‘Overwhelming’ response to Hachette’s inaugural Richell Prize

21 August 2015 Books+Publishing

Hachette has received 975 entries for the inaugural Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, which it launched in May in partnership with the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) and the Guardian.Hachette’s head of publicity Anna Egelstaff told Books+Publishing that the number of entries was ‘about four times as many as expected’. ‘Needless to say we’re delighted...