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Freelance writers! Here's a thread of brilliant things – awards, prizes, and FREE MONEY – that you can apply for TODAY. 
If you're based in the south west, The Literature Works Annual Fund is open until November: https://literatureworks.org.uk/annual-fund/
Usually the British Journalism Awards is £££ to enter, but this year it's free for female freelancers, BAME writers, and journalists with a disability. Entries close on Wednesday. https://www.awards.pressgazette.co.uk/
The submissions window for the next issue of Extra Teeth also closes on Wednesday 30th September. Great things happen to writers published in this magazine. https://www.extrateeth.co.uk/submissions
You should apply for a work in progress grant with the Authors Society. The next deadline is months away, but there's a lot of information to gather and I've promised myself I'll apply every year for the last five years. Be smarter than me. https://societyofauthors.org/Grants/Grants-for-works-in-progress
Did you know that ALCS will pay you royalties for magazine and newspaper articles as well as books? The lifetime fee (£35) gets taken off your first payment, not upfront. Sign up and get your works listed. https://www.alcs.co.uk/
The Merky Books new writers prize is gonna be awesome. https://www.penguin.co.uk/campaigns/merky-new-writers-prize.html
The Women's Prize has teamed up with Curtis Brown to launch the New Discoveries programme. Here's the best part: you don't need to have finished your novel to enter. https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/womens-prize-discoveries-2020/
Scottish writers under the age of 25, you can enter the PPA's Scottish Magazine Awards Young Journalist of the Year category for FREE! I won an award in 2018 and I'm judging some of the categories this year. https://ppasma.co.uk/2020/en/page/categories
Last one: I'm judging my partner UnderPinned's writers' grant – there's a £500 prize for this one. Entries open on 1st October, hit me with your best shot. https://underpinned.co/magazine/2020/09/up-go-grant-for-writers/
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