BOOK NEWS. @jax-king.bsky.social and @samanthaleduc.bsky.social teamed up for our Best Illustrated Picture Book 2023 competition. Now their shortlisted book is published! Wow! ๐ฅณ Couldnโt be more proud of our author/illustrator pair. โค๏ธ
11.04.2025 08:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
AGENT NEWS. Not one but two offers of representation for our fabulous Best Novel Opening 2024 shortlistee @mcalvani.bsky.social . Wow! Mayra has now signed with the equally fabulous @keslupo.bsky.social of @maasslitagency.bsky.social . What a perfect match! Huge congrats, Mayra.
07.04.2025 10:15 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
BOOK NEWS. This story was shortlisted in Searchlightโs Best Picture Book Text 2022 competition - and now itโs a published book! So happy for you @nadineholland.bsky.social . ๐๐๐
28.03.2025 07:57 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Our super-talented listee Amanda Addison has been shortlisted for The New Angle Prize 2025 with her YA novel Looking for Lucie. We are so proud of her. โค๏ธ
27.03.2025 09:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We have decided to take a short break in 2025 to give our entrants time to work on amazing new stories. Our next competition will be opening in 2026. Best of luck with your writing and see you all soon!
19.03.2025 15:13 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Our Winnersโ Gallery for Best Novel Opening and Best Picture Book Text 2024 is now live! See who won, read short extracts of the storiesโฆ Congratulations to all! ๐๐๐
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/winners-gall...
12.03.2025 16:38 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3
The moment we sent out our Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of Winning Stories @gavin-crippin.bsky.social started getting interest. โSuch a great voice!โ was the general opinion. Things moved at lightning speed and weโre delighted to say that Gavin has now accepted representation. Fantastic news! ๐ฅณ
11.03.2025 09:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
AGENT NEWS! Huge congratulations to the winner of Searchlightโs Best Picture Book Text 2024 @tomwriting.bsky.social . โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
17.02.2025 16:32 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
So excited that my MG gothic horror 'Violeta's Adventures in Doll-Land' made the shortlist!
12.02.2025 15:13 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Searchlight Awards 2nd Place Medal
My first post on BlueSky and what fantastic news I have to share! I've been awarded 2nd Place in the Searchlight Children's Picture Book Text 2024 awards. Thank you to @writingawards.bsky.social , to all the readers and to Lorna Hemingway for choosing Cyril.
09.02.2025 13:19 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Iโm thrilled to win @writingawards.bsky.socialโs Best Picture Book Text 2024!
Huge thanks to Kim Donovan for organising, Lorna Hemingway for judging, and all the amazing readers for this competition. Congratulations to all the other entrants for putting their fantastic stories out there! ๐๐ป
07.02.2025 17:40 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Genuinely made up with this. Congratulations to all the other entrants, thanks to the readers, judges and Kim and the team for organising.
What a day!
07.02.2025 21:10 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Tom Lancaster has been crowned the winner of Best Picture Book Text 2024. Our judge Lorna Hemingway of Bell Lomax Moreton said Bamboo Hullabaloo was โa joy to read aloud due to its excellent rhyme and fast paced natureโ. Many congratulations, Tom! ๐ฅณโญ๏ธ๐พ
07.02.2025 10:49 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 2
Huge congratulations to the winner of Best Novel Opening 2024 - @gavin-crippin.bsky.social . โญ๏ธ๐ฅณ๐พ Our literary agent judge Rachel Petty of The Blair Partnership admired Gavinโs โsparkly dialogue and authentic-feeling voiceโ. Our readers loved the voice, too!
07.02.2025 10:43 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
Congratulations to all the fabulous writers who entered this competition- the standard was so high! And massive congrats to Gavin! ๐
07.02.2025 10:32 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Announcing the long-awaited results of Best Picture Book Text 2024. Huge congratulations to our final 10!
Thank you to all the writers who entered this competition. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to read your stories.
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-childre...
07.02.2025 09:52 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 4
We are thrilled to announce the results of Best Novel Opening 2024. Congratulations to our final 10! โญ๏ธ๐ฅณ
A huge thank you to all our entrants for being brave and allowing us to read your work. It has been a privilege and a pleasure. โค๏ธ
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-novel-o...
07.02.2025 09:48 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 4
Longlistees, we will be emailing you the results of Best Novel Opening and Best Picture Book Text 2024 tomorrow - ahead of the official announcement on Friday.
You are all superstars and, whether you are shortlisted or not, we believe in your stories. Best of luck!
04.02.2025 12:39 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thrilled for our listee @orsorrel.bsky.social ! What fantastic news! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
22.01.2025 17:08 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Canโt wait for the exciting news!
18.01.2025 08:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This is so exciting! Huge congratulations! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
16.01.2025 20:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
In 2023 we ran an illustrated picture book competition and encouraged writers and illustrators to team up for it. Jax King and @samanthaleduc.bsky.social were one of our amazing teams.
This is their shortlisted book!
Incredibly proud. โค๏ธ
08.01.2025 12:37 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Couldnโt be happier! The winner of our Best Chapter Book 2024 competition - Sophie Clarke with Gracie, Dave and The God of Dogs - has accepted representation from Lucy Irvine of PFD. Such brilliant news! ๐ฅณ
18.12.2024 08:15 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
@luwrites.bsky.social reads for Searchlight Awards and is absolutely brilliant. Her own writing career took off when she won the Mslexia competition back in 2012. Sheโs such an amazing writer. Canโt wait to read her new book! โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
15.12.2024 09:33 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Itโs the moment our entrants have been waiting for - the longlist announcement! ๐ฅณ๐พ Congratulations to everyone who entered. Itโs been a pleasure and a privilege to read your writing.
See our website for details. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/news/
12.12.2024 11:04 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 6
This was a top entry in @writingawards.bsky.social & I absolutely LOVED it - so delighted to find out it's going to be published! Congratulations, @clairelewiswrites.bsky.social ๐
09.12.2024 12:13 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
You are very welcome! โค๏ธ
05.12.2024 21:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
BOOK NEWS! Delighted to be able to share with you that Mina the Mighty (shortlisted in our 2022 Best Picture Book Text competition) will be published in March. It was an absolute favourite with our readers. So happy for @nadineholland.bsky.social . ๐ฅณ๐
05.12.2024 10:38 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
BOOK NEWS - Thrilled that The Go Away Rain Dance is to published! Itโs by our wonderful shortlistee (and now competition reader) @clairelewiswrites.bsky.social . Claire not only wrote the picture book but illustrated it, too. So, so talented! โญ๏ธ
02.12.2024 12:16 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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Writer for Children & YA - Former Chair of Society of Authors in Scotland - W&A Guide to Writing for Children & YA - Hamish McHaggis series - The Dangerous Lives of the Jacobites ( fact/fiction- MG)
I like writing poems and reading other peopleโs too. Picture Book writer - currently querying ๐คPublished writer of short fiction in national womenโs press. Novice knitter.
Maker of sensory tools and fidgets. Powered by ADHDโก๏ธ
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Lecturer at Bath Spa Uni and sometimes Uni of Lincoln (I like train travel), freelance editor and copywriter, author of books about fame-hungry unicorns and exploding toilets, and now PhD researcher into the intersection of AI, comedy and literature. Busy
Kidlit writer, proudly repped by @casahasegawa of @the_t2_agency, boy mom x 3
Manager of Bookzilla and Bookbug apps for Scottish Book Trust. Childrenโs books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #UKKidLit ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Childrenโs Poet | West Yorkshire, UK | Poems Published in Little Thoughts Press, Parakeet Magazine, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy , Tyger Tyger Magazine and a Nature Anthology: Picture Perfect Poetry.
Award-winning writer and editor. Drummer in Airbus, Little Villains and Three Day Week. Member of ALCS, ASCAP, Clockhouse London Writers and Stokes Croft Writers.
www.christopherfielden.com
She/They
Creative writing, DnD, Games, and Cats.
Writer of children's stories, former social worker, geek, deaf AF in one ear, Searchlight Awards 2024 Best Children's Novel Opening Longlistee, SCBWI member, cat wrangler
website: melissambergum.wixsite.com/melissabergum
Apocalypse Cow out NOW! 2022 Guppy Open Sub Winner, Carnegie Nom'd, Branford Boase LL, Bristol Teen Book Award SL ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ they/them
Childrenโs writer. ๐Winner of Little Tiger IAmInPrint Picture Book Prize โ23. ๐Winner of SCBWI Slushpile Challenge โ24. Runner-up Write Mentor Chapter Book Award โ24. SL for Searchlight Awards โ24. SL for Write Mentor PB Award โ24 & โ25 #MAWYP
He/him.
Former mental health nurse, now carer to my three autistic kids.
Writes childrenโs stories as a hobby.
Synth-pop.
Sci-fi/fantasy.
Dogs.
Forteana.
Burnley F.C.
Doctor Who.
Vegetarian.
English immigrant in Ireland.
Pushcart Prize Nominated. Cheshire Novel Prize Shortlist โ25
Write Mentor Picturebook SLโ23/LLโ24
Poetry - The Dirigible Balloon, Northern Gravy, Tyger Tyger, The Toy, The Yorkshire Times, Motherhood Uncensored and BBC Upload.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Oil painter, childrenโs author + illustrator | Published in Northern Gravy, The Toy Press, Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press, Cleaver Magazine
Writing a middle grade novel and drawing a lot.
www.hollycowie.com
drawingfromtheinkwell.substack.com
Read, write, sketch. Writer, librarian.
Honored to have The Dirigible Balloon publish my poems.
#SCBWI #kidlit #MG https://bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/
Children's poet. Poems in The Caterpillar, Little Thoughts Press, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Paddler Press, Parakeet, Charles Causley Trust, Northern Gravy, Candlestick Press, The Toy, Brian Moses' Blog, Tyger Tyger and anthologies.
Treading tentatively into the realms of picture book writing (author / illustrator). No idea what Iโm doing but enjoying the journey. South Wales, UK
www.kateeds.co.uk
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