Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition

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NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
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Gender
  • Both

Opportunity criteria

Opportunity FieldForeign Languages and Literature

Opportunity description

Chicken House, a publishing company in the UK, organizes an annual children’s fiction competition open to entrants aged 18 or over. To enter, you must have written a completed full-length novel suitable for children/young adults aged somewhere between 7 and 18 years. By full-length we suggest a minimum of 30,000 words and a maximum of 80,000 words.

Entries must be written in English. Entries must be the original work of the entrant and not previously commercially published and distributed (self-published works are allowed).

Entry fee: \u00a320.

Prizes:

  • First prize is a worldwide publishing contract with Chicken House with a royalty advance of \u00a310,000.
  • The second prize, the Lime Pictures New Storyteller Award, is a publishing contract with a royalty advance of \u00a37,500. The prize will be awarded to a manuscript that shows great potential for film and TV development.

Eligibility criteria

The competition is open to entrants aged 18 or over. Entries must be a completed full-length novel (30,000-80,000 words), written in English, original, and not previously commercially published and distributed (self-published works are allowed).

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