Congratulations to Zoë Bossiere, the 2021 First Pages Prize Readers' Pick for the release of their book, Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir. Bossiere's debut chronicles their experiences growing up ... [Read More]
First Pages Prize
Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the FIRST PAGES PRIZE invites you to enter your FIRST FIVE PAGES (1250 words) of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction.
Winners receive cash awards, a developmental mentorship, and an agent consultation.
To learn more, go to www.firstpagesprize.com
Congratulations Pallavi Sharma Dixit!
Congratulations to Pallavi Sharma Dixit, one of the 2023 First Pages Prize winners for the release of her book, Edison. Edison is a Bollywood-style love story brimming with song and dance, action ... [Read More]
Congratulations 2024 First Pages Prize Winners!
Congratulations to the 2024 Creative Nonfiction Winners Julie Moon, Sarah Giragosian, and Starr Davis, and Fiction Winners Sandy Nietling, Stephanie Ramlogan, and Hope Kokot, as well as Sandra ... [Read More]
First Pages Prize Fiction Shortlist
Congratulations to the ten writers selected for the First Pages Prize Fiction Shortlist! Congratulations Megan Lui, Joanna Theiss, Prachi Kamble, Megan Ritchie, Sandy Nietling, K.D. Walker, Hope ... [Read More]
First Pages Prize Creative Nonfiction Shortlist
Congratulations to the nine writers selected for the First Pages Prize for Creative Nonfiction Shortlist! Congratulations Wiam El-Tamami, Jiadai Lin, Katerina Vasiliou, Siavash Saadlou, Julie Moon, ... [Read More]
2024 First Pages Prize
Entries are now closed. First Pages Prize is thrilled that Edwidge Danticat will judge both fiction & creative nonfiction for the 2024 prize! Edwidge Danticat is the author of seventeen books, ... [Read More]
2023 First Pages Prize Winners Are Announced!
Congratulations to the 2023 First Pages Prize Winners! The First Pages Prize mission is to discover, recognize and encourage emerging voices through the annual creative nonfiction and fiction FIRST ... [Read More]
Entries for the FIRST PAGES PRIZE have now closed.
Submissions for the 2023 FIRST PAGES PRIZES in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction have now closed. There will be three winners announced in each category. Winners will receive cash awards, ... [Read More]
Elise Thi Tran Wins 2022 First Pages Prize!
Congratulations Elise Thi Tran, winner of the 2022 First Pages Prize with Dredged From the Courtyard Pond, a collection of vignettes drawing from the oral history of a family’s escape from Vietnam and ... [Read More]
FIRST PAGES PRIZE winners to be announced soon!
The 2022 FIRST PAGES PRIZE winners will be announced in the next few weeks. Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the FIRST PAGES PRIZE invites you to enter your FIRST FIVE PAGES (1250 ... [Read More]
P.J. McKay, 2020 First Page Prize Winner
New Zealand author P. J. McKay, won with the opening of her historical novel, The Telling Time (Polako Press, 2020). She is now represented by Highspot Literary and was shortlisted for the 2020 NZSA ... [Read More]
2019 First Pages Prize Winners
Sara Johnson Allen won the First Pages Prize 2019 with We Make Them Pay - Literary Fiction Sandra Jensen placed 2nd with Seagull Pie - Creative Non Fiction (Memoir) and has also won the Bridport ... [Read More]
2018 First Page Price Winners
2018 marked the inaugural First Pages Prize, created by The de Groot Foundation to highlight emerging authors. Emerging authors are encouraged to submit the first 5 pages of a fiction or creative ... [Read More]