The Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize, for the opening of an unpublished novel combining literary merit with unputdownability written by a woman, is open for entries. The winner will receive £1,500.
The competition is for the openings of novels that are unpublished, and have not been self-published. Writers who have previously published a novel may not enter, but writers who have self-published may enter with a different novel from the one they self-published. Writers who have previously been published in other genres (ie, not a novel) may enter. Only women writers may enter.
Submissions may be on any subject, and may be literary or genre fiction. To enter, send a pdf of up to 50 pages of the novel, and a separate pdf of a synopsis up to ten pages. All documents should be typed in 12pt font, 1.5 spaced, on numbered pages. All entries must be submitted via the online form.