The Bath Novel Awards
@bathnovelaward.co.uk
International prizes for emerging writers
✨The Bath Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 31 May
✨The Bath Children's Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 30 Nov
www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
✨The Bath Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 31 May
✨The Bath Children's Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 30 Nov
www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
It's a wrap for #BathChildrensNovelAward 2025!
Thank you to all entrants. We can't wait to read your work and discover this year's longlist.
Longlist news emails will go out 18 December. Good luck everyone!
Thank you to all entrants. We can't wait to read your work and discover this year's longlist.
Longlist news emails will go out 18 December. Good luck everyone!
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It's a wrap for #BathChildrensNovelAward 2025!
Thank you to all entrants. We can't wait to read your work and discover this year's longlist.
Longlist news emails will go out 18 December. Good luck everyone!
Thank you to all entrants. We can't wait to read your work and discover this year's longlist.
Longlist news emails will go out 18 December. Good luck everyone!
💫Submissions call for the Bath Children's Novel Award 2025! £5,000 prize, open to emerging writers of MG, YA, CB and PBT. Literary agent Clare Wallace is judging from a shortlist chosen by Junior Judges aged 7-17 years. Closing date 30 Nov, full details at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
💫Submissions call for the Bath Children's Novel Award 2025! £5,000 prize, open to emerging writers of MG, YA, CB and PBT. Literary agent Clare Wallace is judging from a shortlist chosen by Junior Judges aged 7-17 years. Closing date 30 Nov, full details at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
🎉We're delighted to share the winner and listees for the Bath Novel Award 2025.
Our heartfelt thanks to Laura Williams for judging - and huge congratulations to winning author Parker Barrington and all listees.
Full announcement at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
Our heartfelt thanks to Laura Williams for judging - and huge congratulations to winning author Parker Barrington and all listees.
Full announcement at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
September 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🎉We're delighted to share the winner and listees for the Bath Novel Award 2025.
Our heartfelt thanks to Laura Williams for judging - and huge congratulations to winning author Parker Barrington and all listees.
Full announcement at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
Our heartfelt thanks to Laura Williams for judging - and huge congratulations to winning author Parker Barrington and all listees.
Full announcement at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
🎉Happy SCARLETT BUCKLING AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING PICTURES publication day to @marioambrosi.bsky.social - out today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social!
12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...
12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...
July 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🎉Happy SCARLETT BUCKLING AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING PICTURES publication day to @marioambrosi.bsky.social - out today with @tinytreebooks.bsky.social!
12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...
12yo Scarlett Buckling loves a detective story, but when her beloved Gran goes missing in the night, she faces a real-life case like no other...
We're away now to count the BNA2025 votes.
Good luck to all for tomorrow's news!
Good luck to all for tomorrow's news!
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We're away now to count the BNA2025 votes.
Good luck to all for tomorrow's news!
Good luck to all for tomorrow's news!
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is now open for submissions. This is our £5,000 prize for emerging / unagented children's authors of PBT CB MG and YA. Clare Wallace of Darley Anderson is judging and entries are invited until 30th Nov at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
June 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is now open for submissions. This is our £5,000 prize for emerging / unagented children's authors of PBT CB MG and YA. Clare Wallace of Darley Anderson is judging and entries are invited until 30th Nov at: bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
💫 We're delighted to welcome CLARE WALLACE of Darley Anderson Children's as judge for 2025's £5,000 Bath Childrens Novel Award
🎈The award is open to unagented emerging children's and YA writers worldwide, with a closing date of November 30th.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
🎈The award is open to unagented emerging children's and YA writers worldwide, with a closing date of November 30th.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💫 We're delighted to welcome CLARE WALLACE of Darley Anderson Children's as judge for 2025's £5,000 Bath Childrens Novel Award
🎈The award is open to unagented emerging children's and YA writers worldwide, with a closing date of November 30th.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
🎈The award is open to unagented emerging children's and YA writers worldwide, with a closing date of November 30th.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...
🏁And that’s a wrap for Bath Novel Award 2025 entries. Thank you to all entrants, and good luck for the longlist announcement on June 30th!
June 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🏁And that’s a wrap for Bath Novel Award 2025 entries. Thank you to all entrants, and good luck for the longlist announcement on June 30th!
📣FINAL SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is an international £5,000 prize for A & YA novels.
Judge: Literary agent Laura Williams
Deadline: 23:59 BST, Sat 31st May.
Open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is an international £5,000 prize for A & YA novels.
Judge: Literary agent Laura Williams
Deadline: 23:59 BST, Sat 31st May.
Open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📣FINAL SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is an international £5,000 prize for A & YA novels.
Judge: Literary agent Laura Williams
Deadline: 23:59 BST, Sat 31st May.
Open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is an international £5,000 prize for A & YA novels.
Judge: Literary agent Laura Williams
Deadline: 23:59 BST, Sat 31st May.
Open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
🥳 A Place of A Thousand Wishes is out today! This magical and BCNA-listed mystery from @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social is the story of Mason, a C19th boy who makes the world’s best ice cream and the sinister stranger who wants to destroy his business.
On sale now at: www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Thousa...
On sale now at: www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Thousa...
May 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🥳 A Place of A Thousand Wishes is out today! This magical and BCNA-listed mystery from @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social is the story of Mason, a C19th boy who makes the world’s best ice cream and the sinister stranger who wants to destroy his business.
On sale now at: www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Thousa...
On sale now at: www.amazon.co.uk/Place-Thousa...
💫Just one week left to enter 2025's Bath Novel Award!
📅 Deadline: Sat 31 May
🏆 £5,000 prize for emerging A/YA writers
😎 Lit agent Laura Williams judging
📖 Longlist prize worth £1,980 c/o @profwriting.bsky.social & Cornerstones Literary
📝Feedback for all listees
bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
📅 Deadline: Sat 31 May
🏆 £5,000 prize for emerging A/YA writers
😎 Lit agent Laura Williams judging
📖 Longlist prize worth £1,980 c/o @profwriting.bsky.social & Cornerstones Literary
📝Feedback for all listees
bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
May 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
💫Just one week left to enter 2025's Bath Novel Award!
📅 Deadline: Sat 31 May
🏆 £5,000 prize for emerging A/YA writers
😎 Lit agent Laura Williams judging
📖 Longlist prize worth £1,980 c/o @profwriting.bsky.social & Cornerstones Literary
📝Feedback for all listees
bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
📅 Deadline: Sat 31 May
🏆 £5,000 prize for emerging A/YA writers
😎 Lit agent Laura Williams judging
📖 Longlist prize worth £1,980 c/o @profwriting.bsky.social & Cornerstones Literary
📝Feedback for all listees
bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
🎊 Newly agented congratulations to Bath Children’s Novel Award winner Rachel Darwin on accepting representation with Millie Van Grut at RCW Literary Agency
May 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🎊 Newly agented congratulations to Bath Children’s Novel Award winner Rachel Darwin on accepting representation with Millie Van Grut at RCW Literary Agency
✒️This year's £5,000 Bath Novel Award invites entries from emerging unagented writers everywhere. Laura Williams of Greene & Heaton Literary Agency is judging and initial subs are your opening 5k words plus one page synopsis. C/date 31 May with full details at bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
May 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
✒️This year's £5,000 Bath Novel Award invites entries from emerging unagented writers everywhere. Laura Williams of Greene & Heaton Literary Agency is judging and initial subs are your opening 5k words plus one page synopsis. C/date 31 May with full details at bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
🎉🐉Happy Dragonborn publication day!
Dragonborn is the electric new fantasy series by Bath Children's Novel Award winner Struan Murray. It's for fans of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief and Impossible Creatures and perfect for readers aged 9-12.
uk.bookshop.org/contributors...
Dragonborn is the electric new fantasy series by Bath Children's Novel Award winner Struan Murray. It's for fans of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief and Impossible Creatures and perfect for readers aged 9-12.
uk.bookshop.org/contributors...
May 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🎉🐉Happy Dragonborn publication day!
Dragonborn is the electric new fantasy series by Bath Children's Novel Award winner Struan Murray. It's for fans of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief and Impossible Creatures and perfect for readers aged 9-12.
uk.bookshop.org/contributors...
Dragonborn is the electric new fantasy series by Bath Children's Novel Award winner Struan Murray. It's for fans of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief and Impossible Creatures and perfect for readers aged 9-12.
uk.bookshop.org/contributors...
SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
📖Literary agent and 2025 judge Laura Williams explains why potential is more important than perfection, and what she looks for in the opening pages of novel submissions.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
April 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
📖Literary agent and 2025 judge Laura Williams explains why potential is more important than perfection, and what she looks for in the opening pages of novel submissions.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
📚PRIZE GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the publication of The Secret Collector, @abigailj.bsky.social's heart-warming BNA-listed debut, we have a copy to give away by prize draw. Head to bathnovelaward.co.uk/win-a-copy-o... and enter your name and email for the chance to win. UK only, draw closes April 30th.
April 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📚PRIZE GIVEAWAY! To celebrate the publication of The Secret Collector, @abigailj.bsky.social's heart-warming BNA-listed debut, we have a copy to give away by prize draw. Head to bathnovelaward.co.uk/win-a-copy-o... and enter your name and email for the chance to win. UK only, draw closes April 30th.
✒️This year's £5,000 Bath Novel Award invites entries from emerging unagented writers everywhere. Laura Williams of Greene & Heaton Literary Agency is judging and initial subs are your opening 5k words plus one page synopsis. C/date 31 May with full details at bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
April 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
✒️This year's £5,000 Bath Novel Award invites entries from emerging unagented writers everywhere. Laura Williams of Greene & Heaton Literary Agency is judging and initial subs are your opening 5k words plus one page synopsis. C/date 31 May with full details at bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-nov...
SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
🎉Happy publication day to @abigailj.bsky.social!
The Secret Collector is the heartwarming and uplifting story of an elderly eccentric collector and a troubled teen, and Abigail shares her path-to-publication story here👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk/2025/03/14/i...
The Secret Collector is the heartwarming and uplifting story of an elderly eccentric collector and a troubled teen, and Abigail shares her path-to-publication story here👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk/2025/03/14/i...
April 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎉Happy publication day to @abigailj.bsky.social!
The Secret Collector is the heartwarming and uplifting story of an elderly eccentric collector and a troubled teen, and Abigail shares her path-to-publication story here👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk/2025/03/14/i...
The Secret Collector is the heartwarming and uplifting story of an elderly eccentric collector and a troubled teen, and Abigail shares her path-to-publication story here👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk/2025/03/14/i...
📣2025's Bath Novel Awards are open for entries!
The £5,000 Bath Novel Award and £5,000 Bath Children's Novel Award are for emerging unagented writers of any nationality or residency and you can find all the info at www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
The £5,000 Bath Novel Award and £5,000 Bath Children's Novel Award are for emerging unagented writers of any nationality or residency and you can find all the info at www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📣2025's Bath Novel Awards are open for entries!
The £5,000 Bath Novel Award and £5,000 Bath Children's Novel Award are for emerging unagented writers of any nationality or residency and you can find all the info at www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
The £5,000 Bath Novel Award and £5,000 Bath Children's Novel Award are for emerging unagented writers of any nationality or residency and you can find all the info at www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
🎉BCNA shortlisted @sharon54.bsky.social tells us about signing with @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social and writing NINE ROOMS, the twisty and thrilling YA that had our Junior Judging team on the edge of their seats.
👉https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/love-your-novel-so-judges-will-too/
👉https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/love-your-novel-so-judges-will-too/
April 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🎉BCNA shortlisted @sharon54.bsky.social tells us about signing with @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social and writing NINE ROOMS, the twisty and thrilling YA that had our Junior Judging team on the edge of their seats.
👉https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/love-your-novel-so-judges-will-too/
👉https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/love-your-novel-so-judges-will-too/
SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and is open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and is open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and is open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and is open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
SUBMISSIONS CALL✨
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and is open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and is open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
The Bath Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for A & YA novels and is open until 31 May.
The Bath Children's Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 prize for MG, YA, CB and PBT and is open until 30 Nov.
Both prizes are open to unagented emerging authors worldwide at👇
bathnovelaward.co.uk
🎉Debut book deal congratulations to #BathChildrensNovelAward 2023 shortlistee A. A. Wilson for NIFLHEIM, acquired by @dkbooks.bsky.social from @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social for UK / US publication in 2026.
‘Encompassing grief, love, monsters and the end of childhood, there is murder in the air...'
‘Encompassing grief, love, monsters and the end of childhood, there is murder in the air...'
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🎉Debut book deal congratulations to #BathChildrensNovelAward 2023 shortlistee A. A. Wilson for NIFLHEIM, acquired by @dkbooks.bsky.social from @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social for UK / US publication in 2026.
‘Encompassing grief, love, monsters and the end of childhood, there is murder in the air...'
‘Encompassing grief, love, monsters and the end of childhood, there is murder in the air...'
📖In our latest literary agent Q&A, 2025 judge Laura Williams explains why potential is more important than perfection, plus what she will be looking for in the opening 5,000 words and synopsis of novel submissions.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
March 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📖In our latest literary agent Q&A, 2025 judge Laura Williams explains why potential is more important than perfection, plus what she will be looking for in the opening 5,000 words and synopsis of novel submissions.
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...
bathnovelaward.co.uk/bath-novel-a...