Do you have a brilliant idea for a book but need help getting it down on paper? GH has teamed up with literary agent Nelle Andrew from Rachel Mills Literary agency to give readers the chance to win valuable feedback on their writing, plus support in finishing their novel.
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We’re after someone whose work is unpublished and is without a literary agent. Entries can be in any genre of adult fiction (not children’s or YA, short stories, poetry, drama or plays, or any non-fiction). The winning entry will be the one that grabs our attention, shows the most promise and leaves us wanting to read more.
First prize is £1,500, plus a one-onone, hour-long mentoring session with Nelle, and an extract will be published by GH online. Six readers will get written feedback from a literary agent. So get writing!
How to enter
Please send three chapters (or the first 50 pages, whichever is longer), plus a brief synopsis of your novel (no more than one A4 page) and a short 100-word biography, all double-spaced in 12pt type, to Hermione Rodgers (hermione@rmliterary.co.uk). Competition opens on 26 June 2025 and closes at 23.59 on 31 August 2025.
Meet the judges
Nelle Andrew has been an agent for over 15 years, joining Rachel Mills Literary agency in 2020. She won Agent of the Year at 2021’s British Book Awards.
Jennie Godrey is author of Sunday Times bestseller The List Of Suspicious Things, which has sold over 100,000 copies in paperback alone.
Jane Bruton is GH’s editor-in-chief. As an English Literature graduate and daughter of a librarian, reading has always been a huge part of her life.
Joanne Finney is GH’s books director and resident bookworm. She’s been a judge for a number of literary prizes, including the Costa Book Awards.
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