Cheshire Novel Prize Kids Agent Showcase
The Cheshire Novel Prize Kids Agent Showcase
We think it a shame to waste all of the talent from our entrants not to mention those manuscripts on our dashboard unread by agents other than our judges. And so the Cheshire Novel PrizeKids Showcase is for all of of our top 100, long-listed and shortlisted writers. If you have made the showcase, we will inform you of this when you receive your feedback. The end date for feedback is 30th June 2024, and so please make sure you add entry@cheshirenovelprizekids to your address book and if you haven’t received your feedback by 30th June, check your junk/spam folders. Therefore there is no need to contact us to ask if you are included in the showcase.
How does the showcase work?
Once we have decided who our winner and most highly commended, we will keep the top 100, long listed and short listed writers work on our dashboard. We will then open up our dashboard to literary agents and publishers for one month from 10th August 2024 until 10th September 2024. This will give agents and publishers an opportunity to see if any of our entrants' manuscripts appeal to them. Each genre is clearly marked on the dashboard, which still remains anonymous. We don’t charge the agents for this, nor do we charge the writers; this is included in your entry fee. To ensure that all agents/publishers have a fair and equal chance of reading the manuscripts, we select agents across a wide range of agencies, limit the numbers we invite, and stagger the links.
Please note that we cannot accept edits to your CNPKids entry for the showcase. If you are successful and your work is included in the showcase, we will submit your original competition entry to the dashboard.
If an agent requests your full manuscript from the dashboard:
We will introduce you via email to the requesting agent and then leave you to it. This is because our dashboard remains anonymous.
If you are offered representation, please do let us know and tag us in to social media posts.
We are very excited about the Cheshire Novel Prize Kids Showcase and remain committed to helping you all along your publishing journey. However, if you do not wish to be part of the showcase once you receive your feedback, you can opt out. At no point do we publish the showcase dashboard to anyone other than literary agents and/or our judges.
Please note we can not enter into any correspondence about the showcase.
Good luck!
The CNP Kids Team