The Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize
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The 2021 Fiction Prize is now closed for entries. Thank you all for your submissions and good luck.
Now going into its eleventh year, the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is famous for helping undiscovered female writers launch their literary careers. Founded in 2010, by Professor Janet Todd OBE, the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize has gone from strength to strength with many shortlisted and winning authors securing publishing deals and furthering their writing. The Prize has developed a formidable reputation for attracting first-class writing talent and as such judges are seeking entries that combine literary merit with 'unputdownability.'
Prize ceremony
This annual occasion has been instrumental in introducing previous winners to their respective agents, and allows attendees to mingle with industry specialists.
Free consultation with literary agent
All shortlisted entrants receive a valuable half-hour one-to-one consultation with our competition sponsors PFD (subject to them not already having an agent) who will give editorial feedback and discuss the marketability of the work submitted. In addition, the 2021 winner will receive a cash prize of £1,500.
The Fiction Prize will be back in 2022.
This annual occasion has been instrumental in introducing previous winners to their respective agents, and allows attendees to mingle with industry specialists.
Free consultation with literary agent
All shortlisted entrants receive a valuable half-hour one-to-one consultation with our competition sponsors PFD (subject to them not already having an agent) who will give editorial feedback and discuss the marketability of the work submitted. In addition, the 2021 winner will receive a cash prize of £1,500.
The Fiction Prize will be back in 2022.
Sara Collins was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize in 2016 and has now published her novel The Confessions of Frannie Langton. Sara says: “Little did I know when I was shortlisted that within two years I’d have signed with an agent, finished the novel, and agreed book deals in several territories as well as a TV option. I’m still pinching myself.”
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The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2021 is now closed for entries
Read about the 2020 shortlist here
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Aoife Fitzpatrick wins the 2020 Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize, with her novel An Arrangement in Grey and Black. Aoife says: “The college engages wholeheartedly with writers who reach the later stages of the competition, giving access to a writing community, industry knowledge and the kind of faith & shelter that every early-career author needs."
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About the Prize
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The Fiction Prize is for a novel by a woman over the age of 18 that marries literary merit with unputdownability. The work can be on any subject at all. We welcome submissions of literary fiction and genre fiction equally. Novels for young adults or children are acceptable if they are mainly word-based; picture books are excluded.
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