We are delighted to announce the winners of 2025’s Writers’ Prize. Drum roll, please…the winners are:
A Handful of Grain by Sudhana Singh
Bánh Meet Cute by Sophie Yan Yee Lau
Becoming K. J. Miller by Uduak-Abasi Ekong
Fearfully, Wonderfully by Summer Kendrick
Get a Life, Sean Paulson by Louise Tolmie
Roots by Kirsty Purnell
The Cursed Detective by Phil Callaghan
Witness We Give by Hussein Dookhun
These eight fabulous winners will go on to read at an online showcase for invited industry guests tonight and an anthology of their winning entries and a recording of the event will subsequently be published on The Book Edit website.
Judged this year by acclaimed author Janice Okoh, the standard of entries has been outstanding. Speaking of judging the prize, Janice said: ‘Agents say they know they're reading something great by just the opening line. I got chills reading some of the winners.' We couldn’t agree more!
2025 Writers’ Prize Judge Janice Okoh
With enormous thanks to Janice for her brilliant judging this year. And huge congratulations to all our winners. We can’t wait to hear them read at the showcase!
Watch this space for more about the authors, their novels and future writing careers.