Büro BDP and Babes Bar are delighted to announce for the second year running the Büro BDP Writing Prize, a prize dedicated to excellent new international writing that displays progressive and bold qualities in both form and content. Envisaged as a prize that takes its inspiration from the unique, cosmopolitan and open city of Berlin and its inhabitants the award will result in a book publication. The first prize in 2019 was awarded to Dani Arbid for his work ‘The Year of Things Lost’.

About

It is envisioned that this is a reward for the best contemporary (and for want of a better word) creative writing that isn’t afraid to be formally innovative, genre bending and which may point toward a 21st century supra-national tradition that is continually in the process of emerging. A familiarity with the BDP backlist may point toward the arena of literature and contemporary art in which the press is interested in producing.

The shortlist will be selected by the BDP team from which the jury shall choose a winner. The juries will judge these shortlisted entries anonymously.

Prize

1st Prize: 1000 euro cash prize

The winner will have an opportunity to publish a book with Broken Dimanche Press in 2021 and excerpts from the shortlisted entries will be collected together in a journal, which will be published at the time of the prize giving.

Entry

The prize is open to anyone who who is resident in the EU and Associated Agreement countries

Entries should take the form of:

• A writing sample of up to 3000 words

• A description of the overall book

• CV or biographical note with contact email

• Order Number as proof of payment of entry fee

Entry fee is 10 euros. This goes towards running costs of the prize and its viable continued existence in the future.

Email bdpwritingprize@gmail.com

Deadline: midnight May 31, 2020 

Timeline

The deadline is May 31, 2020 at midnight.

The shortlist will be announced on July 14.

The winner will be announced at a party at Babes Bar in Berlin at the end of August.

About The Supporter: Babes Bar

Babes Bar invites artists to create works, situations and performances across a variety of contexts: from dinners to karaoke to concerts. Since 2016 Babes Bar has hosted many events at venues including Agora, BQ Gallery, Berlinische Galerie, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Martin Gropius Bau.