The Blue Pencil editorial consultancy are running a first novel competition for unrepresented and unpublished authors.

The winner recieves £1,000 plus an introduction to literary agent, Madeleine Milburn (who was shortlisted for literary agent of 2018 and has a literary agency in the heart of London. Check out her website HERE.)

The runner up will get £250 plus a manuscript review from a Blue Pencil Agency editor.

Are you eligible?

• authors must be over 18

• self-published authors can enter. Entrants who have had other types of books published ie non fiction, memoir or poetry are also eligible.

• the work must be completed or close to completion

• the entry must not have won or been placed as runner up in another competition. Long-listed or short-listed entries in other competitions are eligible.

What do you have to do?
Submit the first chapter of your novel up to 5000 words – it…