Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award, deadline 31 May 2023

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BPA First Novel Award 2023 DEADLINE MAY 31   We are accepting submissions to this year's First Novel Award until 31st May. Enter your first 5,000 words, cover letter and synopsis to win cash prizes and an introduction to Eve White and Ludo Cinelli. The award is open to unpublished and unrepresented writers in any adult fiction genre. “All I’d say to this year’s entrants is to have the courage to take a chance and put their work out there. If we’re writing to be read, then there is no better way to send the work out and see how it fares. There will be a lot of rejections, and it can be heart-breaking at first before we grow a thick hide, but when there is a win, it makes up for everything else. It also makes people in the industry take notice.” – Santanu Bhattacharya, 2020 Longlist     Submit Your Novel         Advice from Agent Judge Ludo Cinelli WATCH A HIGHLIGHT FROM OUR SUBMISSIONS Q&A   We enjoyed meeting lots of you at our recent Q&A with this year's agent judges Eve White and Ludo Cinelli. In this clip, Ludo responds to a question asking what is most important when it comes to the submission.