Tom Grass Prize

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Tuesday Jan 21, 2025

Entries close 31st March 2025

Eligibility criteria

• The Tom Grass Prize is open to all writers from all over the world who are over the age of 25 and writing in the English language.

• They can be previously unpublished, or with no more than 1 major published work in the English language. 

• The word count is between 1,500 and 3,000 words.

• The entry can be either fiction or non-fiction and must be a stand-alone piece of prose.

• Entrants are invited to reflect the spirit of adventure in subject matter and/or style in whichever way and in however broad a sense the writer interprets this.

Prizes

1st prize: £1,000

Two runners-up prizes: £500 each

Find out more and enter here: How to enter — Tom Grass Prize