The Next Big Story Prize | The Novelry
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Your ticket to a life of writing
Bring your wildest dreams to life: enter our prize competition to find The Next Big Story.
What do you need? Just 3 pages of pure imagination—the beginning of a work of fiction, the first 1,500 words of what could be a page-turning book one day.
Eight shortlisted entries, chosen by our judges, will win the full support of The Novelry, the world’s top-rated fiction writing school, and our team will help you turn your winning idea into a publishing-ready book with The Finished Novel Course.
One winner will take home $100,000 USD.
No experience necessary. We’re looking for people ready to write their golden ticket to the next chapter of life!
- Please make sure you read our FAQs, guidelines, and tips carefully before you enter. You can find them here.
- Please read the Terms and Conditions before you enter. By entering the prize competition, you agree you have read and accepted them.
- The Prize is open to adults over-18, residents of the U.S.A., the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. (If you are a resident of the United Kingdom, you must use the alternative entry form at the previous page.)
You will receive confirmation of your entry by email. Please check your spam or junk folder to find the confirmation email, and either whitelist or add emails from thenovelry.com and submittable.com to your safe sender list.
If you are longlisted, we will contact you by email to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria (as outlined in our Terms and Conditions) to move forward to the shortlist for the final stage of the judging process.
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