Children’s Novel Writing Competition on Sustainability and Cash Prizes from Green Stories

Green Stories, sponsored by OrzoCoffee, offers competition about stories for children that in some way touch upon ideas around building a sustainable society. The competition is open for all genres, and the story doesn’t have to be about sustainability or climate change directly – but stories must include green solutions.

Children’s Novel Guidelines:

• There will be two categories with corresponding suggested length: preschool/ illustrated books (2-6) max 1000 words; young readers category (7-11) max 2,500 words.
• The format is double-spaced and numbered pages. 

Prizes:

The total prize is £400, It is distributed as follows:

• £200 for the best pre-school/illustrated book (aimed at age 2-6).
• £200 for the best novel in the young reader’s category.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Open to all, as long as it has not been published elsewhere. 
• All submissions must be in English and conform to the green stories criteria of showing a positive vision of what a sustainable society might look like.

About Green Stories:

Green Stories is a platform for writing stories on a green and sustainable society. It offers writing competitions for all genres/formats and with various deadlines.

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