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Spotlight First Novel Competition 2020

Spotlight is our way of encouraging and celebrating new writers. Find out more.

Spotlight Profiles showcases 2019 winner Emily Hughes with her novel Ghost Boy.

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We are pleased to announce the winner of this year’s competition is Gibril Kerefah with his West African inspired fantasy PurpleBlack.

An opportunity to win a mentoring package worth more than £550.00. New Voices Competition is aimed at writers in the early stages of writing a novel.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s competition is Emily Hughes. We have also name checked the finalists.

We are pleased to announce the results of this year’s competition including the winning entry & the five finalists. Read more.

We are immensely proud of former apprentice Alison Belsham who has hit the big time with a striking contemporary crime novel. Read more.

Spotlight Profiles showcases 2018 winner Philip Bowne with his novel, Leaving Europe.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s competition is Philip Bowne. We have also name checked the finalists.

Very pleased to highlight Zoe Gilbert’s first novel ‘Folk’ which is due for publication by Bloomsbury in 2018.

Spotlight Profiles showcases 2017 winner Kate Swindlehurst with her novel, ‘The Station Master.’