THE BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD 2021
PRIZE: £3,000
CLOSING DATE: 23:59 GMT 30th November 2021
JUDGE: Literary agent Sam Copeland will judge the winning manuscript from a shortlist chosen by Junior Judges aged seven to seventeen
SUBMISSIONS: First 5,000 words plus one page synopsis of novels for children or teens. Please read our prize terms for full submission details
SHORTLIST PRIZE: Manuscript feedback from the Junior Judges plus literary agent introductions
LONGLIST PRIZE: Edit Your Novel the Professional Way course with Cornerstones Literary Consultancy
ELIGIBILITY: Open worldwide to unpublished, self-published and independently published writers. Prize terms
ENTRY FEE: £28 with sponsored places for writers on a low income
BATH CHILDREN’S NOVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS
2020 Ruth Moore for The Enemy Inside (Curtis Brown)
2019 Matthew Fox for The Sky Over Rebecca (Hodder, 2022)
2018 Cassie Powney for Loops (The Agency)
2017 Struan Murray for Orphans of the Tide (Puffin, 2020)
2016 Gareth Osborne for Cogs of Castille (AM Heath)
2015 Lucy Van Smit for The Hurting (Chicken House Books, 2017)
