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The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2026
Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-11-30
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- The Bath Children's Novel Award
- Deadline
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Online
- Compensation
- £5,000 prize for winner; £3,750 course place for one longlisted writer; feedback for shortlisted and longlisted writers
- Disciplines
- Writing, Children's Literature, Young Adult Fiction, Picture Books
About this opportunity
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2026 is a prestigious international competition offering a £5,000 prize for unpublished or self-published children’s novel manuscripts, including YA, chapter books, and picture books. Submissions are open from 26 February to 30 November 2026, with entries judged by literary agent Chloe Seager and Junior Judges aged 7–17. Shortlisted and longlisted writers receive detailed feedback and one longlisted writer gains a £3,750 course place.
Who can apply
- Open to unagented writers who are unpublished, self-published or independently published without advance.
- All ages, genders, nationalities, and residencies welcome.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.
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