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What made you want to write a novel in the first place? Oodles of pent-up inner rage, which needed an outlet. (Also, because, readers of...

Mahoosive congratulations on the publication of your second novel! What can you tell us about it? Thank you! Yes, I'm mighty chuffed that...

What made you want to write a novel in the first place? I've always wanted to be a writer and frankly getting divorced and not having...

What have you been up to since WINNING the CWIP unpublished prize 2022? Well, I found a lovely agent, Julia Silk, who is putting up with...

What made you want to write a novel in the first place? Now that’s the $64,000 dollar question. It certainly wasn’t for the prize money....

What inspired you to enter CWIP? For many years I was aiming to be a dark and tortured writer because I thought it was what the world...

When did you first hear about the CWIP Prize? I actually entered the first year of CWIP after hearing about it via Twitter. I was...

Hannah says: “My view when I write is very OTT — still got the balloons up from my toddlers birthday and just can't bring myself to take...

Kat says: I wrote basically the whole book on post it notes, so it looks a bit like a serial killer’s lair 😬 When did you first hear...

Jo’s writing partner, Ziggy, who likes to rest his head on her laptop as she writes, adding typos as she goes. When did you first hear...

Working from bed – where the magic happens. When did you first hear about the CWIP Prize? A friend from a writing group sent me the link....

Jane tells us: Mildred the sausage dog “likes to grab life by the jaws if not claws and was definitely the inspiration for Caro’s dog...

Boris the cat gets annoyed when I don’t pay him attention. Here he is stopping me from editing and typing. He is on the large size so...

Please enjoy this completely staged photo a friend took of me at my favourite writing spot in Edinburgh reading the complete lyrics of...

Gemma tells us her book wall has been described as 'enough to give a librarian a breakdown' and people have spent a long time trying to...

Jo’s recipe for wit is never giving up, croissants and bonking awareness…. When did you first hear about the CWIP Prize? Last year, I...

Confessions of Longlisted Unpublished author Clare Ward Smith Writing Cave ‘Comedy writing requires comedy locations’ says Clare...

Inside secrets from Unpublished Longlisted author Hannah Dolby Hannah's writing cave: ‘It’s extremely important to feel like Barbara...

'It's not the winning it's the taking people apart that counts' We hear from past unpublished winners.

Zahra Barri reveals her connection with Nora, Erica and Lady C Since time is running out before CWIP 2021 entries close (May 28th) oh...