(Updated 6 Feb 2023) This entries’ call is for the 2023 edition of The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, a contest for unpublished and unagented writers with original and exciting stories for 7-to-18-year-olds.
CLOSED
1 Jun 2023
First Prize
A worldwide publishing contract with Chicken House with a royalty advance of £10,000.
The winner will also receive an offer of representation from this year’s agent judge, Davinia Andrew-Lynch of Andlyn literary agency.
Second prize - The Lime Pictures New Storyteller Award
A publishing contract with a royalty advance of £7,500 plus an offer of representation by Davinia Andrew-Lynch. The prize will be awarded to a manuscript that shows great potential for film and TV development.
Lime also has a ‘first look deal’ for the shortlist and winning submissions, meaning the exclusive right to consider all shortlisted entries for film/TV development for a defined period of 45 days after the winners’ announcement.
Shortlisted entrants who don’t win will receive a letter summarising their reader’s, the Chicken House editorial team’s and the judges’ comments on their submission.
All longlisted entrants will receive a reader’s report of their work.
Note that an entry fee of £20 is required. However, if you are in financial hardship, please email [email protected] by midday (UK time) on 29 May to request for a reduced fee of £15. You do not need to provide proof or justification when requesting the reduced fee.
December 1 2022: Applications Opened
Credit: The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition
Date Added: 26 Nov 2020
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