Jenny Brown Associates
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DEBUT WRITERS OVER 50 AWARD CLOSED FOR ENTRIES!
Entries for the second Jenny Brown Associates Debut Writers Over 50 Award have now closed. A shortlist will be announced on 27 July and the winner revealed during the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August 2025.
The winner will receive £1000 cash prize, and a week’s course at Moniack Mhor Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre. Runners up will be offered tailored mentoring.
The Award, established to address the few literary opportunities which help older writers break into the publishing industry. The Award was first run in 2023 and won by Glennis Virgo, selected from over 1700 entries. Glennis Virgo’s debut novel City of Silk is published in November by Allison & Busby.
More details of the Award can be found HERE.
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We sell translation rights directly to publishers throughout the world for fiction and non-fiction titles via our network of sub-agents and relationships with literary scouts.
We have secured deals in more than 20 languages into established markets such as Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, and Scandinavia, as well as emerging markets including China and Korea.
About us
Founded in 2002, Jenny Brown Associates is the leading agency in Scotland and one of the foremost independent literary agencies in the UK.