From last year’s adult shortlist of 10- 6 have agents and 4 have publishing deals. We will be sharing their publishing journeys as we follow them but do read about them all here: cheshirenovelprize.com/2023-shortlist…

I've just received my first piece of feedback from Cheshire Novel Prize- end date 4 feedback 30/11/24 and I'm impressed with the quality of it. It was well worth the wait. Thank you so much not just for the feedback but for the competition. It's thanks to you that I have finished my first book!

Woohoo, I made it to the news round up!

THE best comp out there. The organisation is second to none and the feedback is incredible.

If you only enter a couple of competitions per year, make sure this is one of them. Helpful feedback for everyone.

Don't forget we announce our winner and Highly Commended for 2024's Prize at 2pm today. See you then!

Our kids prize is now open for entries until 1st January 2025. Our judges announcement is 14th October so do keep your eyes peeled! All details can be found here: cheshirenovelprizekids.com

So lucky our lovely CNP community support us with liking our tweets, commenting & interacting. This is a prize for writers run by writers and so watch this space for a few little instagram craft nuggets coming your way in December to say thank you - follow us on instagram to join

The warmest and cuddliest novel writing comp, with the most incredibly comprehensive, illuminating feedback. The whole experience has been wonderful and my novel is so the much the better for it. Massive thanks to Sara Cox and the team, really appreciate your hard work💪🙏

A wonderful prize, so well thought out and chuffed to bits to be shortlisted from 1900 down to 9 for my time travel novel Out of Print. Congratulations to Tanya and Gabriela and all the deserving SL and LL writers. Also can’t wait to receive my feedback. #WritingCommmunity

Here are all of our listed titles for CNP 2024! Congratulations to everyone who entered! cheshirenovelprize.com/writing-tips/c…

You can read all of our interviews with our 9 shortlisted writers and their excerpts here. Congratulations to each and every one of these wonderful writers who are all hugely talented and such lovely humans too!! cheshirenovelprize.com/2024-shortlist…

That's my nerdy, romantic, D&D inspired horror novel in the top spot! I have no words to properly describe what a wonderful experience CNP has been. There's so much support and communication. If you only enter one contest this year, make it CNP!

A massive THANK YOU to our AMAZING 2024 judges: Rachel Neely, Clara Foster, Darcy Nicholson, Hayley Steed and Elvin Mensah for your fantastic insight, dedication and feedback! 💖💖

Here’s a 500-word excerpt from the opening of my book ‘The Scent of Water’ on the ⁦Cheshire Novel Prize- end date feedback: 30/11/24⁩ site. “I was 13 when my mother found God, and I thought we had lost her to madness. She woke me up at two A.M. on a school night, weeping inconsolably.” cheshirenovelprize.com/shortlist-exce…

Many congratulations to both of you!

Our winner is from Canada and our SL and LL writers ate dotted around the world from Africa to Asia to Australia to USA , UK and Europe and beyond! #worldwideprize

Well done to Tanya and Gabriela! Being part of this prize has been an unforgettable experience; I'm excited to dig into my feedback, and proud to forever be a member of the 2024 Cheshire Novel Prize shortlist.

Immense props also to Sara Cox and all the Cheshire Novel Prize- end date feedback: 30/11/24 readers who work so hard to make life easy for us judges—they read and give feedback on *every single entry* and that is an immense amount of work!