WriteMentor Children’s Novel and Picture Book Awards
The Longlists
Thanks to all of you for entering our Awards this year.
We received a total of 1058 entires this year, in the end, and are so delighted so many of you value the award and were willing to enter. Thanks for sharing your stories.
If you were not long listed and are reading this, do scroll down to the readers faves – you never know.
Keep entering competitions, keep sending your work out, keep writing those fabulous stories.
And if you need an immediate competition buzz, our Novel-in-Development Award is open for entries.
For the stat-mongers among you, here’s some info about the entries.
LONGLISTS
We are delighted to announce the two longlists for our two awards this year! (in alphabetical order by title only)
| PICTURE BOOKS | NOVELS |
| A Light in the Dark | AFTERDEATH |
| Caterpillar Conga | Aiko’s Dive |
| Dragon Soup | Amelia Skyhart and the Secret Marauders |
| EURGH! YUCK! That Isn’t Poo! | Caitlyn Clark and the Ravens’ Secret |
| Eyeball Soup | Circus Rescue |
| Go to Bed, Ted! | Davey Rocket and the Space-mad Spider |
| GRAM’S MAGIC WAND | Don’t You Forget About Me |
| I Like Otters | Edie Edison and the Impossible Invention |
| Ivan The Unkind | Fireflies |
| Jemima and the Pirates | George Ivy and the Emperor of Absolutely Everything |
| Little Spider’s Socks | Ghost Train |
| Look, We Grew a Book! | Hope Floats Like a Feather |
| Looks Like Dragons | If We Tell You |
| Mila No Shell | Joe with an E |
| MY FEARLESS SHADOW | Lucky Boy and his Jackdaw |
| Oscar Drake and The House of Cake | Maisy May And The Debatable Lands |
| I was a Tuna Fish Sandwich | My Brother, The Wolf |
| Poka Paka’s Colour Quest | Queen Everly’s (not so) Quiet Adventures: The Accidental Robbery |
| Ryan versus Lion | SHAKESPEARE’S BREW |
| Selina’s Song | Swordfern |
| Sleep Knocks | The Djinns of Djollywood |
| So Devin Wore a Skirt | THE INFLUENCER |
| Story Trees | The Library Of Forgotten Dreams |
| The Best Things | THE MEMORY OF SWIMMING |
| The Dragons of More | The Music Weaver’s Call |
| The Fish Who Went PUFF! | The Playground Dwellers |
| The Gingerbread House: Stale Sale | The Riddle of Stanbridge Hall |
| THE HELPFUL ELF | The Sea Lord’s Curse |
| The Legend Of The Starlight | The Traitor’s Moon |
| The Magic in Ming’s Hands | The Universe Is Not An Empty Place |
| The Sea-shell Switch | Unicorns in Uniforms:Dragon Inferno |
| The Swallow Who Stayed | Walking On Tiptoes |
| THE THOUGHT-TRAVELLERS | |
| The Yawnicorns | |
| There’s A Spider In The Bathtub! |
Readers Favourites
Here are our readers this year, and they deserve enormous thanks:
Alice Hemming, Amy Borg, Becky Wilson, Carolyn Ward, Clare Helen Welsh, Clare Harlow, Donna David, Ellie Lock, Emily Kenny, Emily Randall, Emma Finlayson-Palmer, Emma Read, Fiona Barker, Hannah Kates, Jodi Herlick, Jonathan Cox, Julie Marney Leigh, Kathryn Clark, Louise Finch, Melissa Welliver, Meredith Vigh, Michael Mann, Philip Kavvadias, Piu DasGupta, Polly Owen, Priscilla Mante, Skylaar Amann, Sophia Payne, Sue Cunningham, Tess James-Mackey.
As usual, we also wanted to list our readers favourites (not all of these made the Longlist!) and not all readers had a favourite.
| Afterdeath |
| Amelia Skyhart |
| Castle Brangwine, Seaside Skulduggery |
| Danny in the Dragon’s Den |
| Eddie Harp and the Knife of Akaara, The Music Weaver’s Call |
| Fireflies |
| Hope Floats like a Feather |
| Hope Floats Like a Feather |
| Maisy May and the Debatable Lands |
| Mila No Shell |
| On Little Long Lake |
| Shakespeare’s Brew, If We Tell You |
| Sharks Don’t Wear Glasses |
| Stinky Cyril |
| Story Trees |
| The Gingerbread House: Stale Sale |
| The Magic in Ming’s Hands |
| The Sea Lord’s Curse |
| Walking On Tiptoes |
| Wild Creatures |
Round 2 entries – VERY CLOSE to the Longlists
These are entries who made it past the initial readers but just missed out on the longlist as the last reader said no. We want to offer encouragement to all of you as the readers said they were gutted to say no to these entries!
Novels
| A Drop of Sun | Pedro Is Missing! |
| AbracaCHOO! | Railers |
| Bending Light | Rat, Jack, and the Impossible Job |
| Bertie Best’s Best Boots | REEF |
| Bugsy Popper and the Lost Pets of Lillington | Roam |
| BURN BRIGHT | Rocky, River and the Wish-Dragon |
| CARRIGAN CARTER AND THE MAP OF MYSTERY | Scar, the Lake and the Pearls |
| Castle Brangwine | Seaside Skulduggery |
| Charlie “Do” Little | SECRETS OF THE MONSOON FOREST |
| CURSE OF THE POSSUM O’HAIR | Sheep Number Four |
| Danny in the Dragon’s Den | Speed Chasers |
| Dream Dial | Squirrel in an Airport |
| Eagle Sister | Star Child |
| Eddie Harp and the Knife of Akaara | Stargran |
| Eddie King’s Hot Potato | Sun, Sand, Space and Me |
| Eric Egghead: Quizkid Vs. Whizzkid | The 3B Detective Agency |
| Escape From Nowhere | The Assassin & The Queen |
| Evolandia | The Cheeky Recipes of Victoria McSpunj |
| Fizzy Alice | The Dinosaur Thieves |
| Fox and Mouse and the Worlds Inbetween | The Dreamcatcher’s Apprentice |
| From their Home in the Sky | The Eco-Warrior and the Princess |
| Hate the Stas | The Headhunters of No1 Morphus Place |
| HEIRS OF TERROR & TUNDRA | THE HOUSE WITH TH RED BRICK HEART |
| HERE’S THE THING ABOUT RUBY STONE | The Lighthouse at the Top of the World |
| Hob and Redcap Investigate The Terror Pies | The Pan Affair |
| Holly Nightingale, Outside of Time | THE POTENTIALS |
| Hunger | The Shadow Book |
| ISLAND of PAPER HEARTS | THE STARDUST OF LYRA GALACTIC |
| Ivy Nightingale Investigates | The Tarot Deal |
| Life’s A Pooch (The Case of the Missing Diamond Collar) | The Trouble with Tayo |
| Maya Plays the Part | There’s a Dragon in my Shed |
| MI9 and the Loch Ness Monster | Tommy Tootington And The World Trumping Championships |
| Murder in Velvet | UNDERDOG |
| My Family and Other Edwardians | Universal Trouble |
| NoodleBoy and the Sticky Grenade | Vanishing Point |
| Owlbird in the Clouds | Wild Creatures |
Picture Books
| A Guide to Ghosting with Grace | My Brother Is a Dinosaur! |
| All Our Voices | My Tiny Galaxy |
| At Night the Library is NOT Quiet! | On Little Long Lake |
| BAKERY BATTLES: BAGEL VS DONUT | One small Breath |
| Barker | Out There |
| Belly Button | Phillipa’s Figs |
| Ben Wants to Swim | Punkerella |
| Big Doris | RACCOONS AREN’T PETS! |
| Big Pink | ROOHI AND HER ROCKING RABAB |
| Billy Bagel’s Baking Battle | School of Hengineering: How to Build a House |
| Billy’s Big Brothers | SHARKS DON’T WEAR GLASSES! |
| BOGGY! | Sir Snotalot of Whatalot |
| Breaking News! | Smidge the Tiny Ghost |
| Captain Sid Does NOT Need a Wee | Space Bites |
| Christmas Versus Halloween | Stinky Cyril |
| Class Two Won’t Use The Loo | Sunflower Street |
| Colin’s Maaarvellous Fleece | Teddy’s Night-Time Treasure Hunt |
| Count Down From Ten | The Book Day Star |
| Dad Does NOT Do Dogs | The Boy, The Beast and The Broken Sun |
| Detective D | The Day the Bushfire Came |
| Dog and Duck | The Great Rayna Ratton |
| Finding Nan’s Treasures | The Keepsake Cave |
| Fozzy & Blue | The Lollygazumper |
| Giant Panda’s Small Surprise | THE LOVELY THOUGHTS |
| Grandad’s Smile | The Magic Goggles |
| Harvey and Bea | The mouth of the Dragon #diversevoices |
| Ho Ho Potato | The Pied Piper of Grannies |
| Houdini Hamster’s Guide to Escaping | The Royal Flea |
| HUNGRY VILLAINS | The Song Collector |
| I Like ???! | The Speedy Loris |
| I’m Not Him! | The Wishful Tale Of Benjamin Crunch |
| Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World | The Witch At The Window |
| It Wasn’t and Then It Was | The Word Thief |
| JUST LIKE YOU | Titus Tries Skateboarding |
| Land of the Lost Things | TOO GHOUL FOR SCHOOL |
| Mandy Is Still A Banana | Tumbledown Town |
| Mermaids Can’t Do Magic | What If? |
| Mole Motel | What KIND of Button? |
| Mr Marvel’s Amazing Animal Hotel | When I Can Talk |
| Mummy’s Lion |
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