The Hawkeye Manuscript Development Prize has proven fertile ground for uncovering new and emerging talent, with eight titles from previous Hawkeye Prizes published, and five more soon to be released.
Competition closes 6PM AEST
Friday 13 December 2024
Maximum 80,000 words.
$45AU Entry Fee
*The entry fee is required to administer the lengthy assessment process. Entrants will receive judges’ feedback on their submission.
Hawkeye Publishing may offer the winner a publishing contract. (Note: this is not a guarantee of publication, but the possibility of). Previous winners and short-listed entrants who are published by Hawkeye include Welcome to Blackwood, Lament, Breaking Through the Pain Barrier, Between Before and After, Returning to Adelaide, Wellworth, Magnus Nights, The Ghost Train and the Scarlet Moon, Moontide, and What If You Fly (previously titled Coffee & Peaches), with more still in production, including Road to Freedom.
The Hawkeye Prize Winner’s Package is valued at $3,500. Additionally, all manuscripts longlisted and shortlisted are announced on our website and in our enews, and all entrants in the Hawkeye Prize receive judges’ comments!
The Hawkeye Prize Winner receives Author Coaching, a Structural Edit and a Line Edit with the structural edit kindly sponsored by Brisbane Writers Workshop, and line editing and author coaching sponsored by Hawkeye Publishing.
For more information, visit hawkeyebooks.com.au
