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Shortlist
Congratulations to everyone who entered The Marlowe and Christie Novel Prize! The standard was amazing and we are so grateful to all those who trusted us with their words. Today we are releasing our shortlist, which is divided into Commended and Highly Commended Entries. The ten best pieces from the Highly Commended list will be forwarded to the agents and Patrick Gleeson for feedback and further consideration for the cash prize. The Shortlist is attached here on Marlowe and Christie Skool. Congratulations again, everyone!
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@Gwen Burnyeat Not quite - but it is a rather large proportion of those who entered.
Different types of feedback...
Just received feedback from a different competition I entered. It was the same piece as I entered here, and was also waitlisted for Harper Collins Author Academy last month. I was absolutely disgusted by the completed disinterest shown by the reader/s and there was no attempt at finding positives in the extract. I don't usually grumble about stuff, but really the feedback was practically an insult. Compared to Issy's feedback, it was chalk and cheese! Anyone else had this from other competitions? It was a national one, so no excuse.
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Hi @Petra Glover I didn't enter this one but I'm so sorry that the feedback was so dire. Issy's feedback was excellent - I really felt that she'd understood the work. I also had good feedback (good as in helpful, I should had) from the Cheshire Novel one. I hope you won't feel too disheartened by the poor quality of the Harper Collins one. It's not a great advert for them.
I made it to number one best seller!
The book I submitted for the competition is now a best seller! The Right Members Club hit number one in political humour last week and is still there (as I type) - it also briefly crested to number one in Comedy on Amazon as well. But was quickly thwarted by John Robins new book! Just want to share it as I'm ecstatic! It also is trying to combat the mental hate and division in our country. So local elections probably played a role! Cheers everyone, happy Saturday!
I made it to number one best seller!
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Amazing!! That is fantastic.
The Suspense
Is the suspense of waiting for the rest of the commended list driving anyone else out of their minds? With such a flimsy deadline for the full winners list, I am beside myself with anxious anticipation and it is stressing me out. Anyone else with me on this? Or are you just shaking it off?
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@Niki Penzien It's not just you. I tell myself that this is a much smaller outfit than, say, Bridport and the like and they just don't have the time to post as well as finalising judging plus their day jobs. They may also be waiting on the external judges and don't want to post anything that might be seen as a criticism of them. Fingers crossed for all of us.
Competition Results & Feedback
A few people have asked about when feedback and competition results will be available. Feedback will issued piecemeal in February and March - it's just a matter of chance if you get yours at the start or end of that period. Winners will be announces in early April. Good luck all!
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@Jenny Howard If you have - then so have I!
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Magic Realism, folk horror and all things slightly (or very) weird

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