2025 Best Published Novel Award

Prize: £10,000
Open for submissions: 1st January - 6th February 2025
Longlist Announced: 1st May 2025
Shortlist announced: 4th June 2025
Winner announced: Autumn 2025

For information regarding eligibility and entry requirements, and before entering the prize, please read our Terms & Conditions.

New Voices Award

Read all about the New Voices award here. 

The New Voices Award supports writers to develop an idea they've yet to commit to paper, or those in the very early stages of their work in progress. The Award provides mentorship and editorial guidance for aspiring authors and encourages entries from all writers, including those from underrepresented backgrounds with a new story to tell.

The award is exclusively for unpublished writers. Writers must not be represented by a literary agent, or be under an existing or future contract to any publisher. The work submitted must not have been previously self-published, or have been published in full or in part through any publisher or other media. 

To participate, writers must submit their opening three chapters totalling no more than 10,000 words and a full plot outline of no more than 1,000 words detailing where they imagine the story will go. 

To ensure this award is for you, please carefully read and consider the criteria listing under 'What We're Looking For' and the full Terms & Conditions.