Now in its third year, the prize is awarded to a remarkable, unpublished female writer over the age of 21, whose entry successfully combines literary merit with ‘unputdownability.’
The shortlist attracts interest from major publishing houses, and several former finalists are now published in their own right.
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Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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Shortlist announced for Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize
22 May 2013
Allison Pearson, bestselling novelist, newspaper columnist and commentator, and Dr Chloe Preedy, Cambridge University Lecturer in Renaissance Literature and Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, will award this year's Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize.