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SUMMARY:Ascent Novel Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 1st November 2025\nEntry Fee: £29\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; Every entry is guaranteed a personalised paragraph of feedback.\nWord Limit: Opening 3\,000 words plus a one-page synopsis and a single-line pitch (all on the same document)\nJudges: Ajebowale Roberts (Senior Commissioning Editor\, Tor UK); Liza DeBlock (Literary Agent\, Greenstone Literary)\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  ascentnovelprize.com\n\nAscent Novel Prize is a writing competition for aspiring novelist\, but with a difference as every entrant will receive personalised feedback. In addition\, writers from under-represented backgrounds are able to select whether they want to enter the under-represented writers’ awards\, for free. These additional accolades are sponsored by independent bookshop\, Messrs Fletcher and Frost and a range of professionals from the industry.  \nWith a pair of exceptional judges (Ajebowale Roberts – Senior Commissioning Editor\, Tor UK and Liza DeBlock – Literary Agent\, Greenstone Literary)\, and a host of brilliant readers\, this new novel prize promises to unearth some real gems from new writers. We are particularly impressed by the additional awards for under-represented writers\, which could give a leg-up to those who might ordinarily find it especially tough to make it in the cut-and-thrust world of publishing.  \nNote that Ascent Novel Prize welcomes entries from writers across the globe\, aged 18 years and over and the competition is for writers who have no agent and have not accepted an offer of publication for a novel. \nGood luck!
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