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A special offer from Professional Writing Academy
We are thrilled to team up with the Professional Writing Academy to offer you an exclusive 25% discount on two novel writing courses which start in January and February 2027.
Since they launched the world's first fully online MA in writing in 2009, Professional Writing Academy's courses have helped to develop the talent of tens of thousands of novelists and screenwriters worldwide.
We are big fans of PWA courses. They are taught in small workshop groups so you can chat through ideas, ask questions and share your work, and we have selected two of their longer novel writing courses which we think are a particularly good fit.
Full disclosure: if you sign up using the booking page links below, we will receive a commission from PWA (at no cost to you) which will go directly into our sponsored entries scheme for writers on a low income.
To claim your 25% discount, just enter the code BATHNOVEL when booking.
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Finish Your Draft in a Year: Group Mentoring
A year-long monthly mentoring programme to help you finish your novel, including:- Intensive focus to improve your craft
- Advanced expert-led workshops
- Mentoring from prize-winning authors
- Close-read of 20,000 words by your mentor
Starts: 20th January, 2027 |
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Write Your Novel in Five Acts
This six-month course shows you how to build a compelling novel from the ground up, including:- John Yorke’s BAFTA-winning story structure principles
- A blueprint for your novel and 10,000 polished words
- Essential tools to fix story problems
Starts: 24th February, 2027 |
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Thank you to everyone who has already taken part. There's still time to add your thoughts before the deadline of October 31st 🎃
Share your views for the chance to win a free award entry!
Here at the Bath Novel Awards we’re always looking for new ways to support your writing journey and we’re currently exploring offering a small number of masterclasses focused on what makes a manuscript stand out. To make sure any events we offer are genuinely useful, we have created a short survey which takes 2–3 minutes to complete. What would you most like to learn? Are there particular topics you’d find practical, relevant and valuable? And what event length and day of the week would work best for you? As a thank you for completing the survey, we've included a prize draw to win a free entry to either the Bath Children’s Novel Award 2026 or the Bath Novel Award 2027.
The survey is entirely anonymous and open until October 31st, and we look forward to hearing your views! |
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Now open: The Bath Children's Novel Award 2026
📚 From picture book texts to YA
📅 Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
🌟Winner: £5,000
💛Shortlist: Book reports from Junior Judges aged 7 to 17 years
✨All listees: Feedback on your extract and synopsis
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel online course worth £3,750, c/o Cornerstones & Professional Writing Academy |
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Opening soon...
The Bath Novel Award 2027
📚Novels for adults & YA
📅Opens: 01 Dec 2026
🌟 Winner: £5,000
💛 Shortlist: feedback on your full novel
✨ All listees: feedback on your extract
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel online course worth £3,750, c/o Cornerstones & Professional Writing Academy |
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Share your thoughts for the chance to win free entry to our awards!
Here at the Bath Novel Awards we’re always looking for new ways to support your writing journey and we’re currently exploring offering a small number of masterclasses focused on what makes a manuscript stand out. To make sure any events we offer are genuinely useful, we have created a short survey which takes 2–3 minutes to complete. What would you most like to learn? Are there particular topics you’d find practical, relevant and valuable? And what event length and day of the week would work best for you? As a thank you for completing the survey, we've included a prize draw to win a free entry to either the Bath Children’s Novel Award 2026 or the Bath Novel Award 2027.
The survey is entirely anonymous and open until October 31st, and we look forward to hearing your views! |
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Now open for submissions
📚Children's novels, YA, chapter books & picture book texts
📅Submissions close 30 Nov 2026
🌟 Winner: £5,000
💛 Shortlist: Book reports from the Junior Judges aged 7 to 17 years
✨ All listees: Feedback on your extract and synopsis
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel 18 week online course worth £3,750, c/o Cornerstones Literary Consultancy & the Professional Writing Academy |
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Submissions for 2027's Bath Novel Award open in 6 Weeks
📚Novels for adults & young adults
📅Submissions open 01 Dec 2026
🌟 Winner: £5,000
💛 Shortlist: feedback on your full novel
✨ All listees: feedback on your 5,000 word extract and synopsis
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel 18 week online course worth £3,750, c/o Cornerstones Literary Consultancy & the Professional Writing Academy |
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Meet the winner of the Bath Novel Award 2026: Tracy RickettThis week we caught up with BNA 2026 winner Tracy Rickett. She tells us about her writing journey including a couple of attempts at crime manuscripts which "never quite got there" before Child of Necessity became "the one that stuck."
It's the story of a transatlantic hunt for a child serial killer and the impact on those inside the investigation who have to live with the consequences of difficult decisions. Tracy told us: "That grey area interests me far more than clear-cut right and wrong. People can act out of love, duty or desperation and still cause harm, and I think that’s probably true of life more generally. Most of us are making imperfect decisions with incomplete information and hoping we’ve got them right." |
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Now open for submissions
📚Children's novels, YA, chapter books & picture book texts
📅Submissions close 30 Nov 2026
🌟 Winner: £5,000
💛 Shortlist: Book reports from the Junior Judges aged 7 to 17 years
✨ All listees: Feedback on your extract and synopsis
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel 18 week online course worth £3,750, c/o Cornerstones Literary Consultancy & the Professional Writing Academy |
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Submissions for 2027's Bath Novel Award open in 8 Weeks
📚Novels for adults & young adults
📅Submissions open 01 Dec 2026
🌟 Winner: £5,000
💛 Shortlist: feedback on your full novel
✨ All listees: feedback on your 5,000 word extract and synopsis
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel 18 week online course worth £3,750, c/o Cornerstones Literary Consultancy & the Professional Writing Academy |
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Chloe Seager to judge the Bath Children’s Novel Award 2026
We are delighted to announce literary agent Chloe Seager of MMA as judge for the 12th Bath Children’s Novel Award.
Chloe's track record of securing publishing deals and auctions in the children’s and YA markets speaks for itself, with two thirds of her contracts in 2025 running into six figures. She is a fierce advocate for diversity in publishing, with a high proportion of authors from underrepresented groups and was shortlisted for Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2024 and 2026.
Her list includes No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Katie Kirby (the Lottie Brooks series) and Heba Al-Wasity (Weavingshaw), No.1 New York Times bestselling Laura Steven (Our Infinite Fates), Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Ace of Spades) and Jordan Lees (The Whisperwicks), New York Times bestselling and award-winning Lex Croucher (Gwen and Art Are Not In Love) and multi-award winning authors Danielle Jawando (When Our Worlds Collided) and Benjamin Dean (How to Die Famous).
Chloe said: “I’m thrilled to judge this year’s Bath Children’s Novel Award, especially in the National Year of Reading. Getting children back into books is more important than ever. That starts with authors writing the kinds of stories children genuinely want to read. I’m looking forward to discovering fresh, exciting new voices among the entries.”
Chloe will judge the winning entry from a shortlist chosen by Junior Judges aged 7 to 17 years, with the £5,000 winning author announced in March 2027. |
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From humour to horror, we’re on the hunt for standout YA, children’s books and picture book texts!
🌟 Winner: £5,000
💛 Shortlistees: Book reports from the Junior Judges
✨ All listees: Feedback on your extract and synopsis
🎓 Longlist Prize: Edit Your Novel the Professional Way course worth £1,980, courtesy of Cornerstones Literary & the Professional Writing Academy |
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Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt is the American Booksellers' Association's #1 Indie Next Pick
Exciting news this week for Ben Reeves, as Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, which won the Bath Novel Award 2024, is revealed as the ABA Indie Next's #1 book of the summer. Read more.
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The Lost Detective Shortlisted for the CWA First Novel Dagger
More good news too for 2023 shortlistee Elspeth Latimer, as The Lost Detective shortlists for the prestigious CWA First Novel Dagger for best crime debut of the year.
Described by Lee Child as "Stylish, tense and genuinely moving", buy your copy of The Lost Detective and read Elspeth's path to publication here. |
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NOW CLOSED FOR JUDGING
Our thanks to everyone who entered the Bath Novel Award 2026.
Submissions closed May 31st, with a record number of entries and we are now deep into the first round reads.
We are pleased to confirm that longlist emails will go out to all entrants on Tuesday 30th June at 7pm BST. Good luck everyone!
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