Submissions are invited for Author of Tomorrow Award 2024 by The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation. The last date of submission is April 30, 2024.
Launched in September 2015, the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation dedicated to empowering young writers, the advancement of the adventure writing genre and the promotion of literacy.
Part of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, the Author of Tomorrow Award is an annual competition designed to find the adventure writers of the future. It is open to young people, aged 21 and under, who have completed a short piece of adventure writing in English.
Written by young people, for young people to read, and judged by a panel of young readers, the Author of Tomorrow plays its part in improving global literacy levels.
Prizes are awarded in three categories:
Each shortlisted author also has their work digitally published on Worldreader’s BookSmart app. Each story will be online and available for readers anywhere in the world there is internet.
Interested participants can submit online via this link.
The last date of submission is April 30, 2024.
Email: charlotte[at]wilbur-niso-smithfoundation[dot]org
