We are excited to announce the longlist for the Best Children’s Picture Book Text 2023 competition. With hundreds of fantastic entries our reading team were spoilt for choice. They read stories with enormous heart, beautiful descriptions, good narrative arcs and great visual potential. Some authors tackled big issues, others wrote laugh-out-loud picture books that would be enjoyed again and again. Our reading team loved them all. Huge congratulations to everyone who entered; you should be exceptionally proud of your stories.
The longlist is:
Best Children’s Picture Book Text Longlist 2023
Adrian the Alien
Celeb-Yeti
Dancing With Swifts
George and Maxwell go to the Market
Gunther the Hunter
Heron Hide
I am a Volcano
I Want to be a Dragon
Milo’s Secret Jar
Mummy Bernard
Rocktopus
Tadpole, Tadpole, What Do You See?
The Christmoose Caribou!
The Great Egg-Scape
The Island of Shhh
The Penguin Post Office
The Tiger Feather
Unhaunted Castle
What Sort of Dog is That?
Who Ate My Cheese?
Zazzy Z The Last Letter
Our highly respected judge, Literary Agent Becky Bagnell, will now read the longlisted entries and decide the top 10 stories, including an overall winner. Results will be published on 26th January, 2024.
If you’re one of our longlistees feel free to shout from the rooftops, but please don’t identify the title of your story on social media while judging is still taking place. Best of luck!
Thank you all for sharing your marvellous stories with us. Keep writing!