Discoveries

From top left: Mirha Butt, Uduak-Abasi Ekong, Melissa Oliver-Powell, Jo O'Neill, Sithara Ranasinghe and Ruixi Zhang

Announcing the Discoveries Prize shortlist 2026

Curtis Brown Creative are proud to partner with the Women’s Prize Trust, the Curtis Brown literary agency and Audible to run Discoveries for a sixth year.

Discoveries

From top left: Mirha Butt, Jo Carroll, Mary E Clapp, Rebecca Cook, Uduak-Abasi Ekong, Aisling Flynn, Cleo Heywood, Jayaa Kaur, S.J. Ladds, Marija Maher-Diffenthal, Liz K. Linh Nguyễn, Jo O'Neill, Melissa Oliver-Powell, Sithara Ranasinghe, Halina Watts and Ruixi Zhang

30th Apr 2026

Announcing the Discoveries Prize longlist 2026

Discoveries

11th Dec 2025

How to craft a memorable opening line

Discoveries

How To ...

Novel-Writing

From left: Abby Parsons, Laura Barnett, Dorothy Koomson, Jess Molloy and Rosie Rowell

27th Nov 2025

Your Novel: How to Get Started

Discoveries

Writing Tips

Author Interviews

Literary Agent Advice

Nussaibah Younis, author of Fundamentally

28th Oct 2025

Nussaibah Younis: 'Never underestimate readers’ appetites for daring stories'

Discoveries

Author Interviews

Writing Tips

21st Oct 2025

Ciara Finan: 'I want to read about worlds and settings I haven’t seen before'

Discoveries

Literary Agent Advice

Writing Tips

Discoveries 2026 judges, from left: Nussaibah Younis, Ciara Finan, Kate Mosse, Dorothy Koomson and Anna Davis

14th Oct 2025

How to prepare your entry to Discoveries 2026

29th May 2025

Announcing the Discoveries Prize winner & scholar 2025

Discoveries

From top left: Muti'ah Badruddeen, Sophie Black, Ciara Corrigan, Shaiyra Devi, Jac Felipez, Anwen Kya Hayward, Maria Jackson, Reema Kausar Majid, Harriet Matthews, Beena Nadeem, Nosa Novia, Anna Kitty O'Connor, Rosie Rowell, Suman Sandhu, Gabrielle Sidlauskaite and Lauren Van Schaik

15th May 2025

Announcing the Discoveries Prize shortlist 2025

Discoveries

1st May 2025

Announcing the Discoveries Prize longlist 2025

Discoveries

5th Dec 2024

How to write a captivating opening line

Discoveries

Literary Agent Advice

Writing Tips

How To ...

Inspiring courses to suit your writing goal.
Trusted by 15,000+ writers. See all courses

I loved this course . . . the lessons on writing were amazing and thought-provoking.

Bonnie Garmus, Multi-million-copy bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

1. Start writing

Put your pen to paper

2. Develop your writing

Hone your craft

3. Edit & pitch

Get ready to submit to agents

Bestsellers

From first idea to final draft

Flagship

Make your story shine

New

Our membership programme

Discoveries

Announcing the Discoveries Prize shortlist 2026

30th Apr 2026

Announcing the Discoveries Prize longlist 2026

11th Dec 2025

How to craft a memorable opening line

27th Nov 2025

Your Novel: How to Get Started

28th Oct 2025

Nussaibah Younis: 'Never underestimate readers’ appetites for daring stories'

21st Oct 2025

Ciara Finan: 'I want to read about worlds and settings I haven’t seen before'

14th Oct 2025

How to prepare your entry to Discoveries 2026

29th May 2025

Announcing the Discoveries Prize winner & scholar 2025

15th May 2025

Announcing the Discoveries Prize shortlist 2025

1st May 2025

Announcing the Discoveries Prize longlist 2025

5th Dec 2024

How to write a captivating opening line