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Reset your writing this spring! Is your novel draft almost there… but not quite? The Cheshire Novel Prize Spring Reset Workshops are open 🌸3 live Zoom sessions with Sara Naidine Cox Structure. Voice. Dialogue. Show vs Tell. cheshirenovelprize.com/spring-reset-w…

Happy Christmas everyone. We hope you have a wonderful time . See you all in 2026. Thank you to everyone who has supported our prize, podcasts and retreats! It means so much 💛

Don’t forget to download our latest episode of #TheTorturedWritersPodcast Tomorrow for a brilliant insight into editing and writing!

This week we have an amazing episode of #TheTorturedWritersPodcast with editor and writer Phoebe Morgan - don’t forget to download episode 6 where we you get your podcasts - out tomorrow

Want to know when to submit your novel to agents and listen to a success story over adversity from writer @LauraPAuthor Well our next episode of #TheTorturedWritersPodcast is available now wherever you get your podcasts and it’s a great one this week! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Come John us this Friday with author Laura Pearson for another great episode of the tortured writers podcast!

Ready for another #TheTorturedWriersPodcast with the super talented writer @LauraPAuthor about writing and breast cancer and her new book. Plus Laura will be telling us why changing agents for various reasons isn’t necessarily a bad thing! .

Our latest podcast has landed and this week it’s all about resilience over rejection. We have a great success story too. Don’t miss this brilliant episode with writer Louise Beech. Plus this week we have another brilliant book rec from @bexbookaholic.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Do listen to this week’s episode of #TheTorturedWritersPodcast with @LouiseWriter who had over 1000 rejections before being traditionally published. This is an amazing episode! Out this Friday wherever you get your podcasts!

Don’t be fazed by rejections! Join us this Friday in #TheTorturedWritersPodcast for another great episode all about rejection!

Out new podcast has arrived! www.instagram.com/p/DRT5oytjNJ...

Joining me this week on Friday on #TheTorturedWritersPodcast is AP Beswick, who reveals exactly how he exploded on TikTok and Instagram, built a fanbase, ditched his day job with five-figure monthly royalties, and why he’ll never look back at traditional publishing

#TheTorturedWritersPodcast don’t forget to auto download episode 2 of #TTWP this Friday 14th November wherever you get your podcasts. You don’t want to miss the amazing @sophiehannahCB1 chatting about procrastination, her new book and her amazing career!

Just listened to Episode 1. Lovely host and a great interview with Will Dean. Looking forward to E2.

We are kicking off for episode two of #TheTorturedWritersPodcast next Friday with the amazing @sophiehannahCB1 when we will be talking about her amazing career plus getting some top tips on procrastination - please auto download now & follow us wherever you get your podcasts 🙏

It’s landed wherever you get your podcasts #TheTorturedWritersPodcast

#TorturedWritersPodcast Episode 1 with @willrdean What if the key to great writing isn’t avoiding the pain, but leaning into procrastination and the silence that fuels it? In this debut episode of The Tortured Writers Podcast, @willrdean talks about exactly this. Available friday

You can find the full list of our shortlisted and long-listed writers for our 2025 competition here! Congratulations to all of these wonderful writers! cheshirenovelprize.com/writing-tips...

So exciting

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Exciting!

Our first episode with @willrdean Coming next Friday 8th November wherever you get your podcasts!

Don’t forget to tune in on 8th November 2025 to episode 1 #TheTorturedWritersPodcast please share for your chance to win a pre order of @willrdean new book #Adrift out February 2026

We are so thrilled to be launching #TheTorturedWritersPodcast on 8th November 2025 and who better to kick us off than the amazing @willrdean

Coming soon - episode 1 of The Tortured Writers Podcast wherever you get your podcasts on 8th November 2025! Tag a friend and follow us to win a pre-order of @willrdean new book #Adrift out February 2026. #TheTorturedWritersPodcast #writers #writingpodcast #WritingCommun

Happy #worldbookshopday to all the amazing booksellers who do so much to help writers and readers. We see you and we thank you! 🤩

Put Fridays in your diaries from 31st October 2025. Our podcasts will drop Fridays at 0001. Yes these are weekly! We have 6 episodes to start + a bonus ep in December -more news soon but follow us on the place beginning with S and rhyming with clack!! #TheTorturedwritersPodcast

This week we are archiving all our old Instagram lives with our judges since we started the prize in 2021. So do follow us on Instagram to watch!

We are delighted to announce the 2025 Cheshire Novel Prize Shortlist! The standard was so high this year but many congratulations to our shortlisted writers and also to our super talented long-listed writers too. The winner will be announced on the 3rd November 2025 at 2pm!

Put Fridays in your diaries from 31st October 2025. Our podcasts will drop Fridays at 0001. Yes these are weekly! We have 6 episodes to start + a bonus ep in December -more news soon but follow us on the place beginning with S and rhyming with clack!! #TheTorturedwritersPodcast

Exciting Shortlist announcement today at 2pm! A reminder that the reason the feedback is later going out this year is because we opened for entries 5 months later in May - we normally open January 1st - feedback will go out from November 1st 2025 to January 2026! See you later

And are you a tortured writer who would like to appear on our podcast? Do you have a problem with your book you want solving? If so, email us [email protected] and tell us your torture and we will come back to you if we can feature you.

We are launching our Tortured Writers Podcast - just Write your F****g novel on November 1st 2025. Agents, publishers, booksellers and writing craft advice for everyone along with a few goodies to give away- #watchthisspace #writers #writing #writerscommunity

Cheshire Novel Prize is starting a Podcast launching In November 2025, and we want to design the podcast with you specifically in mind. So, if you could take two minutes to answer the survey below by 8th October 2025, we would really appreciate it! s.surveyplanet.com/r7xel5jb

And a great competition from Joffre books for writers of colour. 👇

A great competitions here - Am Heath for aspiring novelists 👇 amheath.com/hilary-mante...

6 weeks live teaching! We are giving away 10 places for summer school Saturday for £99 for those who cannot afford the £249- it starts this Saturday and you can find all the details herecheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school - if you are interested email us at [email protected]

We close our registration for summer school this Monday 22nd September so don’t miss out!! cheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school

www.instagram.com/share/p/_aN7... @alisonstockham.bsky.social new thriller cover reveal very exciting!

cheshirenovelprize.com/summer-school We have a few places left!

This week I had a really difficult few days creatively and so yesterday I booked a coaching call With @katielseaman.bsky.social and today I am on 🔥 I cannot recommend Katie enough