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Goldfinch Novel Award 2025

Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) 31st May 2025

  • Entry Fee: £10 per entry
  • Prizes: First prize: £500
  • Word Limit: 3,000 words from the beginning of a completed novel plus one-page synopsis
  • Judge: James Mustelier, Literary Agent and Editorial Consultant at The Bent Agency
  • Category: Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website: goldfinch-books.com/novel

BPA First Novel Award 2025

Deadline: 31st May 2025

  • Entry Fee: £25 (some free places are available to writers on low incomes)
  • Prizes: Winner: £1,000 + Agent Introduction; Runner up: £500 + Agent Introduction; Highly Commended: £150 + Agent Introduction
  • Word Limit: 5,000 words plus a 300 word synopsis and a covering letter
  • Judges: Hellie Ogden and Suzannah Ball from WME Agency and author Samuel Burr
  • Category: Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website:  bluepencilagency.com/bpa-first-novel-award-2025

Flash 500 Novel Opening Competition 2025

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 October 2025

  • Entry Fee: £10 for one novel, £18 for two novels, £26 for three novels (plus £25 per story for an optional critique)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £500; Runner-up: £200
  • Word Limit: Opening 3,000 words plus a synopsis (of up to 750 words)
  • Category: Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website:  flash500.com/novels

Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025

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Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 30 November 2025

  • Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 30 November 2024
  • Entry Fee: £29.99
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £5,000; all shortlisted entrants win feedback on their full manuscript; all longlisted entrants win extract feedback; online novel editing course worth £1,800 for one longlisted entrant.
  • Word Limit: Opening 5,000 words plus one page synopsis of children's or YA novel manuscripts, or up to three picture book texts
  • Category: Children's Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website:  bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-novel-award

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