The cwip
2025 prize

The 2025 Categories...

Published Comedy Novel

If you’re a publisher or a witty published author, we are indecently keen to read your comedy novel. It needs to be published between 15th October 2022 and 23rd May 2025 to make it eligible for CWIP 2025. From entry to longlist, to shortlist, to winner’s party, your witty novel is urgently needed for laughter purposes.

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

See our published comedy novel entry criteria for more information.

Self-Published Comedy Novel

If you are self-published/hybrid-published author who has had the wherewithal and autonomy to go solo - we really salute you and would love you to submit your self-published/hybrid-published witty novel - published between 24 May 2023 and 23 May 2025 to make it eligible for CWIP 2025. We love your empowered way of getting witty words out there.

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

See our self-published comedy novel entry criteria for more information.

ENTRIES OPEN 14 APRIL

Unpublished Comedy Novel

If you’re a witty author whose manuscript is waiting to be tweaked, written, finished or discreetly disinfected - we want to hear from you. The rewards are huge, and the risk is nil. It doesn’t matter when you wrote it, if your work has the potential to make the reader incapacitated with hysteria, we need to read it. We’d love a few thousand words from you first, and then for you to be ready with the actual manuscript.

The Unpublished Comedy Novel winner is published and receives huge attention. Runners up win either a place on an MA in Comedy at Falmouth University or a Platinum Package from Fuzzy Flamingo. Further details to be announced.

Our unpublished comedy novel entry criteria will be published soon.

ENTRIES OPEN 14 APRIL