Novel Beginnings: Your First 5,000 Words Could Win $50,000
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What if the opening of your novel changed everything?
Novel Beginnings is a global writing competition celebrating the first 5,000 words of an unpublished novel. Submit your opening chapters for a chance to win a $50,000 grand prize - plus several $5,000 runner-up prizes.
You've imagined it. Plotted it. Maybe even started it. Now it's time to write it.
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Submissions open February 2 and close March 31.
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