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Advice

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If you're considering entering the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize we whole-heartedly encourage you to do so. 
We understand that putting your work forward for critique can be a daunting task, so we've collated some words of advice below from individuals working in the industry.
We also publish tips throughout the year on Twitter. Please follow us here.
On writing
Ten rules for writing fiction - This Guardian article shares advice - some serious, some amusing - from successful authors including Anne Enright, Hilary Mantel, Margaret Atwood and Roddy Doyle.
Writing tips - A selection of articles on writing from the Book Trust.
PD James's 10 tips for writing novels - Top tips from the celebrated crime author, who published her first novel aged 42.
Getting published
Top tips on writing best-selling fiction and approaching literary agents - by Literary Agent, Madeleine Milburn.
Submission tips on approaching an agent - by Literary Agent, Andrew Lownie.
How to get a literary agent without dying of old age - by The Writers' Workshop.
We wish you the best of luck with your literary career.
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FAQs

For any queries about the Prize, please check the FAQs or contact: ella.barrett@lucy.cam.ac.uk
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Thinking of entering?

Have you read the Terms and Conditions? Start writing! The Fiction Prize 2021 is open for entries. Best of luck!
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Our Sponsors

The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is sponsored by Our sponsorPeters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD).
  • Home
  • How to enter
  • Our judges
  • Our sponsor
  • Advice
  • Success stories
  • Student Prize
  • SHORTLISTED AUTHORS
    • 2020 Shortlist
    • 2019 Shortlist
    • 2018 Shortlist
    • 2017 Shortlist
    • 2016 Shortlist
    • 2015 Shortlist
    • 2014 Shortlist
    • 2013 Shortlist
    • 2012 Shortlist
  • FAQs
  • Creative Writing Course
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