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Bluepencilagency First Novel Award 2018

  • Closing date: 30th June 2018.
  • Timetable: enter now.
  • Winner: £1,000 + introduction to literary agent Madeleine Milburn.
  • Runner up: £250 + manuscript review from a Bluepencilagency editor.
  • Entries: the first chapter(s) of the novel up to 5,000 words.
  • Entry fee: £20 for each submission. Online entry only.

The Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre.

Judges

Madeleine Milburn – leading literary agent representing some of the UK's bestselling and award-winning authors, alongside rising new talent; Fiona Mitchell – author of The Maid's Room.

The team at Bluepencilagency will oversee all submissions.

The winner and runner up will be announced on 30th November 2018.

For more details and to enter, please see the Bluepencilagency website.

Author: Kevin Machin ♦ Created: 28-Apr-2018 ♦ Access: public ♦ Article: comp-18-bluepencil ♦ Topics: old WordPress site, competitions, general competitions