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DEBUT WRITERS OVER 50 AWARD ANNOUNCE SHORTLIST
We are delighted to announce the second Debut Writers Over 50 Award Shortlist, our award for unpublished novelists in the UK over the age of 50.
The shortlist comprises:-
Sarah Drummond for SOUP, Ali Morrison for THE WAKE, Sita Schutt for WHORL, Margherita Still for ALEX ANDERSON IS NOT DEAD, Catherine Strong for THE HOSTESS and Juliet Thomas for 31 MILTON ROAD. We have highly commended Susan Kemp for GREENWASH.
Stories on the shortlist range from the ghost of a Northern fisherman attending his own wake to a club hostess in present day Tokyo, the joint owners of a London house dying one by one, an art heist in Newcastle, a French forensics detective in 19th century Calcutta, and an Edinburgh tragi comedy of a solo dad on a council scheme. More details of the Shortlist and the Award can be found HERE.
The winner will be revealed on 16 August 2025 during the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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We’re sorry that we aren’t currently open for submissions. We love reading new work but, as a small agency, we only open our list when we’re sure we can give it proper attention.
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We sell translation rights directly to publishers throughout the world for fiction and non-fiction titles via our network of sub-agents and relationships with literary scouts.
We have secured deals in more than 20 languages into established markets such as Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, and Scandinavia, as well as emerging markets including China and Korea.
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Founded in 2002, Jenny Brown Associates is the leading agency in Scotland and one of the foremost independent literary agencies in the UK.