Thursday 25 June 2020 was supposed to be the Pen to Print Awards ceremony, unfortunately we have had to postpone the ceremony, but this hasn’t stopped us announcing the winner of The Book Challenge 2019 on Facebook.

All the finalists worked on their idea for a novel with a writing professional as a mentor during 2019; after the 12 months their completed books were judged by our panel of writers: crime author Howard Linskey, local author Elaine Spires and author and editor Dan Cross.

All eight finalists will now have to opportunity to be published by New Generation Publishing, so we shall see all their books for sale soon!

Congratulations to all the finalists for successfully completing the challenge we look forward to reading your published novels.

We are thrilled to announce the winners!

The winner is The Cursed Shore by Ellen Hiller

To discover more and buy go to The Cursed Shore

Second Place The City of Runes by Dagmara Drozdowska

To discover more and buy go to The City of Runes

Third place The Dandelion Roar by Natalie Jordan
(Published as Scattered Dandelions)

To discover more and buy go to Scattered Dandelions

The other finalists were:

Bones by Gurjeet Singh

Diary of a Prison Officer by Josie Channer
To discover more and buy go to Diary of a Prison Officer

Cripple by Nick Maynard
To discover more and buy go to CRIPPLE: A 21st Century Parable

The Journey of Seagulls by Agnieszka Dryjas

OgaMan by Dami Edun

All trophies and prizes will be presented at a later date.