Success with novel competitions

Caroline Ambrose, founder of the Bath Novel Award, will talk us through the judging process for the prize. What are her readers looking for in the submissions? What is it that assures your entry of a place on the shortlist? Does genre matter? Are first sentences really that important? Is first person a no-no? And what happens when you win?

Caroline Ambrose is the founder and organiser of The Bath Novel Award and The Bath Children’s Novel Award, two annual international prizes for emerging novelists.