Good Housekeeping Novel competition, deadline 28 February 2014

Thanks to my fellow blogger Blog About Writing for the following competition information:

 

If you buy the January 2014 edition of Good Housekeeping (UK only, the one with the new, slimline Clare Balding on the cover), you'll see there's an entry form on page 71 for their latest novel-writing competition.

They're asking entrants to send in: the entry form (so you have to buy the magazine); a full synopsis of your story in 2 pages at the most; 5000 words of the novel and a 100 word 'mini biography' of yourself .

You can't be considered if you've already had a novel published and/or if you've got an agent.

First prize is publication, an advance of £25,000, plus advice from a literary agent and the editorial team at Orion. But even if you're not a winner, there's a day of workshops for the 10 shortlisted writers and laptops for 3 runners-up.

You've got until 28th Feb 2014 to submit your work.