The Yeovil Literary Prize

For the eleventh year the Yeovil Literary Prize has opened its doors to entries. It has categories for short story, poem, and also for novel – something for which competitions like this are few and far between.

For me, my writing career and the Yeovil Prize have long been intertwined. Success in the Yeovil Prize gave me the self belief I needed. It set me on the path to becoming a published author.

But I am by no means alone in this. You only have to look at the successes page on the Yeovil Prize website to see how many of the winning and longlisted entries have gone on to achieve publishing success.

Another great thing about the Yeovil Prize is the diversity of the winning stories. All genres are represented. Among them you’ll find thrillers and romance, crime and science fiction. My own novel is a children’s book.

The Yeovil Prize is now widely recognised, the standards excellent and agents and publishers view the results with interest. Who will be the next Yeovil Prize success story? Perhaps it will be you?

If you enter any writing competition this year, then it ought to be this one!

You can find out all about the prize, entry requirements, the judging team and the sorts of success that the prize has led on to for past winners, over at the Yeovil Prize website:

http://www.yeovilprize.co.uk/



Kate Kelly is a marine scientist by day but by night she writes children’s books. Her debut novel Red Rock, a Cli-Fi thriller for teens, is published by Curious Fox. She lives in Dorset with her husband, two daughters and assorted pets and blogs at http://scribblingseaserpent.blogspot.co.uk/