The Virginia Prize for Fiction

Aurora Metro launched the biennial competition to find and promote new women fiction writers from around the world in 2009.

 

​The competition is run every two years and the prize is open to any woman (over 18) from around the world, writing in English. The shortlisted writers will receive editorial help to develop their novels for publication by Aurora Metro Books. The winner will also receive a contract with an advance payment and royalty for the rights to publish their novel. Entries can be of any genre but cannot have been published or self-published before. 

 

We are delighted to announce The Virginia Prize for Fiction (2026) Winner!

 

'The Sky That We Look Upon'
by Jacquelyn Shreeves-Lee

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Congratulations to our shortlisted authors:

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'For Always Only' by Emily Bullock

'Obscenities' by Sangeeta Mulay

'No Grotesques in Nature' by Brandy O'Briant

'The Sky That We Look Upon' by Jacquelyn Shreeves-Lee

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Thank you to everyone who applied. The standard of applicants was incredibly high and it was wonderful to read your work.

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Submissions will reopen for our next round in January 2027.

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Deadlines:

Entry fee £15 early bird until June 1st

£20 standard until August 1st

£25 late entry until December 31st

 

If unable to pay by PayPal please send cheque (payable to Aurora Metro Publications Ltd) to AURORA METRO, 80 HILL RISE, RICHMOND TW10 6UB UK or email vp@aurorametro.com if you wish to pay via BACs.

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You can enter the competition from January and we have extended the deadline to December 31st.

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PAY £25 ENTRY FEE HERE 

paypal.me/AuroraMetro 

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SEND YOUR MANUSCRIPT AND ENTRY FORM TO vp@aurorametro.com

 

GET YOUR ENTRY FORM with the rules, eligibility and

TERMS AND CONDITONS  here 

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Or use the online form below.