How to Win a Novel Award Authors and multi-competition winners Emily Randall-Jones and Melissa Welliver share their advice on how to make your novel entry stand out amongst the crowd …
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Interview with 2022 Novel and Picture Book Award Judges Interview with Judges Clare Wallace and Lydia Silver 1. Can you tell us a little more about you and your role …
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Can you tell us a little more about you and your role as a literary agent, and how you came to be one? Oh yikes, well In terms of me, I’m …
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Can you tell us a little more about both of you and the agency? Paul: I am the Managing Director of Bell Lomax Moreton. I joined the agency in 2000 from …
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Louise Cook was a runner-up in the 2020 WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award and a 2020 WriteMentor mentee. After a degree in Art History turned out to be even less useful …
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By Sue Cunningham, 2020 winner How do you win a writing competition? In my case, it was probably a fun concept that gave me the incentive to keep going, lots …
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We asked 2020 Picture Book Award Winner, Sophia Payne, to reflect on her experience with the award, and what has happened since… It was a friend in my critique group …
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Sue Cunningham, winner of our 2020 WMCNA, spoke with us last week about her win and her overall experience. How did you feel when you watched Alice announce you as …
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Alexandra Page was the #WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award winner for 2019. We chatted to her after winning here. Below, she gives her best advice to those hoping to enter this …
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How to almost win a novel competition I can’t tell you how to win the WMCNA, partly because I was a runner-up but also because there’s no magic formula and …
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In the aftermath, of winning our very first Novel Award, we spoke to our first winner, Alexandra Page. How did you feel when you watched Chloe announce you as the …
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