Longlist entrants have now been contacted for their full manuscripts.
Thank you to everyone who has submitted entries to the competition. The volume and standard of submissions have been exceptional and taken longer to process than expected but we are now reading the final manuscripts and will be making announcements about the winners very soon.
Our Northern Crime Competition for new writers is open for entries from 1 April-31 August 2011. This exciting new competition will see four writers win £1,000 each and see their books published in 2012...