiths Prize, worth £10,000, run in association with the New Statesman, for his second novel, Beatlebone.