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Female Tech Start-up, Completely Novel, Shortlisted for the Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award 2010

pic_anna lewis The British Council has just announced its shortlist for the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur Award 2010, in which 3 of the 6 finalists are female and one from a technology start-up – Anna Lewis of Completely Novel. Launched in 2004, the British Council’s Creative Economy Unit first pioneered the IYCE awards – International Young Creative Entrepreneur – to ‘celebrate the achievements and develop the potential of young creative entrepreneurs from emerging economies.’

The International Process

Initially focusing on publishing, they have since announced awards for design, music, screen (film and television), fashion, communications, interactive, performing and visual arts. Run annually, and open to young creative entrepreneurs from emerging economies, 8-10 countries are selected each year to take part from which one national finalist from each country is selected to enter the international competition. Once finalists are selected, they visit the UK on a 10 day tour during which they learn from their UK sector and judgement is made on the overall winner.

Born from the Success of an International Programme

Since its inception, over 45 countries have taken part – including Oman, India and Yemen – and as a direct result of this success, the UK compatriot programme was launched in 2007 with its initial award, again in publishing. In partnership with NESTA and The Cultural Leadership Programme, the list of awards is now equal to that of the International Programme. As for finalists of the International awards, the UK finalists take a tour of their sector in an emerging economy after which they share their experiences at a number of events.

This year’s publishing finalists, who are set to tour South Africa at the end of February, are:
•   Anna Lewis, Co-founder and COO of Completely Novel
•   Mark Searle, Publisher at Elliott & Thompson
•   Daniel Crewe, Associate Publisher at Profile Books
•   Julia Kingsford, Head of Marketing at Foyles
•   Rachael Ogden, Managing Director at Inpress

Winners will be announced as part of the London Book Fair on 21st April 2010. For more details visit the Creative Economy website.