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438<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2" style="color:#444444"><strong>The Bath Novel Award 2026</strong> is a writing competition for emerging authors.</li>
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442<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3" style="color:#444444">The closing date for entries is 31 May 2026 at 23:59 BST.</li>
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446<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4" style="color:#444444">The winning writer will be awarded £5,000 GBP.</li>
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450<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5" style="color:#444444">In the event of a joint win, the prize money will be shared equally between winners.</li>
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454<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6" style="color:#444444">The winning writer will be announced at <a href="http://www.bathnovelaward.co.uk"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.bathnovelaward.co.uk</span></a> in September 2026 along with the names of all listees.</li>
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458<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7" style="color:#444444">Longlisted entrants will be notified by email in late June 2026 and invited to submit their full manuscripts for the shortlist judging stages.</li>
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462<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8" style="color:#444444">Longlistees win feedback on their 5,000 word extract and synopsis.</li>
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466<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9" style="color:#444444">Shortlisted entrants will be notified by email in August 2026.</li>
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470<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10" style="color:#444444">Shortlistees win feedback on their full manuscripts. </li>
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474<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11" style="color:#444444">The writer of the most promising longlisted novel, as judged by Cornerstones Literary Consultancy, will win a place on the 18 week online course <a href="https://www.profwritingacademy.com/course/edit-your-novel-the-professional-way"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Edit Your Novel the Professional Way</em>.</span></a>&nbsp;The prize will be announced in September 2026. The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.</li>
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478<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-12" style="color:#444444">By entering, the winner agrees to an interview which may be published on our site and in any media for publicity purposes.</li>
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482<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13" style="color:#444444">Entrants retain full copyright of their work. By entering all entrants who are shortlisted give us permission to post their opening pages on our site.</li>
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486<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-14" style="color:#444444">The Bath Novel Awards reserve the right to change the judge and non-cash prize without notice.</li>
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490<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15" style="color:#444444">The judge&#8217;s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning this decision.</li>
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495<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16" style="color:#444444">Submission Guidelines</h1>
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500<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-17" style="color:#444444">Initial submissions should be a single Word document or PDF containing the opening of your novel, up to a maximum of 5,000 words and double-spaced in a size 12 font, followed by a&nbsp;<a href="https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/how-to-write-a-strong-one-page-synopsis/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>one-page synopsis</strong></span></a>&nbsp;in a single-spaced size 12 font.&nbsp;</li>
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504<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18" style="color:#444444">As our prizes are judged blind, your name and contact details should not appear in your extract/synopsis document.</li>
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508<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19" style="color:#444444">We recommend presenting your novel in industry standard format. If you are unsure what this is, please see our guidance page: <a href="https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/how-to-format-your-manuscript/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">industry standard format for novel manuscripts</span></strong></a></li>
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512<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20" style="color:#444444">Entries should not include any photographs, graphics, maps, artwork or cover images.</li>
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516<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21" style="color:#444444">Novels should be submitted in English. </li>
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520<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22" style="color:#444444">The entrance fee for each novel is £33 inclusive of standard rate VAT and you may enter as many times as you wish.</li>
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524<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23" style="color:#444444">Entries should be submitted using our <a href="https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-novel-award/submit-your-a
524dult-novel/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">online entry form</span></strong></a></li>
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528<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24" style="color:#444444">Sponsored places are available for writers on a low income via our <a href="https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/sponsored-entry-applications-for-the-bath-novel-award/" title=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>sponsored places application form.</strong></span></a></li>
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532<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25" style="color:#444444">Submissions may not be altered after entry. Entrants who do not comply with the competition terms may be disqualified.</li>
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542<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27" style="color:#444444">For the purposes of the competition,&nbsp;&#8217;emerging authors&#8217;&nbsp;are defined as: <em>unagented writers who are yet to accept an offer of publication (for a novel or children’s fiction book) which includes an advance (pre-publication) payment from their publisher.</em></li>
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546<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28" style="color:#444444">Entrants may be of any age, nationality or residency.</li>
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550<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29" style="color:#444444">Novels should be for adult or young adult readers and complete at 50,000 words or more. For novels-in-verse, manuscripts should be complete at 25,000 words or more.</li>
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554<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-30" style="color:#444444">Submitted novels may be unpublished, self-published or published without an advance (pre-publication) book deal.</li>
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558<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31" style="color:#444444">Translations are eligible to win.</li>
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562<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32" style="color:#444444">Submissions must be the author&#8217;s original work.</li>
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566<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33" style="color:#444444">Submissions must not be originated, written, edited or translated by artificial intelligence.</li>
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570<li class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34" style="color:#444444">Employees of the Bath Novel Awards, Cornerstones Literary Consultancy, the Professional Writing Academy and the judge&#8217;s literary agency are not eligible to win.</li>
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