The Daily Mail, has teamed up with Transworld Publishers to launch the Daily Mail First Novel Award, reports Booktrade.info. Transworld will offer the winning author a publishing contract of 30,000 pounds and publish the winning book in April 2008.
The award will be judged by bestselling Transworld authors Joanne Harris and Lee Child; Jane Mays, the Literary Editor of the Daily Mail; Benedicte Page, the Book News Editor of The Bookseller, and Francesca Liversidge, Senior Publishing Director of Transworld.

The award will be for an original, previously unpublished debut work of fiction on any subject or genre, from romance to crime, science fiction to adventure. The closing date for the competition is July 2, 2007.