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Fiction Factory Novel First Chapter Competition 2021
Deadline: Sat 31 Jul 2021
Have you completed the first draft of your novel? Are you ready to pass it on to a fresh pair of eyes, to see if you are on the right track? Is your all-important first chapter ready for submission to an agent? Open to international entries.

Whatever your plans, your first chapter must shine – it must grab your readers or quickly lose their interest.

The winning entry will be read by literary agent Joanna Swainson of the Hardman & Swainson Agency. Joanna is looking for originality and distinctive voices. For complex, larger-than-life characters and stories that will stay with the reader forever. Stories that surprise, and keep on surprising. As Joanna says, she will know what she’s looking for when she sees it!

Maximum Wordcount: 5000

First Prize: £500 + an appraisal
All short-listed entrants will receive a free appraisal

Entry Fee: £18 (£15 Early Bird Special for entries received before 15 May 2021)

Appraisals – for an extra fee, we will write a comprehensive appraisal of your chapter.

Find out more here

Deadline: 31 July 2021

Additional Information:
Location:
International
Region(s):
International

Contact Information:
Organisation:
Fiction Factory
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