HELEN LEDERER'S

COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT

The UK & Ireland's first comedy literary prize

The 2021 CWIP Shortlist

Announcing with a clap and shout
and a singular whoop

ABOUT
the prize

What started as an idea is now in its third successful year (this is the only bit of text that rhymes).

2021 Prize

Comedy Women In Print is the brainchild of comedian, author, actress Helen Lederer. Its aim is to recognise, celebrate and encourage witty women authors.

The Published Winner gets a massive amount of love from clever, celebrity judges and a stonking cash prize from ALCS. The Unpublished Winners are published by Harper Collins and receive an advance and huge attention. The Unpublished runner upper's win a place on an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire and an MA in Comedy at Falmouth University.

Oh, and since you are one of the wittiest writers we've ever met - might you extend some love to our social media and even more wittily, here, to help us continue to do things and make things happen.