Kimberley Atkins is Publisher - Women’s Fiction, responsible for commissioning commercial women’s fiction for Hodder & Stoughton in London. She has worked in publishing for the last ten years in both
Writing Award Judges
A literary agent for 15 years, Yasmin set up her own publishing house, Three Hares Publishing in 2014. Yasmin strives to be at the cusp of change in a continuously evolving and fast-paced industry
Kate Barker has worked in book publishing for over 20 years as a literary agent, editor and ghostwriter. She set up her own agency in 2016 and represents a wide range of novelists and writers of non
Karen Williams is The Book Mentor at Librotas. She’s inspired hundreds of business authors to write a book that positions them as an expert and becomes a business building tool. She works with coaches
Lisa Lepki is a serious word nerd, ProWritingAid's Head of Marketing, and the Editor of the ProWritingAid Blog. With over 15 years’ experience in writing, marketing, PR, and producing, she secretly
Susan Mears from Susan Mears Literary & Film Agency will be judging our 2020 Writing Award. Susan studied English and French Literature at Southampton University and the Sorbonne University, Paris
Jonathan Telfer is editor of Writing Magazine and oversees Writers Online. He welcomes feedback on the magazines and website, letters, and article ideas. He also edits the tablet/smartphone Writer’s
Anish Chandy is the founder of Labyrinth Literary Agency, it is a full service agency based out of New Delhi. Anish was a Senior Commissioning Editor at Penguin Random House where he commissioned for
Louise Buckley is an Associate Agent at Zeno Agency. Prior to this she was an editor and has worked in publishing for over a decade. She is actively building her list of commercial and literary
