FIRST THREE PAGES OF A NOVEL

Adjudicator
Editorial Staff

Sponsor
Piatkus Books

Presenter
Donna Cordon, Commissioning Editor. Piatkus Books. Lit

First Prize
Concealment
Pseudonym: Henrietta Peanut
Kate Love

Second Prize
Deep Trouble
Pseudonym: Emma Royston
Monica Hales

Third Prize
Temptation
Pseudonym: Paige Turner
Trudie Thomas

Highly Commended
One Step Beyond
Pseudonym: Holly Kybett
Marie Smith

Highly Commended
Unknown Man
Pseudonym: Jedediah
Marion Whitehouse

Highly Commended
Tower of Strength
Pseudonym: Wolfsbane
Henriette Gyland

Commended
Aheyliah and the Prince of the Wind
Pseudonym: April Fowks
Amelie Tyler

Commended
Shadows Fall
Pseudonym: K Keater
Jo Powell

Commended
The Last Post
Pseudonym: Paige Turner
Trudie Thomas

Commended
I Love you, Pumpkin
Pseudonym: Orchid Cottage
Judy Perry

Commended
Jaguar
Pseudonym: Alice Devin
Atalanta Clifford

Commended
Northern Abbey
Pseudonym: Kendra Shaw
Stacey Taylor

Commended
Kaleidoscope
Pseudonym: Rae Keeling
Susan Harvey

Commended
Someone Else's Daughter
Pseudonym: Len Jachowiz
Kevan Sutton

Commended
Renaissance Man
Pseudonym: Coy Carp
Ghislaine Goff

Commended
To See The Bright Morning
Pseudonym: Katie Summers
Hazel Mary Martell

Commended
Fifteen Minutes
Pseudonym: Les Gillies
Bridget McLarnon

Commended
The Mathew Principle
Pseudonym: Whistle-blower
Angela Farmer

Commended
One Last Smile
Pseudonym: Kessel
Evonne Wareham

Commended
Blood Strangers
Pseudonym: Always the Bridesmaid
Teresa Howes

Commended
Murdered To a Tee
Pseudonym: Write Minded
Stuart Rickard

Commended
The Candlestick Walk
Pseudonym: Atlantic
Ann Filer

Commended
Blue Devil
Pseudonym: Zephyr
Anne Oatley

Commended
The Bones of Summer
Pseudonym: Hannah Black
Anne Brooke

Commended
Secrets & Spooks
Pseudonym: Hatoki
Dennis Zaslona

Commended
Through the Sleepy Mist
Pseudonym: Pia Delanord
Pia Fenton