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SUMMARY:Caledonia Novel Award 2027
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 15 October 2026\nEntry Fee: £28\nPrizes: 1st Place: £2\,000 plus an exclusive framed award (designed by Edinburgh artist Lucy Roscoe); Special Prize: a free place on a residential writing course (best novel from the UK and Ireland); Highly Commended: £500\nWord Limit: First 20 pages + 200-word synopsis\nJudge: Alice Lutyens and Sabhbh Curran\, literary agents at Curtis Brown\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  thecaledonianovelaward.com\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Caledonia Novel Award is open and will close to entries at midnight UK time on 15th October 2026.  \nTechnically this is the 2026 competition (as the shortlist will be announced in February 2026 and the winner announced later in the same month). You can see details of the 2025 winner and shortlist at their website. \nAs mentioned\, the entry fee is £28 and the top prize is £2\,000\, plus there’s a free place on a residential writing course up for grabs for the top entry from the UK or Ireland. The week-long writing course would take place at Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre which is based in the Scottish Highlands. There’s also a £500 prize for a Highly Commended entry. \nOther Things To Note\nThere is no restriction in terms of genre as long as the novel is aimed at adults or young adults. The finished novel must be at least 50\,000 words\, though you should only send in the first 20 pages (plus a synopsis) when entering. The competition is open to unpublished and self-published novelists only and also only those who don’t have an agent at the time of entry. \nThe longlist will be announced on 2 December 2026. Longlisted authors will be invited to submit the full manuscript of their novel by 8 December 2026.
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