Harvill Secker and Bloody Scotland are back in 2021, partnering to host an award that seeks to find the most exciting new crime fiction by writers of colour.

To submit your work for the Harvill Secker Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Award 2021, please complete the fields below and click 'submit entry' before 23:59 GMT on Wednesday 4th August 2021. Good luck!

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Last Name

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* 3. Email

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* 4. How would you define your ethnicity?
The Harvill Secker Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Award is intended to support writers from Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds aged 18 or over.

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* 5. Tell us about yourself and why you're applying for our crime writing competition in no more than 250 words

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* 6. What is the title of your novel?

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* 7. Please submit the beginning of your novel.
Your submission should be 4,000 words minimum and 5,000 words maximum. It must be written in English.

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* 8. Please submit a full plot outline of your novel, of no more than 600 words.

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* 9. I agree to the terms & conditions of this promotion 

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* 10. I consent to the use of any ethnicity data I have submitted for the purposes of this competition.

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