S6 Ep18: Lucy Cavendish Prize: What? A Writing Comp where you don't need a finished manuscript?

Competitions, as previously discussed on this pod, are an amazing way of giving you an opportunity to both really think about your novel and your pitch... but also potentially to bag yourself a chance to get in front of some big, powerful, important, cape-wearing Mavel-comic-like-superheros of the industry.

Today we focus on The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. An award that's launched the career of many a successful writer.

So let's have a chat with some of those people... those caped crusaders on the inside. Because.... don't know about you.... but Tommy and I feel like the more you know... the more you get a sense of what you need to do to get on in this biz!

Here's the link:

https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize

So get the first few chapters of your manuscript licked into shape... perfect your blurb... and your synopsis... and get ON IT!

Listen to these people! They want to read your stuff! And you've got good stuff!

Check out Sarah Brooks's beautiful novel here

Janet Todd's array of excellent books here

And Molly Aitken's 2 fantastic books here

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