The New Chapter award is for unpublished and unagented fiction by authors of color; self-published authors are eligible. Entrants must be a resident of Great Britain and be able to qualify themselves as coming from a minority ethnic background. The prize includes a two-book publishing contract with a £100,000 advance from Simon & Schuster UK. There is no fee to enter, but the submitted material should not previously have been submitted to any other publisher or be submitted elsewhere while being considered for the award. Learn more.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
