If your memoir has been sitting in a folder, notebook or on your desktop waiting for “one more edit”, now is the time to send it out into the world.
* Your memoir doesn’t need to be finished. Submit the opening 5,000–8,000 words, along with a short overview of the complete work.
* First prize: £1,500 plus a mentoring package.
* Open internationally to writers aged 16+ writing in English.
Deadline: 30 September 2026 (11.59pm UK time)
Enter now: bit.ly/memoir-award