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Our current competition: New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 – Deadline: 30th Apr 2026. Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up: £100.
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The Novelry: The Next Big Story – £75,000 Prize
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Finished Novel Course.
The Novelry is pushing the boat all the way out with The Next Big Story prize. Almost unbelievably, the top prize is a whopping £75,000! (That’s more than the Booker Prize winner gets!) And you don’t even have to have finished your novel.
All you need is the idea for a story and the first thee pages of what could be a novel.
One grand winner will scoop the £75,000 prize and, along with seven runners-up, will receive The
Finished Novel Course to create, write, and edit their novel with our all-star cast of writing coaches and former Big Five editors for submission to our partner literary agencies.
The judging panel includes movers and shakers from the book world, including Emma Roberts,
Tayari Jones, Zibby Owens, Julia Quinn, Zosia Mamet, Brady Lockerby, Yann Martel, Carley Fortune,
Jackie Oshry, and Kimmy Nwokorie. They’ll be looking for the next big story. Could it be yours?
This is an opportunity that might seem too good to be true, but we’ve checked it carefully, and it is true! So if you want to write The Next Big Story, get involved today.
The Novelry is the global fiction writing school offering courses, coaching, and community to help
the next generation of writers become authors. Founded by Booker Prize-listed author Louise Dean, with a team of bestselling authors and book editors from Big Five publishing houses offering direct submission to leading literary agencies. The Novelry helps writers find their stories and go from book idea to book deal. Learn more at: thenovelry.com
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