Thursday, November 29, 2018
Bluepencilagency announces the First Novel Award Shortlisted authors and titles. Our 2018 judges were Literary Agent of the Year, Madeleine Milburn and author of The Maid’s Room, Fiona Mitchell. BREEDER Mandy Robotham DOLL ...
Friday, September 14, 2018
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...
Thursday, February 22, 2018
We asked author Fiona Mitchell, author of The Maids Room to give some tips to writers entering the 2018 competition: What will you be looking for in the competition line up? I’d love to see a brilliant character-led novel with a dynamic, original voice. I adore...
Monday, February 19, 2018
The Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre Following on from the success of our inaugural First Novel Award in 2017, we are asking for submissions for the 2018 Award. Winner: £1,000 + introduction to literary...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Our judges, literary agent Eve White and best selling author Saskia Sarginson have shortlisted six great stories from our longlist of 20. Congratulations to the authors of the following: Super Tech White Stock The Wrong Guy The Accidental Time Traveller Hannah...