The Bath Novel Award 2024
The Bath Novel Award 2024 is a £5,000 international writing prize for unagented, emerging writers.
Entries are open worldwide until 23:59 BST on 31 May 2024.
The prize is for every genre of adult and YA, and novels may be unpublished or self-published.
Initial submissions are your opening 5,000 words and one-page synopsis of manuscripts which are complete at over 50,000 words. Our submissions guidelines can be found here.
Bath Novel Award 2024
Make sure you read all the information on the website, as there is a lot of guidance and advice to give you your best shot at entering this competition.
If you don't fancy this competition, have a look at some other competitions.
Good luck! Let us know how you get on?
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