Rebecca Swift Foundation Women Poets’ Prize 2020 Opens for Submissions

The biennial Women Poets’ Prize, founded by the Rebecca Swift Foundation, launches into its second prize year today. The prize, which honours TLC Founder Rebecca Swift’s two key passions – […]
Raising the Visibility of Women in Non-fiction

The Literary Consultancy is delighted to be supporting The Thinking Woman’s Writing Award, set up by author Kate Jegede. Applications will open 14th September for the Award, which will gift […]
Exiled Writers Poetry Prize

TLC is proud to support an important poetry prize run by Exiled Writers, which is open to all UK refugees, migrants, exiles and asylum seekers. The prize is free to […]
SI Leeds Literary Prize Events

TLC is proud to support this year’s SI Leeds Literary Prize, for new writing by Black and Asian women. In line with the announcement of the 2014 shortlist, two events have […]
TLC Mentee Shortlisted for Literary Prize

We’re delighted that Divya Ghelani, a mentee on our Chapter and Verse programme, has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Prize for her novel Runaway. The winner of the novel writing […]
Nathan Filer wins Costa Book of the Year Award

TLC reader (and former client) Nathan Filer was named last night as the winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award, one of the world’s richest literary prizes. Nathan’s […]
Ewan Morrison shortlisted for Scottish Book Awards

TLC reader Ewan Morrison has been announced as a finalist in the annual Scottish Book Awards after winning in the Fiction category with his novel Close Your Eyes. The Awards […]
Jennifer Makumbi wins Kwani Manuscript Prize

Former TLC client Jennifer Makumbi has won the Kwani Manuscript Prize for her manuscript The Kintu Saga. Jennifer was awarded an Arts Council Free Read and was mentored by Sara Maitland as part of TLC’s Chapter […]