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£25,000 competition seeks UK’s next big writing talent
December 1st, 2011
The Bookseller reports that Good Housekeeping has launched a £25,000 competition for budding novelists in association with Orion and agent Luigi Bonomi. The competition is announced in the magazine’s January issue, which goes on sale today (1st December).
Good Housekeeping is looking for previously unpublished writers in any genre apart from children’s, with first prize a £25,000 advance, help from the Orion editorial team and Bonomi, and the chance to have the winning book published with coverage in the magazine. Judges will include Kate Mosse, Bonomi, Orion fiction publishing director Kate Mills and Good Housekeeping editorial director Lindsay Nicholson.
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The People’s Book Prize
March 9th, 2010
The People’s Book Prize looks like a worthwhile project. It aims to cut out the middlemen (and women) by offering readers a chance to promote the books they love. Each month there’s a vote, and the overall winning book will be declared in July 2010. Beryl Bainbridge is a patron.
Interesting to see their list of participating publishers – small independent presses like Tindal Street and Legend rubbing shoulders with the likes of HarperCollins and Orion: