The Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition

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Applicant criteria

NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
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Gender
  • Both

Opportunity criteria

Opportunity FieldForeign Languages and Literature

Opportunity description

Chicken House, a UK publishing company, is organizing an annual competition for children's and young adult novels. The competition is open to entrants aged 18 or over.

To enter, you must have written a completed full-length novel suitable for children/young adults aged between 7 and 18 years. The word count should be a minimum of 30,000 words and a maximum of 80,000 words. Entries must be written in English and be original work not previously commercially published and distributed (self-published works are allowed).

The entry fee is \u00c2\u00a320. Prizes: First prize is a worldwide publishing contract with Chicken House with a royalty advance of \u00c2\u00a310,000. The second prize, the Lime Pictures New Storyteller Award, is a publishing contract with a royalty advance of \u00c2\u00a37,500, awarded to a manuscript with great potential for film and TV development.

Benefits

First prize: A worldwide publishing contract with a \u00c2\u00a310,000 advance. Second prize: A publishing contract with a \u00c2\u00a37,500 advance.

Eligibility criteria

Entrants must be 18 or older. The novel must be a completed full-length work suitable for children/young adults aged 7-18, between 30,000 and 80,000 words, written in English, and previously unpublished commercially.

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