BPA Pitch Prize

2022 Pitch Prize Winners

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Tess

13 December 2022

We are delighted to reveal the winners of the BPA Pitch Prize 2022. The standard of submissions was incredibly high. Our judge, literary agent Hattie Grünewald, and the team at BPA felt honoured to read so many compelling stories and promising pitches, and it was difficult to make the final selection. The nine winners will receive a one-on-one with Hattie, a chance to pitch their novel and receive expert feedback.

 

Many congratulations to the nine winners:

 

Letty Butler

Escape Artists

Speculative

Ariell Cacciola

A Tangled Beast

Folk Horror

Hannah Croft

The Bobici House

Historical

Lucy Dalgleish

The Things that Stop me from Drowning

Eco-fiction

Kellie Magnus

Ten Men

Contemporary

Rebecca Powell

An Emu’s Guide to Flight

Book Club

Alessandra Francesca Ranelli

Murder at the Hotel Orient

Crime

Aoibheann Schwartz

The Invisible Game

Literary

Sam Sharpe

The Pro Bono Lawyer

Crime

 

Well done to the twenty-seven writers who reached the longlist:

 

Lexi Airey Clare Reader Collins Lidija Hilje
Alison Offer David Renton Lucy Strutt
Alison Wray Eilidh McIntosh Maria Clara Paulino
Allison Secker Elizabeth Whyatt Mary Murray Brown
Allison van den Hoek Emily Green Maurice Carlin
Annie Oswald Jane Christmas Moyette Gibbons
Bidisha Chakraborty Jody Cooksley Nadine Smart
Carey Camburn Joe Eurell Nancy Crane
Charis Whitcombe Judith Pasztor Duffy Nicola Whyte

 

Thank you to all who submitted and we wish you the best with your next steps. Submissions to the BPA First Novel Award will be accepted until May 31, 2023.

Tess

Tess

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