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Deadline: 1 March 2012

The Dundee International Book Prize has established itself as the UK’s premier prize for debut novelists. The £10,000 cash award together with publication, make The Dundee International Book Prize highly valued by tomorrow’s great new writers seeking to break into the publishing world. The award, now running for the eighth time, is for an unpublished novel on any theme and in any genre. Dundee is a city which embraces writers – A.L. Kennedy was born and bred in the city and Douglas Dunn, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Bill Duncan and Rosamunde Pilcher are amongst the “glitterati” who have drawn on the City of Discovery for their inspiration over the last two decades.

Rules

• Manuscripts will only be accepted in electronic form. Submission packs must contain three separate documents; the full manuscript, an entry form and a synopsis (maximum 500 words). All documents must be double spaced in Word with each page numbered in sequential order. Any submissions made without following these requirements will be rejected.
• Manuscripts should not contain the name of the author or a pseudonym anywhere on the manuscript or synopsis. The name of the author should only appear on the entry form.
• The closing date for entries is 1.00pm, March 1st 2012.
• All submissions should be made to bookprize@dundee.ac.uk
• The winner will be announced at the 2012 Dundee Literary Festival.
• The entry must be a novel, in English and an original work of fiction.
• Only one manuscript per entrant and authors must be living at the time.
• There is no limit on the length of the submitted novel.
• Submissions represented by an agent are acceptable and we ask that the agent make the submission.
• Any submission found to have been self-published or published before in print by any party shall be disqualified.
• Submissions that have been self-published on Kindle or ebook format previously will be accepted.
• Submissions may not be under current consideration by another publisher before March 30th 2012. Any submissions found to be under consideration will be disqualified.
• Novels for children or young adults will not be accepted.

• The winning entry will be bound by the conditions of a publishing contract set out by Cargo Publishing (UK) Ltd. The contract will stipulate that the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize shall grant, in return for £10,000 prize money and a net receipt royalty of 10% on book sales, Cargo Publishing (UK) Ltd full UK & Commonwealth rights to the novel and the right to make editorial changes to the content in consultation with the author. The contract will be available on request to entrants to the prize.
• The prize money is set at £10,000.
• The winner shall be informed by 1st June of their win.
• The prize is not open to members of the judging panel, their families or any member of Cargo Publishing (UK) Ltd.
• The prize is judged in two rounds. Round One of entries is judged by Cargo Publishing (UK) Ltd. Round Two is judged by a judging panel of established authors and commentators.
• The panel’s decision is final.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For inquiries: bookprize@dundee.ac.uk

For submissions: bookprize@dundee.ac.uk

Website: http://www.dundeebookprize.com