Bluepencilagency announces the First Novel Award Longlist. Our 2018 judges are Literary Agent of the Year, Madeleine Milburn and author of The Maid’s Room, Fiona Mitchell. Prizes for the winner and runner up include an introduction to Madeleine as well as £1,250 in cash and an editorial report. The Award is given to unpublished writers without representation.
We received entries from writers throughout the UK and from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada as well as Europe. Entries were across all genres including YA, dystopian, fantasy, literary fiction, historical, psychological, crime and comedy. The standard was very high and the judges decided to announce a longlist of 25 titles to recognise the talent and breadth of entries. The shortlist will be announced within the next month. Those writers shortlisted will be asked to submit an additional 15,000 words to their original 5,000 word opening extract.
The cast of this year’s longlisted novels come from all walks of life. They include a sex doll,a colony of women designed to breed, a collector of good and evil thoughts in the underground, a hit man, stranded prisoners on an island, a survivalist cult, vampires and slaves.
The names of writers on the longlist will be announced along with the winners on November 31. In the meantime, many congratulations to the authors of the following 25 exceptional titles:
A TON OF FEATHERS
BREEDER
COLLISION
DARK WATER
DOLL
DR WOLFE’S GAZELLE
FEMALE FIREFLIES
IN PLAIN SIGHT
JUNK FOLK
LEAVE ME SLOW
LITTLE COMRADE
LIVING IN TWILIGHT
MUTE
MY POOR DELUDED GIRL
NOBODY MOVE
STATISTICS OF COLOUR
THE ECHOES
THE MASTER THIEF
THE MIDNIGHT ORDER
THE SILENT GERMAN
THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS
THE WEB WE WEAVE
WAHALA
WHAT HOME IS
YESTERDAY UPON THE STAIR
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