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Lewes FC is pleased to announce the third year of its annual writing competition – The Rooker Prize. Everyone has a novel in them, right? But does everyone have the time to write one? And what if, 100,000 words later, it isn’t any good? Where do you even start? This is where The Rooker Prize comes in...

The Rooker Prize is a competition designed to open up the possibility of writing a novel to everyone. Because all entrants need do is write the opening 250 words of a novel. That’s it. Just that.

Perhaps surprisingly, the competition is the brainchild of a football club. But not just any football club. Lewes FC became 100% fan-owned in 2010 and since then has forged a reputation for using football as an engine for social good. Having democratised football, the club, known as The Rooks, have decided to spread their wings and help to make novel-writing more accessible too.

The Rooker Prize...2024!