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Jewish Playwrights Programme
The Freudenheim Translation Prize
The Jewish Children’s Book Awards Prize for Writing and Illustration
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The Wingate Prize
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The Freudenheim Translation Prize
The Jewish Children’s Book Awards Prize for Writing and Illustration
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The Wingate Prize
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Genesis JLF Emerging Writers Programme 2026-2027
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Tell us about your relationship to your writing – you could include what motivates and inspires your writing; who your favourite writers are; any training or courses you have participated in or any awards you have won.
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Tell us about the project you are working on or plan to be working on as part of the Genesis Emerging Writers Programme. Projects for the 2026-2027 Programme can be on any topic and must be intended for publication.
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Genesis JBW Emerging Writers Programme (250 words max)
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Tell us what you hope to gain from inclusion in the Emerging Writers Programme - you could include how mentoring will help to advance your writing project and your writing career; how the bursary will help to support your writing; what impact the availbility of peer support groups will have for you
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Your submission must be either from the project you are working on or in the same genre (ie fiction, non-fiction, poetry) as the project you are proposing to work on as part of the Genesis Emerging Writers Programme.
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Please submit a budget breaking down how you will use the bursary of up to £1,500 offered by the Genesis Emerging Writers Programme. The budget may be any amount up to, but may not exceed, £1,500. You may include up to £500 for non-specific living expenses. A sample budget is provided for reference. Please note that we will not accept any applications to cover the cost of computers, tablets or mobile phones.
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