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HELEN LEDERER'S

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COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT

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

Dear CWIP,

This festive season I will: probably be quite embarrassing

This year I have been:        bad

                                      very bad 

My most heartfelt wish is: to enter and win the CWIP FESTIVE FLASH SHORT STORY competition. I will write 250 funny words about other awful festive times when things went wrong and it will make you laugh!

P.S. I love CWIP

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ABOUT
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Now in its fourth successful year, already...

What... yes!

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 with Harper fiction to a NEW witty writer, but it also gives mega publicity and respect to the BEST funny fiction around. 
 

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

The Unpublished Novel Winner is published by Harper Collins and receive an advance and huge attention. The Unpublished runner upper's win a place on an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire and an MA in Comedy at Falmouth University.

The Short Story Winner and Shortlisted entries will appear in (working title cos we like it so much) ‘FUNNY SHORTS’ - an anthology of witty women’s writing, published by Farrago and showcased in the company of CWIP’s much loved witty authors who also happen to be our best-selling, best loved, besties. 

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.

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Bonnie Garmus - Runner-Up Published
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Helen Lederer, Sharon Horgan-(winner of honorary Witty Writer Impact Award) and Meera Syal
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Dawn Butler MP, Helen Lederer, Charlotte Nichols MP, winner of CWIP 23 Published - Michell Gallen, and head judge Angie Greaves
All our nonpublished to published CWIP winners - Sylvia Saunders 2023, Kirsty Eyre 2019, Faye Brann 2020, Rebecca Rogers 2021
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Nikki May - Winner New Voice Award
Jo Brand - Honorary Game Changer Award Winner
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Helen Lederer and Christina Carty (runner-up unpublished)
Helen Lederer, Llewella Gideon, Denise Welch and Louise Jensen (Runner-Up Unpublished)
Veronika Dapunt Runner-Up Unpublished
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Meet The 2022/23 Judges

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Published Novel Judges

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Dates for your Diary...

Entries Open

Monday 5 September 2022
 

Entries Close

Friday 14 October 2022

Longlist Announced

Wednesday 21 December 2022

Shortlist Announced

Wednesday 22 February 2023

Winners' Event

Monday 17 April 2023

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