At Conville & Walsh we are passionate about discovering new talent and launching debut authors, as well as nurturing the careers of the writers we represent. We’re very proud to be considered one of the most approachable and dynamic agencies in London, a reputation for which we’ve worked hard.
As an agency we always want writers to feel as though they can get their work right under the noses of our agents, which is why we are very excited to announce the inaugural Conville & Walsh Word of Mouth Prize.
The Word of Mouth Prize will focus on novels that people just can’t stop talking about. We’re looking for fiction that is brilliantly written but accessible, has depth but isn’t dense and is innovative but identifiable. We’d love to find novels with that must-read quality, which would be perfect for book club discussions. These are the kind of books that can become a word of mouth phenomenon, and which Conville & Walsh are known for representing.
Great examples of this kind of fiction represented by Conville & Walsh include: THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M L Stedman, THE SHOCK OF THE FALL by Nathan Filer and BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP by S J Watson.
Judges
The judges for this year’s prize will be award-winning Conville & Walsh writer Matt Haig, author of THE HUMANS and forthcoming REASONS TO STAY ALIVE, Sheila O’Reilly who runs Dulwich Books(Independent Bookshop of the Year for the last two years running), two agents from Conville & Walsh, Susan Armstrong and Sophie Lambert, and our Joint Head of Translation Rights Alexandra McNicoll. David Llewelyn, who has been Conville & Walsh’s invaluable Reader for nearly a decade, will be our Honorary Chair.
What we’re looking for
Eligibility
How to submit
Announcement and prize
The team at Conville & Walsh will read absolutely everyone’s work, and from those we will select the novels we’re most excited about for our shortlist of approximately five writers. On 14th April 2015 Conville & Walsh will announce both the shortlist and the winner of the Word of Mouth Prize 2015.
The winner will receive a cheque for £1,000 and, if mutually agreeable, representation by Conville & Walsh.
No author who submits to our prize will be obliged to accept representation if it’s offered and, in turn, we will not be obliged to offer representation to any author who submits their work for the prize, including the winner (we want this to be a two-way relationship!). We will offer representation if we discover an author, or authors, whose writing we love.
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