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As all our judges read “blind” we’ll be keeping the authors’ identities under wraps until 2019’s £2,500 winning novel has been chosen by Lauren Gardner of Bell Lomax Moreton literary agency. The winner will be announced by Lauren at a reception in Bath’s Museum of Architecture on 13th February 2020. One longlisted writer will also receive a place, worth £1,800, on Edit your Novel the Professional Way from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy.
The Bath Novel Award 2020 invites submissions from emerging novelists writing for adults.
Judge: Jenny Savill of international literary agency Andrew Nurnberg Associates
Prize: £3,000 prize. Closing date: 31st May 2020, full details here