HELEN LEDERER'S

COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT

The UK & Ireland's first comedy literary prize dedicated to celebrating witty women's writing

AND ….RELAX! …OUR FLAPS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED

Thanking you SO MUCH for partaking - your job here is done – for now

Be you Published, Unpublished or Self-Published

We salute your trust in sending us your entries of witty words…

#Laughingalready

2025 Prize

ABOUT
the prize

having achieved so much excitement in its fourth year CWIP is gearing up for 2025

Comedy Women In Print is the brainchild of comedian, author, actress Helen Lederer. Its aim is to recognise, celebrate and encourage witty women authors. We’ve created a platform for both aspiring and established witty writers. CWIP not only offers a publishing deal to a NEW witty writer, but it also gives mega publicity and respect to the BEST funny fiction around.

The Published Comedy Novel Winner gets a massive amount of love from clever, celebrity judges and a stonking cash prize.

The Unpublished Comedy Novel Winner is published by Hera Books and receives huge attention. The Unpublished runners up win either a place on an MA in Comedy Writing or writing mentorship from Falmouth University, a place on an MA by Research in Creative Writing or writing mentorship from the University of Hertfordshire, or a Platinum Package from Fuzzy Flamingo.

The Self-Published Comedy Novel Winner receives a publicity package from Atmosphere Press a selective ethics-forward hybrid publisher - equalling the value of over £2500.

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. We can’t do it without you because, quite frankly, ‘Wit has truth in it’ - Dorothy Parker.