First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who took the leap and entered our 2021 Pitch It! Competition! The aim is to encourage writers to hone their pitches to a highly polished, well-crafted and submission-ready standard that would impress any children’s book publisher. In only 150 words or less, we gave you the challenge to deliver a pitch with the elements of charisma, intrigue and professionalism… and once again, the judges certainly weren’t disappointed. What a stellar group of entries we received for our fourth consecutive year of running this competition!
With a combined total of almost 200 entries, our team of judges took on the enormous task of carefully considering and scoring the entries within their categories. HUGE thanks to these professional authors, with whom between them offer many years of incredible experience, knowledge and merit in the children’s book industry. For our picture book category, Katrina McKelvey, Debra Tidball and Stef Gemmill. For both the junior fiction / middle grade and young adult categories, Kate Gordon and Pamela Ueckerman. Thank you all x
So, the all-important LONGLISTS are finally here! For each of the three categories, congratulations to…
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Picture Book Category
A Totally Normal Alphabet Book – N. Campbell-Ellis
Applause for Mrs Claus – R. Price
Blue – A. Lewis
Bubble Time – A. Keir-Stanley
Bunchy Undies – A. Guest
Bundle of Sunshine – S. Heron
Clementine’s Cake – L. Harrison
Clever Eric – K. Fleming
Daddy Short Legs – D. Frenkel
Dragonfly Pie – L. Holloway
Harriet’s Hungry Worms – S. Smith
History Henny – Petroglyph Project – J. Catalano
I Will Not Go To Bed – K. Covark
Iris the Ibis – M. Polley
Monster Week – K. Fleming
Scribble – J. Stampone
Sneaky Sleeves – A. Guest
Star Dog – J. Stampone
Stone – N. Jackson
The Book of Smells: Medieval A-Z – J. Catalano
The Girl on the Moon – V. Marmaras
The Great Biscuit Plan – L. Fletcher Hammond
Tough Cookie – H. Gallagher
Junior Fiction / Middle Grade Category
Astronautin – S. Hancy
Burnt Toast – M. Lackner
Druscilla Wallop Dragon Detective – H. Bidwell
Frances Tempus-Renegade Timeline Officer – B. Loveridge
In a Pickle – T. Parry
Lottie and the Littles Birthday Surprise – D. Viera
Luna Merrian – Little Librarian – H. Gannon
Nobots – A. Segal
Searching – J. Charlton
Shadow on the Horizon – J. Charlton
Space Worms – H. Gallagher
Sparrow Wilder is GROUNDED – A. Weller
Taking Back School – E. Carlson
The Aireys – M. Campbell
The Big Book of Little Mice – M. Smith
The Cumulus Island Challenge – D. Huff-Horwood
The Dance Party – P. Cleary
The Farm at the Edge of the Universe – O. Hibbitt
The Hairy Surprise – J. Horn
The Missing Ingredient Mystery – D. Williams
Weedy Dandelion – M. Smith
Young Adult Category
A Curiosity of Consequence – K. White
Alba – V. Croker
Dylan’s New Atlas – E. Holifield
Hamlock’s Reflection – H. Adam
Panopticon – K. Covark
Plagued Lands – N. Brooke
Portal on the Platform – B. Breen
Ruarnon Manipulator’s War – E. Carlson
Sad – R. McCrae
Stain – R. McCrae
Summer Change – M. Wray
The Corporeal Flair – H. Adam
The Forgotten Girls – C. Corbett-Jones
The Silver Birch – D. Elliott
Weird Dumb Romans – M. Dodd
Who Can You Trust – D. Taylor
Congratulations again! Look out soon for the Pitch It! Competition Shortlist! 🙂
To see information about the competition, including the guidelines and list of prizes, please head to the following link:
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Congratulations everyone!