So you want to write young adult fiction?
Melbourne-based publishers Text have just announced an unpublished manuscript prize for a young adult novel. The prize naturally includes publication and (here’s the nice part) an advance against royalties of $10000. On one hand, it’s canny marketing, but on the other, a real opportunity to attract the best and open up discussions with a range of YA writers.
The competition is open to all living writers, whether they have been published before or not and entrants must be permanent residents of Australia or New Zealand.
For all the details, visit their website.
We caught up with the Text team during the CBCA conference. Text are putting together an impressive roster of titles with strong appeal to able older readers, focussed on quality titles and quality writing. I’m sure this competition will turn up another. Now if you will excuse me, I have some writing to do.
