The Not Published Yet Competition

From the Guardian:

In a development that will see bookshop assistants vaulting the checkouts and onto the shelves, a new writing competition exclusively for booksellers is launched today by National Book Tokens.
Inspired by the example of Sarah Waters and David Mitchell, who both worked as booksellers before becoming bestsellers, the Not Published Yet competition invites submissions from unpublished authors working in the book trade to win a publishing contract with Faber and Faber, and an advance of at least £2,000.

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