WMCNA Advice Archives

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

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 …

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

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 …

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