Mo Siewcharran Prize

We’re so excited to share that @bookouture will host the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2026, offering commercial fiction writers from underrepresented backgrounds the chance to win up to £2,500 and a possible publishing contract! Submissions open 2nd February! 💫

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We're so excited to share the longlist for the Mo Siewcharran Prize 2026! Congratulations to our longlisted writers! 📚 ⭐

This year, we received a record number of submissions and would like to thank everyone who took the time to submit. ❤️

Read more: bookouture.com/bookouture-ann…

IT'S TIME TO MEET OUR JUDGES! 💫 Our panel is made up of an extremely talented team of individuals across the publishing industry who are all so excited to discover some amazing new writers!

Read more: thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/tfb-blog/2026/…

We're THRILLED to announce our 2025 Longlist! Congrats to the longlistees!
@sabrinab0wen
@CherLFindley
@saraanum1996
@YinFLim
@zahrahnesbitt
@RukiyaShanthi
@sharmaRJN

Thank you to everyone for your submissions - what a privilege it was to read them 🙌 @TrapezeBooks @orionbooks

Thank you to everyone who submitted your proposals to our prize! We can't wait to dig in.

Our longlist will not be announced on the 26th June as our website states as we need more time to review the number we've had in, but you will be hearing if you made the longlist in July🙏