Speakers
Jennifer Kerslake, Head of Courses at CBC, will chair the event. The panel will include three Discoveries 2027 judges: Ciara Finan, a literary agent at Curtis Brown, and bestselling authors Oyinkan Braithwaite and Ela Lee.
Jennifer Kerslake, Head of Courses at CBC, will chair the event. The panel will include three Discoveries 2027 judges: Ciara Finan, a literary agent at Curtis Brown, and bestselling authors Oyinkan Braithwaite and Ela Lee.
Get inspired to start preparing your submission to Discoveries 2027. Learn how to write a great opening that will inspire your readers to keep turning pages and uncover what the judges are looking for from submissions. Sign up to join our free Your Novel: How to Get Started webinar on Thursday 12 November 2026, 7.00pm to 8.30pm (UK time). We have 500 free spaces available and will be available to watch on the CBC YouTube channel after the event. Event attendees will also have the chance to submit a question to the expert panel ahead of time. Registration for this event is now open. Click the button below to sign up.
Sign upCurtis Brown Creative are delighted to be partnering with the Women’s Prize Trust, The Curtis Brown Group and Audible to run this writing development programme for unpublished women writers currently residing in the UK or Ireland. Discoveries, now in its seventh year, accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis.
Discoveries 2027 doesn’t require writers to have finished a novel – only to have started one – and it is free to enter. We're looking for writing that shows real potential, not necessarily polished drafts.
The programme includes free online and events that will run throughout the submissions window to inspire women to start writing a novel – this includes our free Your Novel: How to Get Started webinar.
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