Laura Howard 📚

The winner of WriteMentor's Idea Idol is...🥁🥁🥁 🎉 Kirsti Sinclair's Middle Grade story 'Dewey Decimal is My Friend' 🎉 Judge @deedotpower said: “I loved this pitch. It’s relatively straightforward – no saving the world stakes here, but it still has a really strong sense of what’s important to the main character, so the stakes still feel high, and the emotion of what’s happening is still clear. Daisy’s incredibly relatable, and her thought process seems pitched perfectly for the age group.” Huge congratulations, Kirsti! Read the winning pitch here↪️ shorturl.at/49QYl

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2024 Novel & Picture Book Awards, sponsored by @bonnierbooks_uk 🎉 shorturl.at/R83tf Congratulations to our winners, our runners-up and those who shortlisted, and thank you to everyone who shared their stories with us. So many brilliant entries, and so much writing talent out there waiting to be discovered. A huge thank you to our judges - Bonnier editors @ellasaurus_, @EmmaMatthewson1, @ruthmarybennett, @MurrayGeorgiaM, @sophinse & @ameliawarren_, and agents @keslupo, @LindsayLit, @LaurieEmTweets & @alicelovesbooks for giving up your time to review the entries and select our winners. Read the 🧵 below for the winners of each category plus what our judges said about their entries.