THE 2024 CHAPTER ONE PRIZE FOR NOVELISTS
Congratulations to the 2024 Winners!
Click here to discover the winners and read their winning chapters.
Next submission period: Feb 3 – March 3, 2025
The Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is open internationally to writers over 18 who are working on an as-yet-unpublished novel (fiction only). The prize has been established to support and celebrate novelists and aims to find the best opening chapter of a novel-in-progress written in the English language.
On Friday, March 29, 2024, the three prize winners and honorable mentions will be announced here on the website and via social media, and all entrants will be contacted via email about the results. Prize winners and honorable mentions must agree to allow us to post their winning entries on this website.
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