“I’m delighted that the Exeter Novel Prize is now an established part of our city’s cultural calendar.”
Rt Hon. Ben Bradshaw M.P.
Rt Hon. Ben Bradshaw M.P.
The 2020 Exeter Novel Prize - results
First Prize - £500 (generously donated by Exeter Writers) and trophy
Five finalists each receive £100 and paperweight
Final Judge: Kate Nash of the Kate Nash Literary Agency
Five finalists each receive £100 and paperweight
Final Judge: Kate Nash of the Kate Nash Literary Agency
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Exeter Novel Prize. Huge congratulations to Harriet Avery for her novel Saving Rosalind. Also picked out for commendation from the immensely strong list was Catherine Ogston's In Deep Still Waters.
The six finalists were chosen by Kate Nash from a long list of twenty-five. Kate's report on each of the six is HERE
We would like to thank everyone who entered.
The six finalists were chosen by Kate Nash from a long list of twenty-five. Kate's report on each of the six is HERE
We would like to thank everyone who entered.
Winner
Saving Rosalind - Harriet Avery
Saving Rosalind - Harriet Avery
Commended
In Deep Still Waters - Catherine Ogston
In Deep Still Waters - Catherine Ogston
Short List
In Deep Still Waters – Catherine Ogston
Saving Rosalind – Harriet Avery
The Heaven Born – Glenda Cooper
The Last Holy Man – Tehila Lieberman
The Map of Lost Lands – Lucy Steeds
The Wind Road – Joanna Eden
In Deep Still Waters – Catherine Ogston
Saving Rosalind – Harriet Avery
The Heaven Born – Glenda Cooper
The Last Holy Man – Tehila Lieberman
The Map of Lost Lands – Lucy Steeds
The Wind Road – Joanna Eden
Long Lists
All of them Liars – Robert Montero
And Down With All Kings – Stephanie Bain
A Small Significance – Charlotte Clark
Beyond Brandywine – Suzanna Mora-Schrader
Bitter Water – Lori Baker
Bookmoth – Tracey Fells
Blood Machines – James Hewitson
Changing Her Mind – Catherine Wright
Cooky – Andrew Ballantyne
Dark Summer – Sarah Nalle
Dark Times – Todd Huizinga
Down to the Sea – Alex Dawes
Eating the Spirit – Natalie Gregory
Failure to Protect – Yvonne Smith
Fair exchange – Kate Wheeler
Harper’s Highland Fling – Lizzie Lamb
Hellingly – Sylvia Bluck
Ida Jazzer – Abi Bown
In Deep Still Waters – Catherine Ogston
In Silt – Alexa Phillips
In the Shelter of Each Other – Tracey McEvoy
Little Comrade – Joe Eurell
Mutilated Currency Division – Adam McCulloch
Nightshade – Richard Chivers
Nevern Cove – Josie O’Reilly
No Such Thing as Goodbye – Karmen Spiljak
Our Condolences – Jennifer Clark
Out Here, in this Country – Elena Croitoru
Retribution – Tim Oliver
Rosalind – Jessie Mills
Sandpiper – Mick Pert
Saving Rosalind – Harriet Avery
Shotline – Paul Baird
Siberian Roulette – Roger Collier
Silverfish – Hannah Colby
Socorro – Sara Aleman
Swan Diaries – Axel Forrester
The Ballad of Matilda – Peter Slater
The Disappeared – David Stephens
The Doll in the Gingham Dress – Alison Wray
The Endling Chronicles – Clare Saxby
The Heaven Born – Glenda Cooper
The Housekeeper – Sherry Ferrell
The Icicle – Claire Buckley
The Last Holy Man – Tehila Lieberman
The Man Who Got Out of Japan – Sophie Neville
The Map of Lost Lands – Lucy Steeds
The Most Interesting Men in the World – Kyle Davis
The Slighting of Livia Rathbone – Kate Stratford
The Sundog – Judith Meadows
The Sun Will Fall – Samuel Charlton
The Tale of the Hare – Fiona Symington
The Unwritten – Claire Temple
The Vultures of Hogwaller – Jay Hodgkins
The Wind Road – Joanna Eden
Tilde – Brenda Hummel
Umberto – Harriet Avery
Wedding Season – Rebecca Hoskins
When the Black Rain Falls – Rachel Blackmore
Where the Blue Wind Blows – Jodie Robins
All of them Liars – Robert Montero
And Down With All Kings – Stephanie Bain
A Small Significance – Charlotte Clark
Beyond Brandywine – Suzanna Mora-Schrader
Bitter Water – Lori Baker
Bookmoth – Tracey Fells
Blood Machines – James Hewitson
Changing Her Mind – Catherine Wright
Cooky – Andrew Ballantyne
Dark Summer – Sarah Nalle
Dark Times – Todd Huizinga
Down to the Sea – Alex Dawes
Eating the Spirit – Natalie Gregory
Failure to Protect – Yvonne Smith
Fair exchange – Kate Wheeler
Harper’s Highland Fling – Lizzie Lamb
Hellingly – Sylvia Bluck
Ida Jazzer – Abi Bown
In Deep Still Waters – Catherine Ogston
In Silt – Alexa Phillips
In the Shelter of Each Other – Tracey McEvoy
Little Comrade – Joe Eurell
Mutilated Currency Division – Adam McCulloch
Nightshade – Richard Chivers
Nevern Cove – Josie O’Reilly
No Such Thing as Goodbye – Karmen Spiljak
Our Condolences – Jennifer Clark
Out Here, in this Country – Elena Croitoru
Retribution – Tim Oliver
Rosalind – Jessie Mills
Sandpiper – Mick Pert
Saving Rosalind – Harriet Avery
Shotline – Paul Baird
Siberian Roulette – Roger Collier
Silverfish – Hannah Colby
Socorro – Sara Aleman
Swan Diaries – Axel Forrester
The Ballad of Matilda – Peter Slater
The Disappeared – David Stephens
The Doll in the Gingham Dress – Alison Wray
The Endling Chronicles – Clare Saxby
The Heaven Born – Glenda Cooper
The Housekeeper – Sherry Ferrell
The Icicle – Claire Buckley
The Last Holy Man – Tehila Lieberman
The Man Who Got Out of Japan – Sophie Neville
The Map of Lost Lands – Lucy Steeds
The Most Interesting Men in the World – Kyle Davis
The Slighting of Livia Rathbone – Kate Stratford
The Sundog – Judith Meadows
The Sun Will Fall – Samuel Charlton
The Tale of the Hare – Fiona Symington
The Unwritten – Claire Temple
The Vultures of Hogwaller – Jay Hodgkins
The Wind Road – Joanna Eden
Tilde – Brenda Hummel
Umberto – Harriet Avery
Wedding Season – Rebecca Hoskins
When the Black Rain Falls – Rachel Blackmore
Where the Blue Wind Blows – Jodie Robins
Due to the current pandemic we've had to cancel meeting up for the award ceremony again. There will be an alternative Zoom ceremony on 29th May, details of which will be made available to those involved nearer the time.
The Exeter Novel Prize is for the first ten thousand words including synopsis of a novel that has not been accepted for publication by a traditional publishing house. It is open to all authors who are currently without representation by a literary agent, whether or not they have been published.
Rules - please read carefully. We don't want to disqualify you.
- The 2020 Exeter Novel Prize is open for submissions until midnight on January 1st 2021, which is without exception the closing date. Any entries received after this date will be disqualified and no refund of the entry fee will be made.
- The competition is open to everyone, living anywhere in the world, published, self-published or yet to be published, who does not gain representation by a literary agent, and who does not receive a contract from a commercial publisher by the closing date.
- Entries should take the form of the opening of your novel (not a random selection of scenes) and must not exceed a total of ten thousand words, which includes a synopsis of not more than five hundred words. Any entries received without a synopsis will be disqualified. Entries must be the author’s own work. The novel does not have to be complete. Self-published novels are acceptable.
- You may enter more than one novel, but each entry must be emailed separately and must be accompanied by a separate entry fee.
- All genres excluding children’s, but including Young Adult and New Adult, are acceptable.
- Only doc, docx and rtf files will be accepted. Any other formats will be disqualified. Please present your work in 12pt Times New Roman or Arial, 1.5 or double-spaced. The file title should be the same as your novel title and the same as it appears in the subject line of your email (minus ENP). Your name should not appear anywhere on the attachment.
- Entries must be in English.
- Entrants must be over 18 years of age.
- Entry must be made electronically and the fee paid via Paypal. The prize monies will be awarded via Paypal. The receipt issued by Paypal on payment of the entry fee is your receipt of entry. See How to Enter below. If you do not already have a Paypal account, please visit www.paypal.com for details.
- Literary agent Kate Nash of the Kate Nash Literary Agency will be the final judge. Although the organisers hope the winning entrant will achieve publication, no guarantee of agent representation or publication can be given.
- The decision of the judges is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
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