Penguin Literary Prize

The Penguin Literary Prize endeavours to find, nurture and develop new Australian authors writing in the areas of literary fiction, and is a nod to Penguin Random House’s literary heritage as the great Australian house of literature.

Submissions will be accepted until 11.59pm 25 November 2018.

Read our Frequently Asked Questions.

For any other questions, please email prhliteraryprize@penguinrandomhouse.com.au

How to Enter:

Upload a Word document (no bigger than 3MB in size) with the following information:

1. Synopsis
Write a synopsis of the Work of no more than 300 words.

2. Pitch:
Include a page with the following information:

Title of the Work, and indicate the genre of the Work.
Brief summary of the Work (two or three sentences).
Brief author biography (two or three sentences).
Details of any publishing history and writing awards received.
Indication of whether the Work has been published, or provided to any other publisher, anywhere in the world.
Indication of whether this, or a similar, Work was previously submitted to PRHA (if so, provide details).

3. Manuscript:
A complete, unpublished manuscript.

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Terms and Conditions

PENGUIN LITERARY PRIZE

This literary competition, run by Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd (Penguin Random House Australia), commences on Monday 3 September 2018 at 9am AEST and concludes on Sunday 25 November 2018 at 11.59 pm AEST (Competition Period).

The prize for the competition is:

•	A$20,000; and
•	a book each month from the Penguin Random House Australia list for a year.

HOW TO ENTER

To enter this competition, you must agree to the below Conditions of Entry with Penguin Random House Australia and, during the Competition Period, complete the entry form on the competition website and upload all necessary documents: https://www.penguin.com.au/literaryprize.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY 

1.	Entry into this competition is deemed acceptance of these Conditions of Entry. 

Who can enter?

2.	Entry is open to Australian residents. 

3.	Entrants aged under 18 years must obtain the consent and agreement of their parent or legal guardian to enter this competition and be bound by these Conditions of Entry.

4.	Employees (and their immediate families) of Penguin Random House Australia, participating outlets, printers, suppliers, providers and agencies associated with this competition are not eligible to enter.

What are the conditions of entry?

5.	Entries must be received by Penguin Random House Australia during the Competition Period.

6.	Entrants may enter this competition only once. Any subsequent entry from an entrant will be deemed invalid. 

7.	Entrants may enter this competition only in their own name. Entries with incorrect, misleading or fraudulent information will be deemed invalid. 

8.	If requested by Penguin Random House Australia, the entrant must produce photo identification or other document until Penguin Random House Australia is satisfied of the entrant’s identity, age, residential address and eligibility to enter this competition.

9.	Each entrant warrants that: 
a)	the work is an original literary work;
b)	the entrant is the sole author of the work;
c)	the entrant has not granted, transferred or assigned any of the rights, or interests in the rights, in the work to any third party;
d)	the work has not been published, or provided to any other publisher, anywhere in the world;
e)	all representations by the entrant as to the work being fact or fiction are true and correct;
f)	no part of the work infringes any intellectual property right (including, without limitation, copyright, moral rights or trade mark) of any third party; and
g)	no part of the work breaches any privacy or confidentiality obligations.
10.	Each entrant grants Penguin Random House Australia a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, world-wide right to use the copyright subsisting in any Work to conduct this competition.
11.	Each entrant acknowledges and agrees that the entrant has read and understands Penguin Random House Australia’s Privacy Policy. 

How will the prize be awarded?

12.	Judging of entries will take place by a panel of judges at Penguin Random House Australia in January and February 2019.  Entries will be judged based on literary merit of a standard set by Penguin Random House Australia at its discretion. 

13.	Penguin Random House Australia may elect not to determine a winner or award the prize if the panel of judges considers that no entry has met the literary standard set by Penguin Random House Australia.  

14.	If a winner is determined by the panel of judges, The winner be notified by email in [the first week of March 2019 and the name of the winner will be announced [during the Leading Edge Books conference in mid-March 2019. 

What are the conditions of being awarded a prize? 

15.	The prize will only be awarded following verification of entrant eligibility as required by Penguin Random House Australia.

16.	Penguin Random House Australia may forfeit the prize in respect of that winner and award the prize to another entrant whose entry is judged to be second best if:

a)	no such response is received from the winner within 7 days of notification; 

b)	the winner refuses or is unable to accept the prize; or 

c)	there are eligibility or other verification issues relating to the winner.

17.	The entrant, in the event that he or she is a winner: 

a)	grants Penguin Random House Australia a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide right to reproduce an extract of the work (up to 2,000 words), including reproducing the extract on the Penguin Random House Australia website, in connection with this competition; 
b)	grants Penguin Random House Australia the first option of publishing the work and, if the option is exercised, agrees to negotiate in good faith a publishing agreement on fair and reasonable market terms; and
c)	agrees to treat the cash prize component of the prize, under any publishing agreement relating to the work, as an advance against any royalties from the publication and sale by Penguin Random House Australia of the work.

18.	The winner may not exchange, or take as cash, the book component of the prize.

19.	The entrant agrees that, in the event that he or she is a winner, the entrant will participate in all reasonable promotional activities relating to this competition as requested by Penguin Random House Australia. As part of these activities, the entrant consents to Penguin Random House Australia using the entrant's name, likeness, image and/or voice for promotional activities for an unlimited period of time without further notification or remuneration. 

20.	If this competition is not capable of running as planned for any reason beyond the reasonable control of Penguin Random House Australia, Penguin Random House Australia reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this competition and/or provide an alternative prize.

21.	These Conditions of Entry are governed by the laws applicable in the State of Victoria. The entrant irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Victoria.

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