Louise Walters Books

1.  The competition is for unpublished novels and novellas, written in English, in any genre, including children's fiction. But please only enter if your story runs to 20,000 words or more.

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2. The competition is open to any adult writer (aged 18 and older) from anywhere in the world, but your page 100 must be written in English. It must also be your own original work, and not a translation. I do not accept any entries that have used AI in ANY capacity. Human-work only. Please, please, respect this.  

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3. Please send your page 100 only. Please send it EXACTLY as it falls on your page in your manuscript. If this is a partial page, for instance at the end of a chapter, please send a neighbouring page instead. No need to let me know if this is the case. Please do not attempt to squeeze more words onto the page by using a small font size and tiny margins. This misses the entire point of the competition. Have faith in your writing and submit your page 100 as it currently looks in your manuscript. For guidance, a professionally presented manuscript has a plain and simple 12pt typeface, a minimum of 1.5 line spacing, and standard or generous margins.  

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4. The entry fee this year is once again £10. For £13.00 you can get an e-book-and-comp-entry combo, and for £15 you can get a print-book-and-comp-entry combo. This gives you entry to the competition and a copy of one of my books. Let me know which book you would like in the notes box when you place your order. 

 

​5. Please buy your entry here at my editor for hire page. You will be given a five-digit order number, eg, 11234, which you then will need to put in the subject header when you send me your Page 100. Please send your entry, after paying, to info@louisewaltersbooks.co.uk

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6. All entries must be emailed to me as a Word doc ONLY (please, no PDFs!) with no identifying info on the actual page 100. I do have to disqualify entries every year because of this, so please double-check. No refunds are given for disqualifications. 

 

7. The competition is open to entries officially from Thursday 1 January 2026 until Tuesday 31 March 2026.  But I'm open now for early bird entries at a reduced price until New Year's Eve. 

 

8. You may enter more than one page 100, but you will need to pay the full entry fee for each one. Multiple entries can be ordered in one go. There is no need for a separate order for each entry.

 

9. FEEDBACK: this year I'm offering individual feedback for all short-listed page 100s. This feedback will consist of my first ten pages coverage service. I won't be doing a long list this year, and I will pick one winner from the short list. I anticipate my short list will be around ten page 100s, but possibly a few more if the standard is very high this year.  

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10. PRIZE: The winner will receive a full developmental edit for their novel or novella. ​I'm a professional editor with Jericho Writers and Reedy, and I have fabulous reviews on those platforms. Hopefully my entry fees and prizes represent great value for money.