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2023 BPA First Novel Award Winners

By Peggy Lee October 2, 2023

2023 First Novel Award Shortlist

By Peggy Lee July 28, 2023

2023 First Novel Award Longlist

By Peggy Lee July 18, 2023

2022 BPA First Novel Award Winners

By Tess October 4, 2022

2022 First Novel Award Shortlist

By Tess August 3, 2022

2022 First Novel Award Longlist

By Tess July 20, 2022

BPA First Novel Award

2021 BPA First Novel Award Winners

By Tess September 23, 2021

BPA First Novel Award

2021 First Novel Award Shortlist

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The winners of the #BPAFirstNovelAward 2023 are OU

The winners of the #BPAFirstNovelAward 2023 are OUT! 📣🥳Congratulations to our winner Smita Bhide, runner-up Stephanie Latham, and highly commended Ned Carter Miles.Thank you to our judges, Eve White and Ludo Cinelli from @evewhiteliteraryagency and author @luangoldie.Link to our announcement in bio or copy/paste this link: https://bluepencilagency.com/2023-bpa-first-novel-award-winners/#writingcompetition #winners #writing #writersofinstagram #literaryagent #author

Our winners announcement is set to drop TOMORROW!

Our winners announcement is set to drop TOMORROW! 🥳We can't wait for you to meet these amazing authors and stories...#writingcompetition #bpafna #firstnovelaward #firstnovelawardwinner #writing #writersofinstagram

Some words of encouragement from last year's #BPAF

Some words of encouragement from last year's #BPAFirstNovelAward winner Tracy Coker prior to our winners announcement coming next week! 🥳Tracy's novel White Yams is currently out on submission in the UK & US. Her agent is Rowan Lawton, from The Soho Agency, our 2022 competition judge.#bpafna #authorquote #literaryagent #writingcompetition #writers #winners

"We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one

"We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. Otherwise, you'll be rearranging furniture in rooms you've already been in." – Anne Lamott, Author of Bird by Bird.Anne Lamott #authorquote #writer #writing #writingtip #writersofinstagram

Our #BPAFirstNovelAward judges, Eve White & Ludo C

Our #BPAFirstNovelAward judges, Eve White & Ludo Cinelli from the @evewhiteliteraryagency, and author @luangoldie, are deliberating at this very moment!
We can't wait to find out who will be the winners of this year's prize! More coming soon... 📣#BPAFNA #firstnovelaward #writingcompetition #literaryagent #writinglife #writersofinstagram

We're so glad Peter enjoyed @emmadarwinwriter's wo

We're so glad Peter enjoyed @emmadarwinwriter's workshop at our #BPAAwayDay! 😊🥳Our next weekend getaway is Oct 7/8 and we have prepared lots of goodies for our writer participants...To find out more, go to the link in our bio or copy and paste this link: https://bluepencilagency.com/october-2023-weekend-workshops/#writingretreat #writinglife #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #writerquote

"The first draft is just you telling yourself the

"The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." – Terry Pratchett, Author of the Discworld series.We miss Terry's wisdom.#authorquote #writingcommunity #writing #novelist #bookstagram #firstdraft

Who is Millie Hoskins?Millie is a literary agent

Who is Millie Hoskins?Millie is a literary agent who joined @unitedagents in 2014 and began building her list of authors after just two years as an assistant whilst continuing to work closely with many of UA’s long-standing bestselling clients. She is looking for commercial, literary and narrative non-fiction of most genres, excluding SFF. She is a 2022 Bookseller Rising Star.She is also this year's #BPAPitchPrize judge! To find out more about the competition, click on the link in our bio.#literaryagent #writersofinstagram #writingcompetition #writers

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