The Bridget Jones Prize will go to the author of the funniest 1,000-word diary-style piece of writing.

Bridget Jones started life in The Independent – read her first column here - COMMENT: In February 1995 a new column appeared ...

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The Yorkshire-born author says that the 1,000 word competition is for people ‘just living their lives being quietly hilarious’ ...

Aimed at addressing uneven creative opportunities across the UK, the newly announced competition invites everyday writers to ...

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Helen Fielding announces Bridget Jones Prize for Northern Comedy Writing: ‘Writing opportunities are very uneven in UK’ - Are you a v. good comic writer? The author of ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ has laun ...

The Yorkshire-born author of Bridget Jones has opened a free-to-enter award for unpublished, un-agented northern writers, ...