Goldfinch Books Novel Award

The Goldfinch Books Novel Award is a competition for emerging novelists. It invites submissions of 3,000 words from completed novels.

The prize is open worldwide for ages 16+ writers without a literary agent, and without any published novel

Submissions should be in English. Submissions of 3,000 words from the beginning of a completed novel + 1-page synopsis, in English

The winner receives a £500 cash prize plus an invitation to join the Goldfinch writer community (free place on the Creative Writing Course and Goldfinch membership)

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.