Call for Submissions: Publisher and Newspaper Join Forces to Offer New Crime Competition

Publisher Harvill Secker (part of Random House) has teamed up with The Telegraph to launch a new crime competition, the main prize of which is a publication contract and a £5,000 advance. The new competition is for unpublished writers, who stand a chance to share their publishing home with outstanding crimewriting talents such as Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell, Fred Vargas, Stuart Neville, Karin Fossum and Arne Dahl. 


To help aspiring writers with their crime novel, The Telegraph will publish a number of masterclasses, written by a host of crime writers, on its website over the coming weeks and months. These will be accompanied by video interviews. 

Masterclasses available to view online as of today are with:

• Bestselling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo

• Oliver Harris, author of 'The Hollow Man', advises on how to write brilliant beginnings

• Novelist Jason Webster on settings and atmosphere

• Award-winning Susan Hill, author of over 50 books, advises on characterisation

You can see full details of the competition at www.telegraph.co.uk/crimecomp. 

Each entry costs £5 and the deadline is 30th November 2013.