Ultimate Novel Writing Course – Jericho Writers
Jericho Writers
167-169 Great Portland street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF
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Suitable for Beginner/Intermediate writers

THE ULTIMATE NOVEL WRITING COURSE

From £5450/$7000
Write a publishable novel in a year with the Ultimate Novel Writing Course. Our bestselling online programme will take you from great idea to finished first draft, with expert support and guidance every step of the way.
April 2025 – March 2026
6 hours+ per week
12 month Online Course

Get serious about your writing with unparalleled support

We call this course ‘ultimate’ for a reason: no alternative offers more. Over 12 months, you’ll work with renowned authors to plan, write and edit your novel, as well as prepare a polished submission package. You’ll get weekly tutorials, 1-2-1 mentoring, personalised editorial guidance and feedback from literary agents. Start with a great idea and finish with a completed manuscript

We don’t just teach you how to write

We teach you how to get published. We’ve designed the Ultimate Novel Writing Course so it offers everything you’d get from a creative writing MA, plus a strategic emphasis on how the publishing industry operates. We’re more focused, more practical and offer more support with what happens after you’ve written your novel than any other course provider. Each of our tutors has been hand-picked for their publishing expertise, mentoring skills, and commercial or literary success, including Booker Prize shortlistings and PhDs in creative writing. Our tutors are leaders in the industry, bringing a wealth of experience and a proven track record of mentoring successful authors.

1 in 3 students end the course with agent interest

Once your work is ready, we’ll send it out to our literary agent partners who will provide you with feedback on your writing and submission pack. You’ll also be featured in our Course Anthology, which will be sent out to agents from Marjacq, Watson, Little Ltd., Peters Fraser + Dunlop, Madeleine Milburn and more. You’ll also have the opportunity to read at our online showcase event in front of a range of literary agents. Typically, 1 in 3 Ultimate Novel Writing Course students ends the course with an agent interested in their work. Will you be next?

Your Ultimate Novel Writing Course programme includes:

Weekly tutorials

We’ll teach you the craft of writing: creating characters, designing your plot and editing your work.

Monthly 1-2-1 mentoring

Get personalised guidance from your tutor and sharpen your skills as your project progresses.

Manuscript edit

You’ll receive a detailed editorial report on your whole novel. Worth £740 / $1000.

Pathways to traditional publishing

We give you the practical tools to navigate the world of traditional publishing.

Self-publishing training

You’ll also learn what it takes to self-pub successfully from expert tutor Debbie Young.

Access to agents

We’ll introduce you to literary agents through 1-2-1s, guest webinars and our online showcase event.

Inclusion in course anthology

Your work will be included in our exclusive course anthology, showcasing your writing to top literary agents.

Exclusive in-person end-of-course event

Join a networking event in London or New York, where you’ll connect with agents, editors and your course-mates.

A lifetime of support

Exchange feedback and enjoy encouragement from friends in our online community. Plus, enjoy ongoing guidance from the Jericho Writers team.

The Ultimate Novel Writing Course at a glance

Four stages of learning that will take your novel idea all the way to ‘the end.’

Meet your expert tutors and mentors

Our one-year intensive online creative writing course is led by bestselling authors and publishing professionals. You will work with different tutors throughout the course but will have one dedicated mentor who will provide one-on-one guidance to help you finish your book. Each tutor is selected for their publishing expertise, mentoring skills, and commercial or literary success, including Booker Prize shortlistings and PhDs in creative writing.

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Rosie Fiore

Rosie Fiore

Bestselling author | Longlisted for the South African Sunday Times Award • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres
  • Awards

Rosie has had eight novels published, both under her own name and the pen name Cass Hunter. This Year’s Black and Babies in Waiting were both longlisted for the South African Sunday Times Literary Award, while The After Wife was translated into nine languages and optioned for a film in China.

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  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Book Club
  • Romance
  • Historical Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Crime/Thrillers
  • South African Sunday Times Literary Award (Longlist)
Lindsey Alexander

Lindsey Alexander

Former HarperCollins US editor • US

  • Bio
  • Genres

Lindsey Alexander started her 20-year editing career at HarperCollins US. She has helped authors across a range of genres launch their careers and has worked with numerous publishers and literary agencies to develop and hone some of the best-loved books of the last two decades. A number of books edited by Lindsey have been published in translation and optioned for film.

  • Historical Fiction
  • Romance
  • Mystery/Thriller
  • Literary Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Humour
Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Prize-winning author | Shortlisted for the Booker Prize • UK

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  • Books
  • Genres
  • Awards

Andrew Miller is the author of ten novels. His work has received a number of prizes including the International IMPAC, the Grinzane Cavour prize in Italy and the Costa Book of the Year. His novel Oxygen was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Pure and Now We Shall Be Entirely Free were both shortlisted for the Walter Scott prize for historical fiction. His writing has been translated into more than 20 languages.

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  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Book Club
  • Historical Fiction
  • Crime & Thrillers
  • Memoir
  • The International IMPAC (winner)
  • The Grinzane Cavour prize (winner)
  • Costa Book of Year (winner)
  • The Booker prize (shortlisted)
Philip Womack

Philip Womack

Critically acclaimed author • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres

Philip Womack is the author of nine critically acclaimed fantasy books for children. His latest, Ghostlord, was released in May 2023. His first work of non-fiction for adults, How to Teach Classics to Your Dog, was published in 2020, being a lively guide to the world and literature of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Write Your Own Myths, a Creative Writing guide for children, appeared in 2021.

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  • Children’s Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Middle Grade Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
  • Narrative Memoir
Natasha Bell

Natasha Bell

Author with Penguin Random House & HarperCollins • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres

Natasha is an author, researcher, and creative writing tutor. Her novels His Perfect Wife and This Nowhere Place are available from Penguin. She’s also published a memoir with HarperCollins and short stories in a variety of journals and anthologies. She holds an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths and is finishing off a practice-led PhD in autofiction.

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  • Psychological Suspense
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Queer Fiction
  • Any stories that blur the line between truth and imagination
Helen Francis

Helen Francis

Former commissioning editor at Head of Zeus • UK

  • Bio
  • Genres

Helen Francis has worked in publishing for nearly 20 years, in both publishing houses and literary agencies. Previously, Helen worked as a fiction project editor at Faber and Faber for eight years, and a commissioning fiction editor at Head of Zeus for two. She also ran the Classics list at Vintage, Penguin Random House, and was a freelance commissioning editor for Arcadia Books.

  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Crime/Thrillers
  • Young Adult Fiction
Emma Cooper

Emma Cooper

Acclaimed author | RNA shortlisted • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres
  • Awards

Emma is the author of highly acclaimed book club fiction novels and is known for mixing humour with darker emotional themes. Her debut, The Songs of Us, was snapped up in multiple pre-empts and auctions and was short-listed for the RNA contemporary novel of the year award. Her work has since been translated into seven different languages.

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  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Book Club Fiction
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Romance Fiction
  • Shortlisted for RNA Contemporary Novel Award
Megan Collins

Megan Collins

Author with Simon & Schuster • US

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres
  • Awards

Megan Collins is the author of psychological thrillers, including the 2025 release Cross My Heart (Atria Books). She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University and has taught creative writing at both the high school and college levels. Megan is also the managing editor of 3Elements Review, a prompt-based literary magazine.

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  • Mystery
  • Thriller
  • Suspense
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Book Club
  • Literary Fiction
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Romance
  • Horror
  • 2022 Barnes & Noble Mystery/Thriller Monthly Pick
  • 2019 Book of the Month Club pick
Sam Jordison

Sam Jordison

Author | Co-director of the award-winning Galley Beggar Press • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres

Sam Jordison is a publisher, author, and journalist. He is the co-director of the award-winning Galley Beggar Press, publishers of Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport and Alex Pheby’s Mordew. He has written more than a dozen non-fiction titles including Enemies of the People, a commentary on the folks who brought us Brexit and Trump, and Literary London.

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Sam Jordison Literary London Sam Jordison Enemies of People
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  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Literary Fiction Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi Crime/Thrillers
  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Memoirs
Liz Monument

Liz Monument

Author | Editor | Writing coach • AUS

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres

Liz is a writer, editor and writing coach interested in fiction of all kinds, from sci-fi to historical. Her first two novels are science fiction; her third is a literary genre-fusion, written for a PhD in Creative Writing; her fourth work-in-progress is a triple timeline gothic thriller. Liz also collaborates with international literary agencies to accelerate the submission process for writers of talent.

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Liz Monument Iteration
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  • Dystopian
  • Sci-Fi
  • Fantasy
  • Historical Fiction
  • Literary Fusions
  • Anything quirky or genre-bending
Eliza Knight

Eliza Knight

Award-winning USA-today and international bestselling author • US

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres
  • Awards

Eliza Knight is an award-winning, USA Today and internationally bestselling author of more than eighty titles. She has self-published her work and been published traditionally, and her books have been translated into several languages. Her latest novel, Starring Adele Astaire, was published by William Morrow (HarperCollins).

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Eliza Knight My-Lady-Viper
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  • Romance
  • Historical Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Memoir
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Book Club
  • Literary Fiction
  • Crime/Thrillers
  • Romance Writers of America – PRO Mentor of the Year
  • RWA Honor Roll
  • USA Today Bestseller
Dr Anna Vaught

Dr Anna Vaught

Acclaimed author | Writing coach • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres
  • Awards

Dr Anna Vaught is an English teacher, mentor, and author of several books, including the 2020 novel Saving Lucia and short fiction collection Famished. In 2023, Saving Lucia was published in Italy as Bang Bang Mussolini, alongside her memoir These Envoys of Beauty and magical realism novel The Zebra and Lord Jones. Anna’s short and multi-genre works are widely published in journals, magazines, and anthologies.

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  • Literary Fiction
  • Contemporary Fiction
  • Book Club (gothic, magical realism and historic)
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Middle Grade Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Short Story Collections
  • Memoir
  • PhD in Creative Writing
Holly Seddon

Holly Seddon

International bestselling author • UK

  • Bio
  • Books
  • Genres

Holly is an internationally bestselling author and has worked in London as both a journalist and editor. She has an MA in Creative Writing and lives in Kent with her family. Alongside fellow author Gillian McAllister, Holly co-hosts the popular Honest Authors podcast. Holly’s latest novel, 59 Minutes, comes out in September 2025 with Orion.

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  • Crime/Thriller
  • Women’s Fiction
  • Literary Fiction
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Narrative Non-Fiction
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Our Success Stories

We’re so proud to see our students’ novels get snapped up by publishers and land in the hands of readers across the globe. Could yours be next?

We’ve helped hundreds of writers achieve their goals

But don’t take our word for it! You can check out what our students have to say about their experiences below.

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The key advantage for me was the insight into the industry. Things like the agent one-to-ones and the partnership are not things you get with most other courses. It’s not a theoretical course (like an MA for instance); it’s a practical course with links into the industry.

Alan Fraser

Alan Fraser

UNWC student 21/22 and author of ‘The Muse of Hope Falls’

I signed up for the Ultimate Novel Writing Course in 2019 and this proved to be one of the best decisions of my writing career.

C.A Lupton

UNWC student 19/20 and author of ‘Red Dirt Girl’

The UNWC team is fantastic. Their support and encouragement made all the difference. The structure of the course is brilliant […] If you’re thinking about signing up for the UNWC and wondering if it’s worthwhile: do it! I accomplished so much.

Victoria F

UNWC student

I’ve received four full manuscript requests since finishing the course, including one from an agent who discovered my writing in the UNWC Anthology.

Verity H

Verity H

UNWC student 20/21

Very worthwhile – I certainly wouldn’t have got this far with my novel without it. There’s been some really useful technical guidance and I’ve appreciated being part of the community.

Sophia S

UNWC student 20/21

The Jericho Writers courses team has taken great care of us all throughout the past year. On a personal level, I feel I have benefitted greatly from so many aspects of the UNWC, and the numerous opportunities they have provided us with.

Erik Tyler Adams

UNWC student 22/23

My reasons for taking this course are 1) To finish my novel, 2) To improve my writing skills, 3) To learn more about the craft of writing. I feel the course is helping me accomplish those three goals.

Kathleen P

UNWC student 20/21

My mentoring sessions have been BRILLIANT. Helen is superb: she seems to immediately get what I am trying to do and has lots of helpful suggestions and encouragement.

Joanna, H

UNWC student 20/21

My mentoring session was very productive. I like Lindsey’s style, she forced me to really think about the structure, characters and motivation within my narrative. She enabled me to see my novel from a different perspective.

Amanda R

UNWC student 20/21

Thanks to your guidance and the material provided, I have achieved exactly what the course had initially promised. […] I am 100% certain that none of this would have happened had I not spent money on the UNWC.

Gizelle K

UNWC student 20/21

The course has enabled me to develop the characters, conclude a plot plan, decide on narrative voices and I am now developing firm plans for structure to enable me to begin to pull it all together

Ann T

UNWC student 21/22

[Jericho has] a wealth of information. It’s quite dangerous, once you’re in for one thing, you end up finding three other things that look interesting. There aren’t enough hours in the day!… Thank you to the team at Jericho.

Louise G

UNWC student 21/22

Jericho’s support was instrumental in my agent search. I’m hugely thankful that I had the chance to take this course!

Jack Lutz

Jack Lutz

UNWC student 19/20 and author of ‘London Black’

The structure of the course is brilliant – moving monthly through different focuses such as POV, setting, character, pacing, voice, all the way to endings and publishing.

Victoria F

UNWC student

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Want to know more? We’re here to help

If you’d like to know more about the Ultimate Novel Writing Course, or any of our other courses, why not book a call with a member of our team at a time to suit you? Honesty is one of our core values, so you can rest assured we’ll never recommend a course if we don’t believe it’s the best fit for you. You can also contact us via WhatsApp, if you’d prefer to chat by text.

Choose the best package for you

The Ultimate Novel Writing Course offers our most comprehensive programme for authors intending to write, edit and get their work published. However, if you’re looking for a self-led, less personalised version of the course at a lower price point, the CORE package could be just what you need. Our team would be more than happy to help you decide the best option for you over the phone.

Ultimate Novel Writing Course: CORE

from £2950 / $3695

Ultimate Novel Writing Course: FULL

from £5450 / $7000
Networking event in London or New York
Manuscript Assessment (up to 100k words)
11 x monthly 1-2-1 mentoring sessions with Personal Tutor
Inclusion in Anthology
Opportunity to submit
Personalised feedback from our Agency Partners
Access to weekly online tutorials
Access to all lead tutor and guest webinars
Online showcase with literary agents
Access to course content indefinitely
Check in with Jericho Writers team every three months
Agent one-to-one session
One
Two
Premium Membership
1 Year
2 Years
Group workshops with personal tutor
4 hours
22 hours

Please note, certain elements are only included in the FULL course package. More information on what is available in each package can be found here.

Frequently asked
questions

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Who is this course for?

This course is perfect for anyone serious about writing a novel and seeing it traditionally published, or successfully self-published. Ideally, students on the course have already started working on a draft they’d like to write and polish. The mentoring aspect of the course will be completely personalised to you, so we’ll work from whatever your starting point happens to be, and provide you with all the writing tips and advice you need.

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Do you handle all genres? What about creative non-fiction? What about children’s and Young Adult?

We warmly welcome writers in almost every genre, from very literary to commercial. Our tutors work across a diverse list of categories, including both creative non-fiction and fiction writing. We certainly also welcome writers of YA and MG. If you write for much younger children, the course may be less suitable – but feel free to ask. 

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What is the application process?

We invite writers from all backgrounds to apply to this course, whatever their educational backgrounds or prior achievements. We do, however, ask that all applicants are genuinely committed to a career as an author.  

If you feel this best describes you, please apply now

We aim to respond to all applications in 3 weeks. All work will be forwarded to the course tutors who will make the final decision on entry, according to which writers they feel show commitment to the course and would benefit the most from the course components.

If you have any questions about the application process, you can email us on courses@jerichowriters.com, or book a call to speak with us.

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I have a full time job / family commitments. Can I do this course in my spare time?

Yes. We purposely designed this course to fit in around your other commitments; flexibility is one of the many benefits of online novel writing courses. Bear in mind that we will be asking you to write (or rewrite) your novel, as well as engage with teaching material and other online/offline events throughout the year. We recommend approximately 10 hours should be spent on the course each week to get the most from it. If you think you can manage that, we’ll be happy to accommodate you – and of course we’ll be as flexible as we can be.

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Do I need to be available at set times every week?

For the most part, you’ll be able to work to a schedule that suits you. There will be regular Zoom calls but these will always be recorded so, if you can’t make the live session, you’ll be able to watch the replay. The only truly fixed part of the calendar is the in-person event at the end of the course. Please note, the ticket to the in-person event is only complimentary in the FULL package, and students will be required to pay for their own travel to and from, including any additional expenses incurred.

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Will the online elements of the course be easy to use?

We use an easy-to-navigate online teaching platform, which is incredibly user-friendly so you’ll have no difficulty understanding what to do. You’ll also have access to the teaching platform forums indefinitely, so your course friendships can long outlast the end of the course. If you do need help at any stage, we’ll be on hand. 

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Do you have bursaries available?

While we don’t have a full bursary available for this course, we want to help great writers get published, and if your personal circumstances make it impossible for you to fund the full price of this course, please get in touch. We can’t make any promises, but we’ll always do what we can.

This year we have also introduced CORE – a more affordable version of the course that includes the course content, the end-of-course showcase and one agent one-to-one session, but without the intensive mentoring and some of the additional benefits you get from the full course.

Applications close this Sunday 📅

Don’t miss your chance to secure your place on our April 2025 course. Applications close this Sunday 9 March.

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