UTA, C&W Launch SFF Manuscript Prize

Sep 25, 2024

The U.S.-based United Talent Agency and U.K.-based C&W literary agency (part of the Curtis Brown Group) have teamed to launch the Andromeda Award for unagented, unpublished full-length adult debut works of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. 

The $5,000 prize is sponsored by UTA, C&W, and Curtis Brown Creative. The second-place winner will receive $3,000 and a spot in Curtis Brown Creative’s nine-week online writing fantasy course, and the third-place winner will earn $1,000 and a spot on a six-week online Curtis Brown Creative course of their choice.

"Publishers and audiences alike are embracing an 'age of wonder' with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, and the developing form of romantasy," said C&W chair and cofounder Clare Conville and UTA partner and cohead of publishing Byrd Leavell in a joint statment. "C&W and UTA are delighted to announce their own starship enterprise, the Andromeda Award; our aim is to discover, support and promote a new generation of exceptional writers who seek to explore and boldly extend story-telling possibilities, dazzling readers along the way.”

Entries are open September 25-December 18. The longlist will be announced on March 25, 2025, and the shortlist on April 22. The final winner will be announced by May 6. 

To learn more or submit, visit the Andromeda Award website.

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