HOW TO ENTER...

PLEASE read the below carefully because any entries that do not meet the rules will be discounted.

Full terms and conditions, which you must agree to, can be found online at dailymail.co.uk/novelcomp

1 SUBMIT your entry consisting of 3,000 words and a plot synopsis in no more than 600 words written in the English language.

2 ENTRIES must be emailed to dailymailprize@littlebrown.co.uk and must be received by 17.30pm on November 1, 2022. Entries received after this date will not be judged.

3 ALL entries should include full name and contact details, including postal and email addresses. You must also confirm that you have read the terms and conditions available online.

4 SUBMIT one entry per person only. Multiple submissions will result in no submissions being accepted.

5 ALL entries must be original, previously unpublished works of fiction for an adult reader and not under contract to any agent or publisher. All genres are considered apart from Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror. Entrants must not previously have published a novel — this includes novels that have been self-published or available only as e-books

6 ENTRANTS must not currently be represented by a literary agent.

7 WINNERS and runners-up will be notified by March 1, 2023. All entrants must be in a position to deliver their finished manuscript by November 1, 2023, should they win. The book will then be published within two years in the UK; its placing in the publication schedule will depend on the book chosen as the winner.

8 THE competition, which is free to enter, is open to anyone over the age of 18 who is a UK resident, apart from employees (and their families) of the Hachette group, Associated Newspapers Ltd and any other company that is associated with the competition.