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Richard Burke is our winner for 'The Black Spring Prize for Best Opening To a Crime Book'.

Richard Burke is our winner for 'The Black Spri...

Caitlin Robson

Richard Burke will receive £200, an hour-long online mentoring session with Luca Veste and a publishing contract from Black Spring Press, to encourage him to complete his crime novel. He says,...

Richard Burke is our winner for 'The Black Spri...

Caitlin Robson

Richard Burke will receive £200, an hour-long online mentoring session with Luca Veste and a publishing contract from Black Spring Press, to encourage him to complete his crime novel. He says,...

Major American Poet Rodney Jones to judge our 2022-23 Sexton Poetry Prize

Major American Poet Rodney Jones to judge our 2...

Todd Swift

We are honoured to announce the final judge for the 2022-23 Sexton Prize for Poetry is Rodney Jones, a major American poet. Submissions can be made via Submittable. You may...

Major American Poet Rodney Jones to judge our 2...

Todd Swift

We are honoured to announce the final judge for the 2022-23 Sexton Prize for Poetry is Rodney Jones, a major American poet. Submissions can be made via Submittable. You may...

WE HAVE A WINNER! May Rinaldi!

WE HAVE A WINNER! May Rinaldi!

Todd Swift

Our Black Spring Crime imprint is delighted to announce the winner for our Crime Prize 2023! In what was an incredible shortlist, it proved to be very difficult to choose...

WE HAVE A WINNER! May Rinaldi!

Todd Swift

Our Black Spring Crime imprint is delighted to announce the winner for our Crime Prize 2023! In what was an incredible shortlist, it proved to be very difficult to choose...

THE BEST OF THE BOTTOM DRAWER GLOBAL WRITING PR...

Todd Swift

Good news, we can now congratulate all 21 of the authors, poets and screenwriters/dramatists shortlisted for this most eclectic of global writing prizes. We will whittle this down to three...

THE BEST OF THE BOTTOM DRAWER GLOBAL WRITING PR...

Todd Swift

Good news, we can now congratulate all 21 of the authors, poets and screenwriters/dramatists shortlisted for this most eclectic of global writing prizes. We will whittle this down to three...

JACK REACHER CREATOR LEE CHILD TO JUDGE OUR NEW CRIME PRIZE!

JACK REACHER CREATOR LEE CHILD TO JUDGE OUR NEW...

Todd Swift

For immediate release – September 05 2023 LEE CHILD to judge Black Spring Press Crime Book Prize The Black Spring Crime Series is delighted to announce that the inaugural judge...

JACK REACHER CREATOR LEE CHILD TO JUDGE OUR NEW...

Todd Swift

For immediate release – September 05 2023 LEE CHILD to judge Black Spring Press Crime Book Prize The Black Spring Crime Series is delighted to announce that the inaugural judge...

Furnace Creek a Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner!

Furnace Creek a Next Generation Indie Book Awar...

Todd Swift

Joseph Allen Boone’s novel, Furnace Creek, has received First Place for First Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, in the Long Novel category (90,000 words +) which claims the...

Furnace Creek a Next Generation Indie Book Awar...

Todd Swift

Joseph Allen Boone’s novel, Furnace Creek, has received First Place for First Fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, in the Long Novel category (90,000 words +) which claims the...