- Competition
- Writing
- Free
- Opened 14th April 2025 / Closed 23rd May 2025
- Website
A competition to find the best female authors.
Created by actor, author, and stand-up comedian Helen Lederer, CWIP was launched in 2019 in response to the lack of support and exposure for female comedy writing and as a way of discovering new talent. "This is a truly rags to riches prize that offers a fast track to writing careers to those who would have otherwise been overlooked as well as shining a light on the best of established women's witty fiction."
There are three categories:
Self-Published Comedy Novel
Published Comedy Novel
Unpublished Comedy Novel
Reward
Self-Published Comedy Novel: A publicity package from hybrid book publisher Atmosphere Press with a value of over £2500.
Published Comedy Novel: £3000 from ALCS.
Unpublished Comedy Novel: Will be published with Hera Books.
Selection process
The judges across this year's three categories will be:
Published: Chrissie Manby, Kerry Godliman, Ranvir Singh, Ingrid Oliver, Chizzy Akudolu and Susannah Constantine.
Unpublished: Jennifer Young, Liz Hoggard, Malaika Kegode, Janet Ellis, Keshini Naidoo and Dawn Butler.
Self-Published: Llewella Gideon, Deborah Maclaren, Nina Wadia, Lesley Joseph, Alison Hume and Silvia Saunders.
How to enter
To find out more visit www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk