Aimee Cliff – Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awardee – debut bought by William Collins
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Spread the Word Director Ruth Harrison named amongst RSL 2025 Honorary Fellows
Quercus signs debut from Emma Lowther, London Writers Awards Alumna, in six-figure deal
Call out for memories: celebrating 30 years of Spread the Word
Inaugural Disabled Poets Prize winner Jamie Field joins New Northern Poets 2025 Cohort
Three Spread the Word alumna achieve places on London Libraries Emerging Writers Programme
Two London Writers Awardees shortlisted for debut crime award
McKitterick Prize awarded to London Writers Award alumni Tom Newlands
London Writers Awards alumna Ashani Lewis takes home two prizes at Society of Authors’ Awards
London Writers Awards Alumni nominated for two Society of Authors Awards
London Writers Award alumna Natasha Brown among 2025 Orwell Prize finalists
Thank you to Youth First Legacy Fund
London Writers Awards Alumni shortlisted for Jhalak Prize
Mouth Mek Fi Nyam writers selected
Borough of Literature
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