ITV This Morning Novel Writing Competition
Curtis BrownSee Curtis Brown listing Books and the Curtis Brown Creative writing school are to work with ITV's flagship daytime programme This Morning on a new novel-writing competition, which will be launched live on the show on Tuesday 4 November. The competition for unpublished and unrepresented novelists runs till 14 November, and will be judged by international-bestselling author Marian Keyes, actor and TV Book Club panellist Caroline Quentin and Jonny Geller, joint CEO of Curtis Brown. The winners will be announced live on air on 27 November.
The first prize will be representation for the winning novel from a Curtis Brown agent and a free place on one of Curtis Brown Creative's six-month novel-writing courses. Two runners-up will be offered meetings with one of our agents. Anyone can enter the competition if they're 18 or over, living in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man, and writing a novel in English.
Entrants will be requested to send in the first 3,000 words (including any prologue) and a one-page synopsis from a proposed novel or novel-in-progress. Full details, including how to enter, can be seen on ITV's This Morning programme on Tuesday 4th November; and there'll be further information and tips for novelists on the Curtis Brown Creative website.
‘I remember well the fear and trepidation of sending my first novel to an agent and publisher, ' says Marian Keyes. 'I can't wait to read the novels that come in to the competition - I hope it'll be like delving in a treasure chest.'
‘We are hugely excited to be involved,' says Jonny Geller. ‘This country boasts some of the finest storytellers in the world and with the help of This Morning, the judges, our creative-writing school and the agents at Curtis Brown, we hope to discover the next generation of British literary talent.'
Two runners-up will be offered meetings with a Curtis Brown agent.
Entrants must be 18 or over, living in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man, and writing a novel in English. The novel should be unpublished and the novelist unrepresented. It can be in any genre but should be aimed at adults rather than children.
The closing date for the competition is 14th November, and the winner and runners-up are expected to be announced on air on 27th November. For more information
