“A few months after being selected for the Readers' Pick prize, I signed with my agent, Maggie Cooper, at Aevitas Creative Management. I credit the preparation I did for the First Pages Prize with helping me write a successful query letter and a strong writing sample that was representative of the manuscript as a whole. Winning a prize for my writing was also a major confidence boost for me, as I hadn’t shared my manuscript with many readers prior to submitting to First Pages,” says Zoë Bossiere, 2021 Readers Pick winner.