Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award 2020 The BPA First Novel Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre. We are thrilled to announce the winners of the First Novel Award 2020. Our judges this year were literary agents Caroline Wood and Carrie Plitt of Felicity Bryan…
SO, WHAT IS A COVER LETTER? Literary agents and many literary competitions require a cover letter along with your sample chapters and synopsis. This is a formal introduction to you and your novel. Note: It is not a CV, a bio or a blurb for the book. It’s a letter that should make the agent…
We are thrilled to announce the BPA First Novel Award 2020 shortlist. This year’s judges, literary agents Caroline Wood and Carrie Plitt from Felicity Bryan Associates and best-selling author Anna Hope (Expectation, The Ballroom, Wake), found it difficult to choose six titles from an impressive longlist. Prizes include agent introductions as well as cash and…
As a writer fairly close to submitting my first novel to literary agents, I was delighted to attend BPA’s session with Nelle Andrew from Rachel Mills Literary. Nelle secured a three-book deal for Neil Daws, who was highly commended in the 2019 Blue Pencil First Novel Award, just days before she sat down with thirty-or-so…
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We are delighted to announce the First Novel Award 2020 Longlist. This year’s judges are literary agents Caroline Wood and Carrie Plitt from Felicity Bryan Agency and best selling author, Anna Hope (Expectation, The Ballroom, Wake). Prizes for the winners include agent introductions as well as cash and an editorial report. The Award is given…
Marina de Pass joined The Soho Agency after several years working in the editorial departments of Little, Brown and HarperCollins. She is currently building her list of Fiction clients. Marina also published her first YA novel The Year After You shortly after completing the Faber Academy. BPA’s own Emma and Sara taught a Faber Academy class…
Mid lockdown and following the postponement of our May retreat and workshops we were delighted to offer 14 clients and BPA subscribers the chance to “meet” our literary agent friends Eve White and Ludo Cinelli and readers Aisha Bushby and Sarah Revivis-Smith from Eve White Literary Agency. As a gesture of thanks, all participants donated…
Hannah Weatherill is a literary agent at Northbank Talent. She is currently building her list of Fiction and Children’s clients and is keen to work with a twisty thriller, an emotional reading group or women’s fiction novel, or something entirely different. Can you describe your personal taste in fiction and also what you’re currently…
Kate McNair is the winner of the 2019 First Novel Award for The Price of Blood. She has been signed by agent Nelle Andrew.