Prizes: 1st Place: £5,000; all shortlisted entrants win feedback on their full manuscript; all longlisted entrants win extract feedback; online novel editing course worth £1,800 for one longlisted entrant.
Word Limit: Opening 5,000 words plus one page synopsis of children’s or YA novel manuscripts, or up to three picture book texts
Judges: Shortlist chosen by Junior Judges aged 7-17 years. Winner chosen by a leading children’s literary agent
The sister competition of the Bath Novel Award (which has been running since 2013), The Bath Children’s Novel Award is seeking the best new children’s authors. The competition is open to books that are unpublished, self-published or even independently published, and the following are accepted: YA novels; novels for teens; children’s novels; early readers; chapter books and the text of picture books.
Entries should include up to 5,000 words of your novel along with a one-page synopsis. Picture book entries should be text only of up to three books in a single submission with a short synopsis for each story.
The entry fee of £29.99 might appear on the high side when it comes to writing competitions. But then the judges and readers need to assess 5,000 words for each entry, so it is understandable. And the top prize for 2024 is £5,000, which is boosted from £3,000 in 2023 and is also very nice indeed.
The sister competition of the Bath Novel Award (which has been running since 2013), The Bath Children’s Novel Award is seeking the best new children’s authors. The competition is open to books that are unpublished, self-published or even independently published, and the following are accepted: YA novels; novels for teens; children’s novels; early readers; chapter books and the text of picture books.
Entries should include up to 5,000 words of your novel along with a one-page synopsis. Picture book entries should be text only of up to three books in a single submission with a short synopsis for each story.
The entry fee of £29.99 might appear on the high side when it comes to writing competitions. But then the judges and readers need to assess 5,000 words for each entry, so it is understandable. And the top prize for 2024 is £5,000, which is boosted from £3,000 in 2023 and is also very nice indeed.
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