Entry Fee: £7.50 (standard rate) or £6 (for magazine print subscribers or digital members)
Prizes: 1st Place: consultation with top children’s fiction agent Julia Churchill; 2nd Place: picture book critique by Amy Sparkes; 3rd Place: a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership
Entry Fee: £7.50 (standard rate) or £6 (for magazine print subscribers or digital members)
Prizes: 1st Place: consultation with top children’s fiction agent Julia Churchill; 2nd Place: picture book critique by Amy Sparkes; 3rd Place: a year’s subscription to Writers Online Membership
Word Limit: 5,000-10,000 words, plus synopsis and five-live pitch
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