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Our mission is to discover, recognize and encourage emerging voices through the annual creative nonfiction and fiction FIRST PAGES PRIZE awards.

NOW Open for Submissions

REGULAR SUBMISSION ($20) THRU APRIL 10TH/EXTENDED ENTRY ($35) THRU APRIL 24TH

Photo Credit: Jonathan Demme

We are pleased to announce our Judge for both Fiction & Creative Nonfiction

Edwidge Danticat

Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the FIRST PAGES PRIZE invites you to enter your FIRST FIVE PAGES (1250 words) of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction.

Winners receive cash awards, a developmental mentorship, and an agent consultation.

Prize Information & Guidelines

OUR HISTORY & YOUR SUCCESS

In our first six years, the FIRST PAGES PRIZE has awarded over $75,000 USD in prize packages to 45 emerging writers in 8 countries. We believe in your writing and the power of submitting your work to awards such as the FIRST PAGES PRIZE.

Past winners have gone on to secure agents, publish books, win further awards, finish manuscripts…and renew their belief in writing.

FIRST PAGES TIPS!

Visit our News page for announcements about the First Pages Prize Community and the inside story on how past winners and finalists edited their pages to enter.

Questions? Check out our FAQ or Contact Us