ELIGIBILITY:

Entrants must be over the age of 25 as of 1st October 2024 when submissions open.

Entrants can live anywhere in the world, and we encourage entrants from all backgrounds.

Entries must be written in the English Language.

Entries must be previously unpublished.

To enter the Tom Grass Literary Prize, please submit your piece of between 1,500 and 3,000 words maximum using the website entry form below.

In the subject bar of your submission, please state: Tom Grass Prize, Author name, ‘Title of Piece’.

Material should be submitted in a single Word document, in a clear font, point size 12. Please include with the piece a brief one paragraph outline to introduce or give context to it, including reference to your personal background if you consider this relevant.

The entry must be written in the English Language, in prose, in any genre of Fiction or Non Fiction as long as it reflects, in whichever way the writer interprets, the sensibility of the Tom Grass Prize.

Entrants are permitted only one entry each and entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted. Joint submissions are permitted but should be sent only once, on behalf of both authors, subject to both authors consenting to entering and being eligible.

Entries should be uploaded to the website portal any time between 1st October 2024 and March 31st 2025, with the deadline closing at midnight, UK time, on March 31st 2025. All entries will be read by the Tom Grass Prize team of supporters, who will create a longlist to be submitted to the Jury. A final shortlist of 3 including the winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 4th June 2025. The winner and shortlist of 3 will be publicly announced simultaneously.

The Tom Grass Prize is free to enter.

BENEFIT:

1st prize: £1,000

Two runners-up prizes: £500 each