Five talented LGBTQIA+ writers of limited financial means will receive nine months of mentoring from a published author. This nine-month mentoring programme is part of the Breakthrough Writers’ Programme – our outreach initiative for under-represented authors.
This mentoring will run from July 2022 to April 2023 and seeks to support five aspiring authors with one-to-one guidance from a published author-mentor, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.
You can apply for mentoring with respect to a project at any stage of writing (from just starting to redrafting) and for a work written in any of the following genres/categories:
Novel written for adults
Novel written for children (older than 7) or young adults
Collection of short stories
Memoir
Narrative non-fiction
This mentoring is open to anyone over the age of 18, who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and fulfils our low-income eligibility criteria.
Your submission does not necessarily have to be about LGBTQIA+ experiences, although we are particularly interested in stories with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer characters or themes.
You are ineligible for this Breakthrough Mentoring Programme if you are currently represented by a literary agent and/or have previously published a book with a traditional, non-academic publisher.
Curtis Brown Creative offers mentoring places on the basis of proven writing ability.
Find out more here
Deadline: end of day, Sunday 12 June 2022