Our idea is to emphasize the power, skill and enduring value of the short novel form: limit 30,000-70,000 words.
For example: (approximate word count in thousands)
- West, Miss Lonelyhearts (30)
- Camus, The Stranger (31)
- Conrad, Heart of Darkness (45)
- Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground (54)
- O’Connor, Wise Blood, (58)
- Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (59)
- Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five (60)