WriteMentor Children's Novel Award Archives

Interview with 2022 Novel and Picture Book Award Judges Interview with Judges Clare Wallace and Lydia Silver 1. Can you …

This post is a bit of a combo, with a brief summary of this year’s award first, followed by an …

Can you tell us a little more about you and your role as a literary agent, and how you came to …

Can you tell us a little more about both of you and the agency? Paul: I am the Managing Director of …

Louise Cook was a runner-up in the 2020 WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award and a 2020 WriteMentor mentee. After a degree …

By Sue Cunningham, 2020 winner How do you win a writing competition? In my case, it was probably a fun …

We asked 2020 Picture Book Award Winner, Sophia Payne, to reflect on her experience with the award, and what has …

After being long listed for the WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award, Amy Borg took part in the WriteMentor 2019 summer mentoring …

Author Dale Hannah was a mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme who worked his Middle Grade novel with the help …

Sue Cunningham, winner of our 2020 WMCNA, spoke with us last week about her win and her overall experience. How …

After 5 months of reading, scoring and judging, we have finally arrived at the day where we announce the 2020 …

Well what a month! About as disruptive as it could have been for both the writers waiting and readers (attempting) …

Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s WMCNA. We are very proud and honoured that so many of you chose …

Today’s post is most definitely inspired by a great thread by Lindsay Galvin on Twitter on this topic. We announce …

In an attempt to demystify the behind the scenes goings-ons, as I always aim to do, during a novel award, …

Alexandra Page was the #WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award winner for 2019. We chatted to her after winning here. Below, she …

How to almost win a novel competition I can’t tell you how to win the WMCNA, partly because I was …

We welcome WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award runner-up, Kathryn Lougheed, to discuss her writing, her experience of the competition and what …

Can you tell us a little more about you and your agency? Of course! I set up my specialist children’s …

In the aftermath, of winning our very first Novel Award, we spoke to our first winner, Alexandra Page. How did …

Here we are – the big announcement! The first winner of the #WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award… But first, let’s read …