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>> NEWS 22/03/2018
Waterstone's Children's Book Prize winnerThe winner of the 2018 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize has been announced with Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (Walker Books) winning the Older Fiction and Overall Winner awards. www.waterstones.com/category/cultural-highlights/book-awards/the-waterstones-childrens-book-prize?utm_source=WS_WCBP&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=february2018twitter 25/02/2018
Calling young writers...The Young Muslim Writers Award is back and is inviting anyone aged 5-16 year to submit a story, poem, article, screenplay or play script for this year's award.muslimwritersawards.submittable.com/submit 25/02/2018
WBD offers its first 'special editions'World Book Day is making five special editions available to young people this year, including John Green's An Abundance of Katherines and Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah.www.worldbookday.com/bookclubbing/ 06/02/2018
Have you got a Big Idea?Publisher Chicken House is looking for a brilliant idea that can be turned into a great children's book. If you'd like to see your idea turned into a story by a well-known children's author then here's how to enter it.thebigideacompetition.co.uk/ 28/01/2018
The funniest books for children!If you like stories that make you laugh, then look out for the winners of the Lollies (the Laugh Out Loud Awards)!28/01/2018
The 500 Words competition is back!The BBC's 500 Words short story competition is back! You can enter if you're aged between 5-13 years. The competition will close at 7pm on Thursday 22nd February.www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4h26FXFQ4KfMV7VVSbJxY3g/500-words-2018 28/01/2018
Young writers' competition opensDon't forget the Wicked Young Writer Awards is still open, inviting those aged 5-25 years to test out their writing skills. Entries can be up to 700 words and include fiction, non-fiction, scripts and poetry. The closing date is 12th March 2018.www.WickedYoungWriterAwards.com 10/01/2018
Cressida Cowell headlines ReadingZone FestivalCressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will join the 2018 ReadingZone Festival with a public event on Saturday 3rd February at Dorking Halls in Surrey, to talk about her new series The Wizards of Once.www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=33559&eventid=31175 |
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