Prize for Debut Writers after 50

[Jan L]

They're not accepting submissions until May but wanted to get this on everyone's radar. introduction - Jenny Brown Associates

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

They're not accepting submissions until May but wanted to get this on everyone's radar. introduction - Jenny Brown Associates

I'm not putting a 'like' so I can pretend it's not relevant to me.

 

[E G Logan]

I'm not putting a 'like' so I can pretend it's not relevant to me.

I'm liking yours, likewise!

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Lol, Hannah, I'm hoping I'm not too old.

 

[Barbara]

Finally, I fit a category!!!

 

[Emily]

Age-ist!!!!!!!!! Damnit, I never fit into any feckin category!!!!!!

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Age-ist!!!!!!!!! Damnit, I never fit into any feckin category!!!!!!

You too young?

 

[Emily]

You too young?

Sadly. I tried to apply to an "energing artist" thing this week, but you had to be under 35 So between them all... typical!!!!!!!!

 

[Barbara]

Sadly. I tried to apply to an "energing artist" thing this week, but you had to be under 35 So between them all... typical!!!!!!!!

Draw wrinkles on your beautiful smooth and lovey young skin, then don't sleep for a week before you meet them. Sorted.

In the meantime, make a note in your 2123 diary to remind yourself to sub then.

 

[Emily]

You would think my 946 children would have aged me enough to swing it... Feckers. Always raising the bar...

 

[Barbara]

You would think my 946 children would have aged me enough to swing it... Feckers. Always raising the bar...

Blame that lovely kitten of yours. It's making you look younger every day with its energy. Your kitten counteracts the aging effeccts of your 946 children. So with that in mind, if you want to look older in time for May, simply send the youngy-fying kitten to my house (for safekeeping, spoiling, cuddling) ASAP. Even if the kitten youngy-fies me, I'd still fit the age to participate. I'll just show them my passport. They'll be saying, "Ah B, you really ARE indeed over 50. How do you look sooo young?" And I'll be saying, "It's kitten love."

 

[Ancora Imparo]

Age-ist!!!!!!!!! Damnit, I never fit into any feckin category!!!!!!

Your category is Unique! And don't you forget it!

 

[Brooke]

i'd love this but i'm about 36 years too early... remind me to check back in 2059!
(i've never felt more like a gen z-er than i did writing this... ouch)

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

i'd love this but i'm about 36 years too early... remind me to check back in 2059!
(i've never felt more like a gen z-er than i did writing this... ouch)

Oh gawd! Now you're making me do maths!

 

[Barbara]

Oh gawd! Now you're making me do maths!

.... and me order brochures for old age homes. That's most likely where I'll be in 2059. I'd better secure myself a space.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

I'll be 60 by May. SIXTY. A CRONE. An eldritch hag. Am I bothered? Tough luck if I am. Bring it on!

But Mary Wesley was 70 when she published her first novel in 1983, and then she went on to write NINE more. Admittedly, those were more gracious times in the literary world.