The Carol
Trewin Young Food Writers Award 2012
Aspiring young writers under the age of 30 who are residents of
or connected with Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire,
Gloucestershire, Bristol or Bath are invited to write and submit
500 words on why food and drink in the West Country is important
or important to you. The deadline for submissions is March 1st,
2012.
The organisers of the Award, James Crowden, writer and publisher,
and Marc Millon, journalist, author and new media specialist, will
carefully assess all the submissions. From the mini-essays submitted,
a shortlist of the six most promising writers will be selected.
A key feature of the Award is that the shortlisted young writers
will be invited to participate in a special full-day professional
Food and Drink Writing Workshop that will include talks and practical
writing workshops with professional food and drink writers, including
James and Marc. The aim is to assist the young writers to gain
an overview of the breadth of food and drink writing, broaden their
vision, as well as develop the craft of effective writing for different
media.
After the Workshop, the hard work begins: each shortlisted young
writer is next invited to research and write an article of 1500
words on a food and/or drink story of their choice. From these
submitted articles, a panel of distinguished judges will select
a winner.
There will be a cash prize to the winner, provided by
Flagon Press, publisher of “The Devon Food Book”. The winning
submissions will be published in the Western Morning News.

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