Competitions for children's and YA book writers, open now
Is your children's book manuscript ready to send off? Are you sure? Then here you go: a list of competitions and agents who are open to submissions RIGHT NOW.
This listing is only a guideline; please refer to the websites for each individual competition.
Children's Book Contests associated with Winchester Writers' Festival
£8 per entry fee
Picture books
Submit: text of 600 words for children 3-6
Deadline: 13 May 2016
Conditions: ONE entry per person; fee of £8 per entry, additional £5 for adjudication
Prize: 1st prize: Editorial meeting with Little Tiger Press to discuss the winning submission, either in their offices in London or via telephone (travel not provided). 2nd & 3rd prize: books
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Children's funny fictionDeadline: 13 May 2016
Submit: opening chapter or section (maximum 1000 words) of a humorous work for children and a one-page synopsis of the remainder
Conditions: £8 per entry, additional £5 for adjudication
Prize: Editorial meeting with Stripes Publishing, an imprint of Little Tiger Press, to discuss the winning submission, either in their offices in London or via telephone (travel not provided)
2nd & 3rd prize: books
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Skylark Soaring Stories
Deadline: 13 May 2016
Conditions: £8 fee per entry
Submit: first 2000 words of a work of fiction for readers aged 8-12 OR 12+. Please specify the audience you are writing for and include a one-page synopsis of your story. Please give the word-count of the finished novel if complete. Double-spaced, not previously published.
Prize: 1st prize: One-to-one consultation with a literary agent at Skylark Literary on story development (based on the sample and synopsis entered) of at least one hour – either in person if the winner can travel easily to London or over the phone if not – plus £75 towards travel expenses (or to be kept by the winner if they don’t need to travel).
2nd prize: One-to-one telephone consultation on sample and synopsis of 30 minutes, plus £50.
3rd prize: One-to-one telephone consultation on sample and synopsis of 20 minutes, plus £25.
Three runners-up: One or two paragraphs of written feedback on their sample and synopsis.
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Deadline: 6 June 2016
Submit: first 4000 words of an already finished novel and a synopsis
Conditions: £10 per entry; debut children's fiction writers 16+ permanently resident in U.K. only
Prize: £500, Arvon course, mentoring by Marjacq Scripts
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Twitter #PitMad
Date: 9 June 2016
Submit: 140-character Twitter pitch to be read by literary agents and editors that day.
Conditions: Only three pitches a day per person. The pitch must include the hashtag #PitMad and the category (#YA, #MG, #A, #NA, #PB etc.) in the tweet.
Prize: Interest from literary agents.
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Twitter Picture Book pitch
Date: Thursday 16 June 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST (or 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. U.K. time)
Submit: 140-character Twitter pitch to be read by literary agents and editors that day.
Conditions: Pitch only one time before 2 p.m. and one time afterward 2 p.m.
Prize: Interest from literary agents and editors.
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Library Journal Indie E-book Awards [USA]
Open to YA e-books self-published in English.
Deadline: 31 July 2016
Submit: self-published YA e-book
Conditions: Writer must be 18+ and hold copyright to book. Further conditions here.
Prize: $1,000. All winners and honorable mentions also receive: a full Library Journal review in print and online; promotional ad in Library Journal’s December “Best of Books” issue; recognition at LJ Self-Published Ebook Awards reception at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Montegrappa Scholastic Prize
No deadline has been announced for this year's prize but it has been confirmed that it will open this year. Deadline probably in October 2016. Follow site for more details.
Bath Children's Novel Award
Deadline: 20 November 2016
Submit: first 3,000 words plus one page synopsis of novels written for children or young adults; chapter, middle grade and young adult novels
Conditions: £22 fee per novel, children’s novelists of any nationality and perspective
Prize: First Prize: £2,000 Shortlist Prize: one writer will win £500 of editorial services from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy
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Mslexia Children's Novel Competition
Deadline: 19 September 2016
Submit: first 3,000 words of your completed children’s novel. To qualify, your book must total at least 15,000 words.
Conditions: Fee £25 per novel. Writer must be a woman. Unpublished novelists, book written in English
Prize: £5,000; Five finalists will receive an invitation to a special networking event with literary agents.
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