CNP 2024 proudly Presents Our Long-list
After 1900 entries across 15 genres and 22 countries, we are proud to present our long-list 2024. This was not an easy decision because the standard was so high this year.
Our longlist consists of a mix of genres with topics of murder, love, loss and grief. All gripped us from the start of the book and all the synopses had really clear plots and character arcs.
We gave away 392 sponsored places this year- our highest yet.
Mountain Tigers – Historical Fiction
The Scent of Water – Literary Fiction
Butterflies Can’t Kill You – Crime/Thriller
OBEAH– Historical Fiction
Dance of the Mayflies – Literary Fiction
Edisson & Jeremiah – Literary Fiction
Broken Ground – Ghost Story
The Life & Deaths of Andromeda Crace - Crime/Thriller
The Grotesque – Crime/thriller
Hysteria – YA
Dreamscape – Science Fiction
The Puzzlemaker: Murder is only a word away – Crime/Thriller
The summoner of Souls – Romantzy
Winning Rita – Romance
Irrational Exuberance – Book Club
The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan – Fantasy
My Beautiful Boy – Book Club
The Love Inheritance - Romance
Out of Print – Time Travel
A Murder A Month – Cozy Mystery
The Light by the Sea – Literary Fiction
Tales of the Gog – Magical Realism
Troll – Crime/Thriller
Ambiguous Illusion – YA
Backstories – Book Club
The Geddes Girls – Historical Fiction
Venus in a House of Tears – Literary Fiction
In His Grace – Historical Fiction
Through The Trees - Horror
Jasper – Crime/thriller
Congratulations and good luck to all of our LL writers. Shortlist announced on 30th August 2024 at 2pm.
Thank you to everyone who entered. Feedback goes out from 2nd August-30th November 2024.
Kind regards
The Cheshire Novel Prize Team