Gates To Nowhere Takes Top Spot on Litopia’s Pop Up Submissions Live

Simon’s novel Gates To Nowhere is the July winner of Litopia’s Pop Up Submissions Live!

Litopia, the longest-running online writers’ colony, is a go-to source for industry news and writing resources. Pop Up Submissions Live is a weekly manuscript review show hosted by literary agent Peter Cox, featuring guests from across the publishing world. Each episode features five submissions whose first three pages are read live, followed by critique and scoring. Every monthly winner advances to a quarterly knock-out round, where the winner is fast-tracked to a leading publisher for serious consideration.

Gates To Nowhere maintained a commanding point lead across four episodes to emerge as the July winner.