Women’s Novel Competition 2015
Cue the fanfares… it’s time again for our Women’s Novel Competition! This year, we’re on the lookout for novels of at least 50,000 words written for adults (and young adults) in any genre by previously unpublished women novelists.
Placing in the competition can help you along the road to publishing success. The 2011 winning novel The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland was published by HarperCollins, and Lu Hersey’s Deep Water – the winning entry in our 2012 Children’s Novel Competition – secured a publishing deal last year. There couldn’t be a more perfect excuse to finally polish off a dusty draft, or put pen to paper on that new idea. 2015 could the year you get noticed.
1st prize: £5,000
The winner and four other finalists will receive manuscript feedback from The Literary Consultancy and and an invitation to a special networking event with literary agents.Entry fee: £25 per novel
To enter, please submit the first 5,000 words of your completed novel, which must total at least 50,000 words.
Judges: Judges: Marina Lewycka (novelist), Juliet Mushens (literary agent), Di Speirs (Books Editor, BBC Radio & Music Production)
Please read the competition rules before entering. For any questions about your entry, email novel@mslexia.co.uk or call 0191 204 8860 to speak to a real person.
Good luck with your entries!
‘Within
a week I had an enthusiastic new agent. Within a fortnight she sent it
to fifteen UK publishers and I was at the heart of a bidding war. The result was a two-book deal with HarperCollins UK’
Rosie Garland, winner of our 2011 Women’s Novel Competition
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