Cheshire Novel Prize Proudly Presents our Winners & Listed Writers 2024
Hello,
Well, what a brilliant adult prize it has been this year! We had 1980 entries, and the talent was off the scale. We gave away 341 sponsored places which is a record amount for underrepresented writers. Thank you to everyone who entered and to everyone who has supported us over the last three years.
We are the ONLY prize worldwide that gives feedback to every writer who enters for the entry fee, and we are really proud of that. The reason it takes us so long to do feedback is we do it ourselves and we do not market you for editorial assessments. Feedback is still going out and we will have them all done by the 3oth November 2024 and so please be patient and bear with us. The feedback is bespoke and that takes time.
A massive thank you to our wonderful 2024 judges: Clara Foster, Hayley Steed, Rachel Neely, Elvin Mensah and Darcy Nicholson for their brilliant feedback, time and energy in judging for us.
So to the prize news. Congratulations to all of our shortlisted and longlisted writers and of course to our winners:
Winner Cheshire Novel Prize 2024: Through the Trees by Tanya Rowe- Genre: Horror.
Highly Commended 2024: Venus in a House of Tears by Gabriela Fowler. Genre: Literary Fiction.
Shortlist 2024:
Through The Trees – Horror- TR Rowe
Venus in a House of Tears – Literary Fiction by Gabriela Fowler
Out of Print – Time Travel by Claire Williams
Broken Ground – Ghost story by M. Anne Kala'i
The Scent of Water – Literary Fiction by Adebola Rayo
Troll – Crime/Thriller by Emma Gubisch
Tales of the Gog – Magical Realism by Mark Nunn
Jasper – Psychological thriller by Laura Davies
The Puzzlemaker – Crime/Thriller by Brian Christopher
Longlist 2024:
Dance of the Mayflies by Ben Reeves – Literary Fiction
My Beautiful Boy – Book Club by Elly James
The Scent of Water – Literary Fiction by Adebola Rayo
The Grotesque – Crime/thriller by Sean Foy
Edisson and Jeremiah– Literary Fiction by Michael Carin
Out of Print – Time Travel by Claire Williams
Broken Ground – Ghost story by M. Anne Kala'i
Mountain Tigers – Historical Fiction by Kate MacCarthy
OBEAH – Historical Fiction by Cliff Chen
The Life and Deaths of Adromeda Crace- Crime/Thriller by David Hanson
Hysteria – YA by Louise Cliffe-Minns
The Puzzlemaker– Crime/Thriller by Brian Christopher
The summoner of Souls – Romantzy by Hayley King
Winning Rita – Romance by Sennen Cork
Irrational Exuberance – Book Club by Kathleen Reidy
The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan – Fantasy by Alison Jones
The Love Inheritance – Romance by Lorraine Birnita
A Murder A Month – Cozy Mystery by Susan Corfield
The Light by the Sea – Literary Fiction by Abraham Kruger
Tales of the Gog – Magical Realism by Mark Nunn
Troll – Crime/Thriller by Emma Gubisch
Ambiguous Illusion – YA by Bernadette Davison
Backstories – Book Club by Rose Stevens
The Geddes Girls – Historical Fiction by Susan Reid
In his Grace – Historical Fiction by Edward Willis
Through The Trees – Horror- TR Rowe
Jasper – Psychological thriller by Laura Davies
Venus in a House of Tears – Literary Fiction by Gabriela Fowler
We hope you will join us in cheering on our LL and SL writers some of which now have agents so watch this space. We reopen for entries for the adult prize on the 1st of January 2025 for what will be our fourth year. Watch this space for news about our exciting judges and Instagram lives plus a brand new competition for short stories in 2025!
Our CNP Kids Prize is now open for entries until 1st January 2025. We will be announcing our judges on 14th October 2024! Very exiting!
See you all soon!
Kindest regards,
Sara Cox
Cheshire Novel Prize Founder