Author Q&A: Julia Kelly, 2021 First Novel Award Winner

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Julia Kelly won the BPA 2021 First Novel Award, coming first out of more than 1,000 entries. She then signed with that year’s competition judge, literary agent Hellie Ogden. In 2024, Julia signed a six-figure publishing deal with the publishing house Harvill...

Pitch Prize Readers’ Choice Winner

Thursday, December 5, 2024

We are excited to announce that we have a clear winner for the Pitch Prize Readers’ Choice vote! Many congratulations to Emily Roe who won the vote with the opening of The Stym, a dystopian novel. BPA will award Emily a short report on her opening 10,000 words....

Pitch Prize Winners 2024

Friday, November 22, 2024

We are delighted to reveal the winners of the BPA Pitch Prize 2024. This year we received a record number of more than 550 entries. Recurring themes include unhappy marriages, dysfunctional family trips, strong women overcoming adversity, bucket lists, myth...

“Micro” reports and mentoring

Monday, October 7, 2024

Last month, we looked at the “macro” and the benefits of receiving a full manuscript assessment. However, there are also advantages to focusing on a portion of your work. In this blog post, we ask our clients why they wanted feedback on an extract instead...

Why get a full manuscript assessment?

Friday, September 27, 2024

Twenty years ago, editors at publishing houses had time to work with an author on their manuscript, if they saw promise. As the market has become more and more saturated, this job has moved to literary agents. Now, agents are so busy they often don’t have the...