1. Website terms of use & other general terms
2. Refunds & other product-specific terms
3. Festival of Writing and Online Events
4. Festival of Writing Bursaries
5. Ultimate Novel Writing Course
6. Agent One-to-One Bursary
7. Mentoring
8. PWA Courses
9. Community
10. Black Friday Offer 2023
11. Pitch Jericho Competition 2024

WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

About Us

Jericho Writers is the trading name of Jericho Writers Limited, company number 12408774, and registered at Palladium House, 1-4 Argyll Street, London, United Kingdom, W1F 7LD. Our office address is: 167-169 Great Portland street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF, United Kingdom. Our VAT registration is GB344349592.

These terms outline our website terms of use and our more general terms and conditions (including refund policy). For any customer-related enquiries, it may be easier to contact our Writer Support team via info@jerichowriters.com.

Acceptance of these terms

Please read these terms and conditions carefully: if you do not agree to the following terms and conditions for use of this website, please leave this website immediately.

The use of these World Wide Web pages of Jericho Writers (referred to as “we” / “our” / “us”) is subject to the terms and conditions set out below.

As a user of this website (referred to as “you” / “your”), your use will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

CHANGES

These Website Terms of Use contain the entire understanding between you and us in relation to your use of our website and its content. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to modify, alter or otherwise update these terms and conditions and/or our web pages at any time without notifying you and you agree to be bound by any such modifications. You should check this website from time to time to review the then current version of these Website Terms of Use.

PRIVACY

For information about how we process your personal data, please read our privacy statement.

PERMITTED USE OF THIS WEBSITE

The copyright in material on these web pages and the database right in this website is either owned by or licensed to us and is protected by the laws of the United Kingdom, international treaties and all other applicable intellectual property laws.

You are permitted to retrieve and display content from this website on the device from which you initially accessed or downloaded it and you may print a single copy of individual pages, solely for your personal non-commercial use.

RESTRICTION OF USE OUR RIGHTS

Any unauthorised downloading, retransmission, or other copying or modification of any of the contents of any of these web pages may be in breach of statutory or common law rights which could be the subject of legal action.

REPUBLISHING

You may not republish any of the content of this website in any manner without our prior written consent.

EDITING:

You may not:

• Remove any news source identification, copyright notices, trademark notices, or other notices or proprietary restrictions from any of the material or information contained in these web pages.
• Use any graphics from this website separately from accompanying text.
• Modify documents or related graphics on this website (or reproductions in other media of such documents or related graphics) in any way.

E-MAIL

You agree not to send unsolicited e-mails for the purposes of advertising or market research to the e-mail addresses provided on this website.

TRADEMARKS & THIRD-PARTY TRADEMARKS

All other company and product names together with all other third-party devices, logos, icons, graphics or designs as may be referred to on the pages of this website from time to time, are the trademarks of their respective owners and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be for the benefit of such trademark owners: we intend no infringement of such trademarks.

NO ENDORSEMENT

The appearance or absence of products, services, companies, organisations, or other such content on this website does not imply any endorsement by us.

LIABILITY WARNING

This section contains provisions which restrict the extent to which we are liable to you for any loss you may suffer in connection with your use of this website.

By using this website, you agree that you will be liable for any loss we (or people connected with us) suffer as a result of breach of these Website Terms of Use by you or by certain people connected with you.

Please read the following section carefully and if you do not agree to these conditions, please leave this website immediately.

CONTENT

The information, materials and functions contained in this website (including text, graphics, links or other items) are provided on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind and may be out of date or may otherwise contain errors or omissions. The information is for general purposes and guidance only and does not purport to constitute professional advice.

If you contact us to give us feedback or testimonial-type comment on a product or service that we have offered, you agree that we may use that comment (without identifying you beyond Firstname and Surname Initial, eg: “Sam B”) in our promotional material. If you do not wish us to do this, please say so when you make your comment.

HYPERLINKS

The provision by us of a link to another website does not constitute authorisation to access that location, nor evidence of our endorsement of those materials.

OUR LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all other liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to you or to a third party in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of this website, any websites linked to this website or the material on such websites.

For the avoidance of doubt, this exclusion of liability extends to (but is not limited to) loss or damage due to:

• Errors or omissions from information, materials or functions in or of this website (or any websites linked to this website).
• Business interruption resulting from the use or inaccessibility of this website (or any websites linked to this website).
• Collaboration with any third-party as a result of using our website (we will not in any way be construed as a party to such collaboration, nor shall we be liable in any way for the dealings you may have with that third-party).
• Viruses, worms, trojans or other hostile computer programs that may infect your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing this website or your downloading of any material from this website (or any websites linked to this website).
• Computer failure resulting for any reason from the use of this website (or any websites linked to this website).
• Breach of any conditions implied by law (including without limitation any conditions of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill) which but for these Website Terms of Use might have effect in relation to this website.

YOUR LIABILITY

You agree that you shall be liable for any foreseeable and reasonable costs incurred by us in respect of any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims (including reasonable legal fees incurred in defending any action or otherwise) sustained or incurred by us, our agents, suppliers, customers, officers, or employees, and arising as a direct result of breach by you of these Website Terms of Use.

GENERAL HEADINGS

The headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of these Website Terms of Use.

INTERPRETATION

In these Website Terms of Use, unless the context otherwise requires:

• The singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
• References to persons shall include bodies corporate, unincorporated associations and partnerships.
• Words importing the whole shall be treated as including a reference to any part thereof.

WAIVER

Any waiver by either you or us of a breach of any provision of these Website Terms of Use shall not be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision of these Website Terms of Use.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

You and we are, with respect to one another, independent parties. Nothing in these Website Terms of Use is intended to nor shall create any partnership, joint venture or agency.

TRANSFER OF RIGHTS / OBLIGATIONS

We shall be entitled to transfer, sub-licence and/or assign any of our rights and/or obligations under these Website Terms of Use. This will not affect your rights under these Website Terms of Use.

You may not transfer, sub-licence or assign any of your rights or obligations under these Website Terms of Use without our written consent.

SEVERABILITY

Every provision of these Website Terms of Use shall be construed separately, applying and surviving even if for any reason any of these provisions is held inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances.

LAW & JURISDICTION

These Website Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with United Kingdom law and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United Kingdom courts. You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the country from which you access our website.

CONTACT

If you have any queries about these Website Terms of Use, or any other aspect of our website, or you have any comments or complaints, you can contact us using this form on our Contact Us page

REFUNDS & PRODUCT-SPECIFIC TERMS

Without prejudice to your statutory rights, refunds are issued in accordance with the following policy (and, in the case of doubt or ambiguity, according to our judgement and sole discretion):

TUTORED COURSES

If a customer wishes to be refunded on a short tutored course (that is, any course less than 12 weeks in duration), they are entitled to a refund up to 14 days before the course starts, but note that an administration fee of £75 will be charged. After the 14-day cutoff, no refund is possible. To avoid loss, we strongly advise customers to ensure they are able to take the course on the dates advertised, and that they are comfortable undertaking this online. Should a customer wish to transfer their place to the next scheduled course, this is only possible if places remain, and a £75 administration fee will be charged. No changes will be possible once a course has started.

£100 Deposit

The £100 deposit can be applied to lump sum or monthly instalment payments. The £100 deposit is fully refundable if for any reason you are unable to take up your place (provided you haven’t completed the full payment, otherwise the normal refund terms apply).

To secure your place on the course, you will need to complete payment at least 30 days before the course starts. Please see the terms above relating to refunds for full course payments.

MENTORING SERVICE

When a customer applies for our mentoring service, they are under no obligation to proceed to payment.

You may request a refund up to 14 days before the first scheduled mentoring session takes place. The refund will be issued, minus a £75 transaction fee. To cancel an order, send your request to courses@jerichowriters.com. Once the 14 day window has transpired, no refund will be possible.

Once you have scheduled sessions with your mentor, these are considered set appointments. If you want to reschedule a session, you must give your mentor at least 24 hours advance notice. Any missed sessions or cancelled sessions with less than 24 hours advance notice will be forfeited.

In the highly unlikely event that you are unhappy with your mentor or the feedback you are receiving, please contact Jericho Writers directly and we will do our best to resolve the situation. Any requests to transfer to a different mentor will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and it will not be possible to get a refund for any hours already used.

If a customer wishes to be transfer the funds for any remaining mentoring hours to another service, such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis and, in all cases, an administration fee of £75 will be charged.

To avoid loss, we strongly advise customers to ensure they are committed to the mentoring sessions and have sufficient time to dedicate to these.

We expect all out clients to behave in a professional manner, and we reserve the right to stop working with a client should they behave in an offensive manner to out staff. In this instance, no refund will be possible.

PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP

Flex Premium Membership to Jericho Writers can be cancelled at any time, but cannot be refunded. An annual Premium Membership (both paid upfront or in twelve monthly instalments) can only be cancelled at the end of the twelve-month period. No refunds will be provided. Requests for partial refunds will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and for annual membership payments only, but there is no automatic right to any refund. If you have joined the Premium Membership plan through Black Friday, please see those terms and conditions, here.

The content of the membership package may change at any time and there is no guarantee that a service or piece of content that is currently available will remain available at any future date. When live events (such as webinars) are scheduled, we will seek to run that event as planned but may need to cancel, alter the presenter, or otherwise revise the content.

Advice given as part of the membership service is given in good faith, but may not take account of your exact needs or circumstances. We accept no liability whatsoever for harms you may suffer by relying upon our advice. In the end, you must use your judgement to decide what is best for you.

The data provided via AgentMatch is compiled in good faith from publicly available sources. That material is regularly reviewed and updated. If users notify us of errors or pages that have become out of date, we will make our best efforts to update and correct those pages promptly. Nevertheless, users should not rely on AgentMatch alone and should always verify its data using agents’ own websites and other trustworthy sources.

EDITORIAL ASSESSMENTS

Editorial assessments can typically not be refunded at any point, because we will start work as soon as payment has been made. Should a refund be agreed, we reserve the right to retain a £50 admin fee. Clients need to be aware that editorial advice is just that – advice – and you may well disagree with some or all of the advice given. Our primary commitment here is that any editorial advice given is given in good faith by a suitably experienced and committed editor. Naturally, we can make no guarantee that the editorial suggestions offered will improve the manuscript and we certainly cannot promise that, if you follow our suggestions, your book will necessarily be of publishable quality. Other things to consider:

• We reserve the right to return your work and payment to you should we fail to find a suitable editor. In these exceptional circumstances, a full refund will be issued.
• We aim to provide an assessment within 4-6 weeks but cannot guarantee this
• Your work will always be treated in the strictest confidence.
• The copyright of your work is automatically yours and remains yours at all times.
• Recommendations to agents will only be made after an assessment if both the editor and the writers support team deem your work to be potentially marketable.
• In the event that we wish to forward your work to agent or publishers on your behalf, we will never do so without seeking your permission first.
• Whilst we realise that receiving feedback is a sensitive process, we expect authors to behave in a professional manner and reserve the right to stop corresponding with you should your manner be offensive to our staff.
• Whilst we accept that writing deals with subject matter of all kinds, our editors reserve the right not to work on projects that they deem it to be excessively and unacceptably offensive

The term “editorial assessments” includes manuscript assessment, developmental editing, opening section assessments, agent submission pack reviews, or any other service with editorial feedback at its heart.

COPYEDITING

Coyediting assignments (including line-editing and proof-reading) are also non-refundable, as we start work immediately. While we do promise to use experienced copyeditors who will work diligently and in good faith on your manuscript, please note that one single round of copyediting is not likely to remove all errors from a manuscript. Books produced by large publishers will typically be professionally copyedited, and proofread, and checked through at least once and probably twice by both editor and author. Even so errors creep through. So while our copyediting is excellent, clients need to have a realistic view of what will be accomplished. Final responsibility for the manuscript, including outright errors as well as faults of style etc, remain always with the author. It is your duty to notify us of any specific instructions you would like the editor to follow.

ONE-DAY EVENTS

Refunds for one-day events, evening masterclasses and the like, will be issued, subject to a £50 admin charge, up to 14 days before the event. After that time, no refunds can be issued as we will have confirmed numbers to the venue and may not be able to resell your ticket.

AGENT ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS

The following terms relate to our Agent One-to-One service, more details can be found here.

OUTCOMES

Your selected agent will:

• Provide support that effectively and accurately fills the time solicited by the customer in their 15-minute session. Sessions will be provided over the phone unless agreed otherwise by the agent, customer and Jericho Writers.
• Give honest and constructive advice, informed by their own experience as an agent, knowledge of writing/editing, and navigating the publishing industry.
• Take a professional approach when addressing customers’ needs and ensure they respond to customer questions in a helpful and constructive manner.
• Provide the customer with feedback on their query letter, synopsis, and opening pages.

While we have close connections with our participating agents, we take no responsibility for the feedback provided during your one-to-one session.  They represent their own interests and that of their agency.

Customers need to be aware that advice is just that – advice – and you may disagree with some or all of the advice given.

Our primary commitment here is that any advice given is given in good faith by a suitably committed agent.

We can make no guarantee that the suggestions offered by one agent will necessarily lead to a publishing deal with another agent. Nor do we make any promises that your one-to-one session will lead directly to publication.

OWNERSHIP 

All feedback generated by the agent shall belong to the agent. However, the agent shall respect the customer’s entitlement to privacy.

All brand and other marketing materials (including written materials, designs, images, names and so forth) shall belong to us. Any material provided as part of our existing platform (e.g., Jericho Writers membership materials) shall remain the property of Jericho Writers.

All manuscripts and other material written by customers belong to them. Even if parts of that work have already been published (for example) as part of a peer-to-peer feedback on a platform provided by Jericho Writers, we shall have no claim over that work. Likewise, if a piece of student’s work embeds or otherwise makes use of an agent’s feedback commentary, the resultant piece of work shall belong to the student alone.

An agent may request to see a full manuscript from the customer, it is at the customer’s discretion if they choose to share the full work with the agent.

AGENT AVAILABILITY 

After purchasing their one-to-one product, the customer may book their session with an available agent at their discretion.

There is no time limit to when a purchased one-to-one session must be used. However, Jericho Writers cannot guarantee any preferred agents’ availability.

Sessions are operated on a first-come-first-served basis, we do not keep a waiting list. All times listed on the booking page are given in 24-hour UK time (GMT/BST, UTC+0/+1).

If the customer would like to change agents, requests must be made two weeks in advance of their booked session by emailing 121@jerichowriters.com.  

Jericho Writers cannot guarantee agent availability and will deal with these specific instances case-by-case.  

REFUNDS 

Purchases can be refunded no later than two weeks before the agreed session date. After this time, a refund will not be available.

If requested by the customer, we will attempt to reschedule the session, however this is dependent on agent availability. If we are within the two-week period and we are not able to rearrange the session, a refund will not be processed.

In the event the agent or Jericho Writers is forced to cancel a session, we will attempt to reschedule the session at a time convenient to both the agent and the customer. If that is not possible, then we will provide the customer with an alternative agent session or a refund.

COMPLAINTS PROCESS 

If the customer believes their Agent One-to-One session did not meet the requirements laid out in the Terms & Conditions (above) they have one week to file a complaint from the date of their session. Otherwise, we will assume that all sessions ran as scheduled and as expected. Complaints can be emailed to 121@jerichowriters.com.

Any complaints submitted after the one-week period will not be considered. 

Each complaint will be investigated on a case-by-case basis. Jericho Writers may request information from all parties and reserve the right to share feedback/complaint information with individuals involved.  

All decisions are final and are not subject to appeal. 

FAQS 

Frequently Asked Questions and a guide to troubleshooting is available. 

Alongside their booking confirmation email, customers will receive an author information pack with advice on how to prepare for their one-to-one session. 

OTHER SERVICES

Refund information and other terms relating to the physical Festival of Writing are set out lower down this page.

Refund information and other terms relating to the Ultimate Novel Writing Course are set out lower down this page.

FESTIVAL OF WRITING TERMS & CONDITIONS

BOOKINGS

Please ensure you are able to attend before booking this event. Bookings are offered on a first come, first served basis.

Unpaid bookings may be treated as a cancellation. If we do not receive your payment within 2 working days of your booking, we will cancel your ticket and one-to-ones.

If you need to cancel your booking, please notify us immediately.

Refunds are made on the following basis:

• Up to 12 weeks prior to the event – full refund, but subject to a £75 admin fee
• Less than 12 weeks prior to the event – no refund possible.

We will always endeavor to treat emergency cancellations with consideration and will review individual cases.

PAYMENT PLANS

The Pay In 2 payment plans are only available until 29 May 2024. If your final payment is not complete by 16:00 BST on 28 June 2024, your ticket will be deemed invalid and you will not be admitted to the festival. Refund Ts & Cs still apply:

• Up to 12 weeks prior to the event – should your final payment not be completed, you will be eligible to request a full refund of your first payment subject to a £75 admin fee
• Less than 12 weeks prior to the event – no refund possible.

TRAVEL INSURANCE

We cannot reimburse travel costs or other losses incurred in the event of cancellation by us or you. You are advised to take out travel insurance to cover potential loss arising from cancellation or any other eventuality affecting your booking, that includes coverage for Festival ticket costs and travel costs. You should ensure that any policy you take meets your needs

Our liability to you in all cases is limited to the Festival Ticket you have booked.

CHANGES

We reserve the right to make changes to the advertised programme and tutors. As we plan The Festival of Writing programme in advance, changes may occur to some courses, and occasionally book doctors, workshop leaders, agents and publishers are unavailable. We always endeavour to replace them with someone of similar expertise, but may not always succeed in so doing. Where one-to-one sessions are cancelled or changed, we will make best efforts to notify you promptly and make alternative arrangements.

CONDUCT

Jericho Writers is committed to providing a supportive and welcoming environment that depends on tolerance and understanding of all participants.

We ask that delegates treat each other, agents, publishers, book doctors, workshop leaders, and Jericho Writers representatives with consideration and respect.

We reserve the right to refuse entry or exclude from The Festival of Writing any delegate who behaves in a disruptive, disrespectful manner, or engages in discriminatory or illegal conduct. No refund will be given if exclusion is made for these reasons. Our judgement on the matter will be final.

PETS

Please note that, with the exception of guide dogs, pets are not permitted anywhere at The Festival of Writing.

YOUR AGE

The Festival of Writing is only open to people aged 18 and over.

PRIVACY

Please see our Privacy policy for details – but in essence, we’ll store and process your details as needed to manage your participation in the event. We will never sell or otherwise give away those details to a third-party.

LOSS

Jericho Writers cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage or expense sustained by delegates as a result of an event or circumstance whether arising from natural cause, human agency, or beyond its control otherwise.

ACCESS

If you have specific needs around access and participation, it is important that you advise Jericho Writers at the time of booking so that we can ensure adequate and appropriate help. If you require a carer to accompany you, please contact the office and we can discuss how we can help.

PARKING

There is on-street parking available outside Leonardo Royal London Tower Bridge (parking meter charges apply). The nearest car park is the Minories car park located on 1 Shorter street, which has 401 car park spaces. Please telephone 020 7481 3153 for details of current parking charges, or visit http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/ for more parking locations.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMING

By agreeing to the terms and conditions, you are agreeing to be photographed or filmed. Delegates will be asked to wear a red lanyard if they do not wish to appear in photos or film and we will make every effort possible to accommodate this. However, we cannot guarantee that anyone will not be featured. We reserve the right to film part of or all of any workshops and make these available to our website users, or to use for promotional purposes. Photographs may be taken for promotional purposes.

FEEDBACK

Jericho Writers are committed to providing a wonderful experience for all attendees of The Festival of Writing. After the event, we will give you the opportunity to provide feedback on an evaluation form/survey/questionnaire.

It is always lovely to hear what we did right, but if you feel that we did not meet your expectations we want to know that as well.

Often things can be resolved quickly and simply. So, do find one of the team during the event and let us know about your problem. We will want to help and sort it out. If you feel this is not sufficient, you may wish to make a formal complaint. Note that all complaints should be made in writing, within ten working days of the close of The Festival of Writing

ONE-TO-ONES

All work for one-to-ones must be submitted in the requested format and by the deadline date. Once you have submitted your work, we are not able to accept further versions. Work received after the deadline may not be reviewed by your Agent or Book Doctor prior to the event. It is advisable to bring several copies of your work along with you.

If you miss your slot we will not be able to rearrange for you.

The timing of your one-to-one is strictly enforced. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time. If you arrive late you will not be allowed to over-run.

All one-to-one sessions run concurrently with the programme, so it is perfectly acceptable to leave a workshop or seminar to attend your one-to-one session, and re-join the workshop later.

Do note that the agents and book doctors are providing advice: constructive feedback on your work to help you develop and refine it. But advice is simply that. You may or may not like or agree with those comments. Other agents or book doctors might or might not provide similar feedback and, in the end, it is your judgement about what comments to rely on as you revise your draft text. Please also note that Jericho Writers does not employ the agents or book doctors directly and, while we make great efforts to invite only those people who we think will contribute professionally and usefully to the event, we cannot make any guarantees as to the quality or professionalism of their services.

If you do feel downhearted or upset by anything, please do talk to a member of the team. Most of us are writers ourselves, and we’ll help any way we can.

ONLINE EVENTS

We schedule webinars in good faith, but cannot guarantee that a given speaker will be able to attend. Where possible we will find suitable replacements, but in some cases we may be obliged to cancel altogether.

We reserve the right to remove you from the chat during our webinars if your behavior is detrimental to the event, abusive to our staff or speakers or causes offence.

We make great efforts to ensure that our events proceed without technical glitches or interruptions in communications, but we cannot guarantee this. Most communications problems lie at the user’s end; we recommend connecting your device directly to the router via ethernet cable, as this solves most problems.

We reserve the right not to upload a webinar for replay if the speaker withdraws consent, or for any other reason.

Speakers may refer to third-party resources or websites, but of course such references do not imply endorsement by Jericho Writers. All use of such resources is at the user’s risk and reliant, always, on the user’s own judgement of their own individual requirements.

We use webinar technology with an embedded chat function, but we cannot guarantee that this function will work, either in general or for you specifically. We are not able to answer your technical questions about the operation of this software (which ought to be intuitive and easy).

We cannot guarantee that any questions you may pose on the chat will be answered, or that your work will be chosen for live critique.

All statements made at our events are advisory only, and intended as general guidance. We do not know the details of your circumstances and accept no liability whatsoever in the event that such advice is not beneficial to you.

THE LONDON FESTIVAL OF WRITING 2024 BURSARY TERMS & CONDITIONS

The following terms relate to the Marve Michael Anson Bursary and The Jericho Writers Bursary offered here. 

These Terms & Conditions are in addition to the Festival of Writing Terms and Conditions, available here

INTRODUCTION

By applying for one or both bursaries you are agreeing to these terms and conditions. The bursary is being offered by Jericho Writers, with thanks to author Marve Michael Anson for her kind donations. Please see below for eligibility criteria for each bursary. 

THE MARVE MICHAEL ANSON BURSARY

Author and festival speaker, Marve Michael Anson has kindly covered the cost of a Sunday Festival Ticket plus one year’s Jericho Writers Premium Membership for one individual.  

This bursary is available for Black writers only.  

The bursary covers: 

• x1 London Festival of Writing Sunday ticket (including x1 agent or book doctor one-to-one, a range of workshops, and buffet lunch); 
• One-year’s Premium Membership to Jericho Writers. 

Please note, the bursary does not cover accommodation or travel expenses to and from the London Festival of Writing 2024. Nor will expenses be covered by Jericho Writers or Marve Michael Anson. 

For more information on the London Festival of Writing please click here.

ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MARVE MICHAEL ANSON BURSARY 

• This bursary opportunity is open to Black writers. 
• The deadline for entry is 23.59 GMT on 1 May 2024. Late entries will not be considered. 
• You may only apply for this bursary once.  
• You may also apply for The Jericho Writers Bursary if you also meet that eligibility criteria. 

All entries must:  

• Meet the individual bursary eligibility criteria. 
• If the information provided in the bursary application proves to be misleading or intentionally false, Jericho Writers reserves the right to retract the bursary offer and reallocate it to an eligible bursary applicant. 

THE JERICHO WRITERS BURSARY 

Jericho Writers are happy to offer two fully funded weekend tickets for the London Festival of Writing 2024.  

This bursary is open to low-income writers. 

Each bursary full-weekend London Festival of Writing ticket covers: 

• A full weekend pass; 
• x2 agent or book doctor one-to-one; 
• A range of workshops across the weekend; 
• Entry to the Friday Night Live (but on a Saturday) competition; 
• Saturday Gala dinner; 
• And a buffet lunch provided both Saturday and Sunday. 

Please note, the bursary does not cover accommodation or travel expenses to and from the London Festival of Writing 2024. Nor will expenses be covered by Jericho Writers. 

For more information on the London Festival of Writing please click here.

ELIGIBILITY FOR THE JERICHO WRITERS BURSARY 

• This bursary opportunity is open to low-income writers. 
• The deadline for entry is 23.59 GMT on 1 May 2024. Late entries will not be considered. 
• You may only apply for this bursary once.  
• You may also apply for The Marve Michael Anson Bursary if you also meet that eligibility criteria. 

All entries must:  

• Meet the individual bursary eligibility criteria. 
• If the information provided in the bursary application proves to be misleading or intentionally false, Jericho Writers reserves the right to retract the bursary offer and reallocate it to an eligible bursary applicant. 

THE LONDON FESTIVAL OF WRITING 2024 BURSARY TICKETS

The London Festival of Writing 2024 will be held on for Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2024. For more information on the London Festival of Writing please click here  

The London Festival of Writing Bursary tickets are non-transferable and non-exchangeable, and no cash alternatives will be provided. 

DECISIONS 

Successful applicants will be contacted on 15 May 2024. Jericho Writers will make two attempts to contact successful applicants via email with information of how to claim their bursary. 

Jericho Writers’ decision on any aspect of the bursary is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into about it. 

If a successful applicant does not respond to the emails informing them how to claim their bursary within 5 working days of the second email, they forfeit their right to the bursary, and Jericho Writers reserves the right to transfer the session to another eligible bursary applicant. 

DATA PROTECTION AND PUBLICITY 

You agree that any personal information that you provide when entering the bursary will be used by Jericho Writers for the purposes of administering the bursary and for the other purposes as specified in our Privacy Policy. 

All entrants may address questions about the bursary to events@jerichowriters.com. 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

Jericho Writers accepts no liability for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by any entrants as a result of participating in the bursary. All other Festival of Writing Terms and Conditions apply. 

GENERAL 

Jericho Writers reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to cancel the bursary or amend these terms and conditions. 

COMMUNITY

ABOUT

The Jericho Writers Community (also known as ‘Townhouse’) has been created and is operated by Jericho Writers. Our community is free to use and participation is open to all serious writers.

COPYRIGHT

Your content: If you have created a piece of content, you may copy, retrieve, or delete it at any point. While it is on this site, you agree that we will display it according to the ordinary rules of this site. We cannot however guarantee that your work will be safe from deletion or loss, so you should make absolutely sure you have a safe backup for anything you want to keep.

Other people’s content: If other people have created and uploaded content, please ask them before making copies. The copyright is theirs, not yours.

Our content: You are welcome to make use of any material we have generated so long as that is for your own personal and non-commercial use. (Support of your general writing career doesn’t count as “commercial” for these purposes.)

In all cases where you have not created the content, please be aware that the material on this site is protected by copyright law in the United Kingdom and by applicable law and international treaties in most other jurisdictions too.

WITHDRAWAL OF SERVICE

You are granted free use of the Community in exchange for a validated email address and the agreement of the full terms of use of this platform. You may no longer use the forum if we contact you directly to say that you may not. We do not have to give a reason for any such refusal of service.

YOUR BEHAVIOUR

You may not break the law using this Community. You may not seek to use another’s account without their specific permission. You may not buy, sell, or otherwise trade in usernames or other unique identifiers.

You may not send advertisements, chain letters, or other solicitations through the Community, or use the forum to gather addresses or other personal data for commercial mailing lists or databases. You may not use the Community to send e-mail to distribution lists, newsgroups, or group mail aliases.

You may not falsely imply that you’re affiliated with or endorsed by Jericho Writers, or remove any marks showing proprietary ownership from materials you download from the Community.

You may not disable, avoid, or circumvent any security or access restrictions of the Community.

You may not strain infrastructure of the Community with an unreasonable volume of requests, or requests designed to impose an unreasonable load on information systems underlying the Community.

You may not impersonate others.

You may not encourage or help anyone in violation of these terms.

YOUR CONTENT

You may not submit content to the forum that is illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful to others. This includes content that is harassing, inappropriate, or abusive.

You may not submit content to the forum that violates the law, infringes anyone’s intellectual property rights, violates anyone’s privacy, or breaches agreements you have with others.

You may not submit content to the forum containing malicious computer code, such as computer viruses or spyware.

You may not submit content to the forum as a mere placeholder, to hold a particular address, user name, or other unique identifier.

You may not use the forum to disclose information that you don’t have the right to disclose, like others’ confidential or personal information.

Jericho Writers is not responsible for any content of this kind on the Community, but may investigate violations of these terms and assist in any criminal or civil investigation or prosecution.

We reserve the right to change, redact, and delete content on the community for any reason and without notice. You accept that we have no responsibility for any offence, harm or other loss that you may occur as a result of reading or seeing user-generated content on our Community. You understand that we have no responsibility for statements made by other users on the Community and you will use your own judgement in relation to any advice or suggestions contained in those statements.

SUPPORT

The Community is a free platform offered by Jericho Writers and the underlying software is provided by a third-party vendor, over whom we have no control. We have no ability to alter the underlying software powering the site. We are therefore not able to offer users any support with the use of this Community platform, including technical assistance, and we cannot be held responsible for any software errors, or other unexpected consequences of the software.

Users who require assistance for writing-related issues can contact Jericho Writers using the form on our Contact Us page

YOUR USE OF THE COMMUNITY

You must create and log into an account to use some features of the forum.

To create an account, you must provide some information about yourself. If you create an account, you agree to provide, a valid email address, and to keep that address up-to-date, as well as a username and password. You may close your account at any time using the tools provided

You agree to be responsible for all action taken using your account, whether authorised by you or not.

The company may restrict, suspend, or close your account according to its policy for handling copyright-related takedown requests.

Breaching any of these rules may result in a warning, temporary removal or permanent removal from the community and any future iterations of the community.

YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

We will never sell or share your personal details with any third party without your express permission.

The contact details with which you join the community will be used to send you Jericho Writers newsletters and other communication. You can opt out of receiving these at any time.

DISCLAIMER

You accept all risk of using the Community and content on the Community. As far as the law allows, Jericho Writers and its suppliers provide the Community as is, without any warranty whatsoever.

Neither Jericho Writers nor its suppliers will be liable to you for breach-of-contract damages their personnel could not have reasonably foreseen when you agreed to these terms.

As far as the law allows, the total liability to you for claims of any kind that are related to the forum or content on the forum will be limited to £50.

PRIZE DRAWS AND COMPETITIONS

 The following rules apply to all draws and competitions held via the Community:

• Unless stated otherwise, all prize draws and competitions are open to worldwide entrants aged 18 or over. 
• Jericho Writers is not responsible for any prizes lost or damaged during delivery.
• Where the original advertised prize is not available, an alternative will be provided.
• If address or contact confirmation is required from the winner, this must be provided to Jericho Writers within 28 days of us contacting you about your win. If not, another winner will be chosen.
• In the case of surveys, all entrants who provide an email address will be entered into a draw to win the prize or prizes. Entrants will be chosen at random.
• In the case of a ‘talent’ competition (including but not limited to writing competitions and pitching competitions) the judge or judges’ decision is final.

BLACK FRIDAY OFFER 2023

These Terms and Conditions apply to the Jericho Writers Black Friday promotions:

• This Jericho Writers Black Friday promotional offer will run from Wednesday 1 November 2023 (09:00GMT) – Thursday 30 November 2023 (23:59 GMT).

• The promotional offer is only available on jerichowriters.com

• The promotion offers 30% off an Annual Premium Membership with Jericho Writers, valid from the date of purchase.

• The promotional offer can be redeemed by purchasing an Annual Premium Membership from jerichowriters.com where the coupon code BLACKPASS will be automatically applied at checkout.

• The Black Friday promotion cannot be purchased as a gift/on behalf of someone else.

• If the customer has an active Flex Premium Membership, they may redeem the 30% off promotional offer on Annual Premium Membership, but the existing Flex Premium Membership will still run and will have to be cancelled by the client manually.

• Annual Premium Memberships will automatically renew. If the customer wishes to join for 12 months only, they must cancel their subscription manually within 12 months of the date of purchase.

• The lifetime 30% discount will be lost if the customer cancels their membership.

• The minimum term for an Annual Premium Membership is 12-months – whether paying up-front for the year or in monthly instalments.
• If an Annual Premium Membership is cancelled during the 12-month period, no refund will be issued for that period.

PITCH JERICHO COMPETITION 2024

These Terms and Conditions apply to the Jericho Writers Pitch Jericho competition 2024.

Introduction

By participating in the competition you are agreeing to these competition terms and conditions. The competition is being run by Jericho Writers.

Eligibility to Enter

• Entry is open to all Premium Members of Jericho Writers or those who have purchased an entry. If your Premium Membership expires during the competition period you must either renew your membership or purchase an entry to remain eligible.
• We encourage everyone to enter the Pitch Jericho Competition, no matter your background or where you are in the world. However, if you have already have an agent or are traditionally published at the time of entry, we ask that you leave this opportunity for those who could most benefit from it. 
• The deadline for entry is 4:00pm BST on Monday 29 April, 2024. Late entries will not be considered.
• You may only enter the competition once, so choose the project you feel has the strongest elevator pitch.
• We will only consider entries submitted using the form on the Pitch Jericho page between 8 and 29 April 2024. Entries submitted through other channels will not be considered.
• Entry is open to all Premium Members of Jericho Writers or those who have purchased an entry. If your Premium Membership expires during the competition period you must either renew your membership or purchase an entry to remain eligible.
• The shortlist of fifteen writers will be announced on 27 May, 2024 and contacted directly on the same day.
• You must be available to attend the Pitch Jericho live online event on 31 May, 2024, at 7:00pm BST and willing to appear on screen with us should you be shortlisted.
• The longlist will be announced during the live online event on 31 May, 2024.
• The winner must claim their prize(s) within one year.

All entries must:

• Be your own unpublished work. 
• Be one single sentence and contain no more than 50 words. 
• Not contain your name within the ‘Your Pitch’ field of the entry form as judging is done blindly.

The Prize

The overall winner, chosen via audience poll during the online live finale event on 31 May 2024, will receive:

• 1 x Agent Submission Pack Review
• 1 x Agent One-to-One

The prize is non-transferable and non-exchangeable, and no cash alternatives will be provided.

We reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond our control require doing so.

Jericho Writers’ decision on any aspect of the competition is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into about it.

Winner Announcement

The winner will be chosen via audience poll during the live finale event on 31 May, 2024.

Following the finale event, Jericho Writers will make two attempts to contact the winner with information of how to claim their prize, via email.

If the winner does not respond to the emails informing them how to claim their prize package within 14 days of the second email, they forfeit their right to the prize, and Jericho Writers reserves the right to select and notify a new winner.

Delivery of the Prize

The winner will allow 14 days for the prize to be delivered, otherwise alternative collection or delivery arrangements can be made through mutual agreement. Please note that the Agent Submission Pack Review and the Agent One-to-One must be claimed by 31 May, 2025.

Pitch Jericho Sponsored Entry

The following terms relate to the Pitch Jericho Sponsored Entry offered here.

INTRODUCTION

By applying for this sponsored entry you are agreeing to these terms and conditions. The sponsored entry is being offered by Jericho Writers, with thanks to Vikki Patis for her kind donation of one sponsored Pitch Jericho entry for under-represented writers.

ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY

• To apply for the sponsored entry, you must:
• Be able to submit your elevator pitch by the Pitch Jericho competition closing date on Monday 29 April 2024. 
• Whilst you don’t need to have finished your book to apply for this opportunity. The competition will see fifteen shortlisted writers read their pitch in front of literary agents. Ideally, if an agent requested the writer’s submission (or full manuscript), the writer would have a manuscript that is ready to submit.
• Not be represented by a literary agent or have been previously traditionally published. We want to help those who haven’t already taken a step on the publishing ladder.
• Not be a Jericho Writers Premium Member. All our Premium Members are entitled to one free Pitch Jericho entry as part of their membership.
• Be an under-represented writer. We describe an under-represented writer as having one of more of the following: having a low household income, being black, Asian or from a minority group, being disabled, being a primary carer, being an ex-offender and/or other.
• The deadline for entry is midnight BST on Thursday 18th April, 2024. Late entries will not be considered.
• You may only apply for this sponsored entry once.
• All applications must be completed using the form on the Pitch Jericho Sponsored Entry page before the deadline at midnight BST on Thursday 18th April. Applications made through other channels, or made after the deadline, will not be considered.

FIRST 500 COMPETITION 2024

These Terms and Conditions apply to the Jericho Writers First 500 competition 2024.

Introduction

By participating in the competition you are agreeing to these competition terms and conditions. The competition is being run by Jericho Writers.

Eligibility to Enter

• Entry is open to all Premium Members of Jericho Writers or those who have purchased an entry. If your Premium Membership expires during the competition period you must either renew your membership or purchase an entry to remain eligible.
• We encourage everyone to enter the First 500 Competition, no matter your background or where you are in the world. However, if you have already have an agent or are traditionally published at the time of entry, we ask that you leave this opportunity for those who could most benefit from it. 
• The deadline for entry is 10:00 GMT on Monday 2 December, 2024. Late entries will not be considered.
• You may only enter the competition once, so choose the project you feel has the strongest first 500 words.
• We will only consider entries submitted using the form on the First 500 Page. Entries submitted through other channels will not be considered.
• The 8 finalists will be contacted on 9 December, 2024.
• You must be available to record a video of yourself reading your entry and attend the live online event on 12 December, 2024.
• The longlist will be announced during the live online event on 9 December, 2024.
• The winner must claim their prize(s) within one year.

All entries must:

• Be your own unpublished work. 
• Contain no more than 500 words. 
• Not contain your name within the uploaded 500 words file as judging is done blindly.

The Prize

The overall winner, chosen via audience poll during the online live finale event on 9 December 2024, will receive:

• A Manuscript Assessment from Jericho Writers (worth up to £1700)
• A lifetime Premium Membership (worth £150 per year)
• A 15-minute one-to-one with a literary agent (worth up to £60)
• Eternal glory (priceless!)

The prize is non-transferable and non-exchangeable, and no cash alternatives will be provided.

We reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond our control require doing so.

Jericho Writers’ decision on any aspect of the competition is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into about it.

Winner Announcement

The winner will be chosen via audience poll during the live finale event on 9 December, 2024.

Following the finale event, Jericho Writers will make two attempts to contact the winner with information of how to claim their prize, via email.

If the winner does not respond to the emails informing them how to claim their prize package within 14 days of the second email, they forfeit their right to the prize, and Jericho Writers reserves the right to select and notify a new winner.

Delivery of the Prize

The winner will allow 14 days for the prize to be delivered, otherwise alternative collection or delivery arrangements can be made through mutual agreement. Please note that the Manuscript Assessment and the Agent One-to-One must be claimed by 9 December, 2025.

BUILD YOUR BOOK MONTH PRIZE DRAW 2024

These Terms and Conditions apply to the Jericho Writers Build Your Book Month Prize Draw 2024.

Introduction

By participating in the prize draw you are agreeing to these competition terms and conditions. The prize draw is being run by Jericho Writers.

Eligibility to Enter

• Anyone who purchases either an Annual Premium Membership (Pay Upfront) or an Annual Premium Membership (Pay Monthly) between 00:01am BST on Thursday 19 September 2024 and 23:59pm BST on Monday 30 September 2024 will be automatically entered into the prize draw.
• Flex Membership, free membership and any trials will not be eligible for entry.
• Annual Premium Memberships purchased before Thursday 19 September 2024 or after Monday 30 September 2024 will not be eligible for entry.
• Annual Premium Memberships that are cancelled before Thursday 31 October 2024 will no longer be eligible for entry.
• The winner will be contacted on Thursday 31 October, 2024.
• The winner must claim their prize within one year.

The Prize

The overall winner, chosen at random, will receive one additional year of Premium Membership at no cost.

The prize is non-transferable and non-exchangeable, and no cash alternatives will be provided including refunds on existing Premium Membership purchases. 

We reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond our control require doing so. 

Jericho Writers’ decision on any aspect of the prize draw is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into about it. 

Winner Announcement

The winner will be chosen at random on Thursday 31 October and notified via email. If you have not been successful, we will also contact you via email on this day to let you know. 

Once the winner has been chosen, Jericho Writers will make two attempts to contact the winner with information of how to claim their prize, via email. 

If the winner does not respond to the emails informing them how to claim their prize within 14 days of the second email, they forfeit their right to the prize, and Jericho Writers reserves the right to select and notify a new winner. 

Delivery of the Prize

The winner will allow 14 days for the prize to be delivered, otherwise alternative collection or delivery arrangements can be made through mutual agreement.

Data Protection and Publicity

You agree that any personal information that you provide when entering the competition will be used by Jericho Writers for the purposes of administering the competition and for the other purposes as specified in our Privacy Policy.

All entrants may request information on the winning participant by emailing events@jerichowriters.com.

The winner’s full name and title of entry of will be announced on Jericho Writers’ website, to their email database and via social media channels, along with the winner’s image and any recordings of the finale event.

Limitation of Liability

Jericho Writers accepts no liability for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by any entrants as a result of participating in the competition or being selected for a prize.

General

Jericho Writers reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to cancel the competition or amend these terms and conditions.