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✨ Tickets are on sale now for
#WOWCON
, our annual writing conference ✨
📅 When? Friday 27th September to Sunday 29th September 2024.
💻 Where? Online & open internationally.
📝 What? A full weekend of talks, panels, workshops, agent 1-2-1s, pitching contest & more led by
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Our 2021 class of mentees have completed their mentorship and their showcase of work is here!
Agents/editors will spend this week browsing and requesting, and our mentees will be very anxious, so drop all positive comments/vibes their way!❤️
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Here they are - your 2021 WriteMentor Summer Programme MENTORS!✍️
We are delighted with the wide range of experience in our group across all age categories, and we hope you will find good matches as you search.
Pls RT/share.
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✨SAVE THE DATE ✨
WOWCON, WriteMentor's conference for children's writers, is bringing together authors & industry experts for a weekend of talks, panels, workshops & agent 1-2-1s.
DATE: 24th - 26th September
THEME: Perseverance
Keynotes confirmed and will be announced soon.
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2021
#WriteMentor
Summer Programme
Mentee-Mentor Pairings
Congratulations to all selected! 🎉
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We're delighted to announce our mentors for the 2022 Summer Mentoring Programme!
Applications open 7th-8th April 2022.
Full list and details here:
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We all need a boost rn and we just passed 5000 followers, so let's do a
#GIVEAWAY
!
Prize:
*Submission Package feedback from one of our Spark mentors*
To enter, RT and tag a friend in the replies.
If we get 100 RT, we'll do a second prize! 🎉
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Okay I think it’s time to close up for the day!
Thanks to everyone who pitched today and I hope it’s out you in a positive mood for the weekend ahead! ❤️🙌
And remember many agents will only get time to look later (as they’re doing client work today).
#WMPitch
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Thanks to all who took part in
#WMPitch
today and to our agents who popped on and viewed/like some pitches!
Lovely to see so many of you connecting and supporting each other - the real objective of almost everything we do! ❤️
More opportunities coming soon, as always!
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We are GO on
#WMPitch
- you have 12 hours from now to pitch your completed works in 1 tweet!
This is open internationally for complete ms and texts!
Use the hashtag guide in the post below and good luck!
May the Force be with you!
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Okay, well that's the
#WriteMentor
2021 applications CLOSED!
We had 862 applications, which is double what we received in 2020, so thank you so much for so much interest in the programme.
Our mentors will now be reading and trying to decide.
A few things to note:
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Have you written a book for children or teens? Are you ready to pitch it to literary agents?
#WMPitch
is back this week! WriteMentor's very own Twitter pitch event 🎉
Find out more ➡️
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Here it is!
The 2020
#WriteMentor
Summer Programme pairings.
Well done to all those selected and to those who are not, I salute you! ❤️
May the Force be with you!
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Our annual
#WMPitch
will be on 29th April, 2022, 8am-8pm (BST).
For all unagented writers of Children’s Fiction from PB to YA.
And this year, we have a BIG SURPRISE/BONUS!🤯
Read full info/rules here:
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The 2021 WriteMentor Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards.
The Longlists
Congratulations to everyone on the lists.
And do check further down for our readers faves.
Feedback will begin to be sent out today, but may take up to a week.
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We are truly devastated to have to inform our community that our Writer in Residence, Marcus Sedgwick, has died unexpectedly.
We're struggling to process it at the moment, but our thoughts are with his loved ones.
My heart is completely crushed, and I'm in total shock. The loveliest, gentlest, and most talented man, who I've got to know over this last year.
What a loss to all of us, and my thoughts are with everyone close to him. 💔
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SURPRISE!!!
The 2021
#WriteMentor
Summer Programme Mentee applications are now OPEN!
(form is linked at the bottom of the page).
We close at 11.59pm on Friday 16th April (BST).
May the Force be with you!
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This is definitely a milestone to celebrate, both for
#WriteMentor
& our amazing writers - we've just reached (and surpassed!) the Big Five-Oh. Find out more about our success stories via our blog page
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We are delighted to announce our Picture Book Writer-in-Residence for 2022 is:
Rashmi Sirdeshpande
@RashmiWriting
✏️
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💛 COVER REVEAL 💛 Please welcome our 1st
#WriteMentor
Magazine for Children's Writers - like the cover, we want this magazine to be bright, bold, and fun (and very yellow...). But did you think we'd really just tease the cover?? We've also got an article preview to share too...
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It's back for it's 4th year!
It's the WriteMentor Summer Programme!
Full details/dates on the link, but heads up we're taking applications for mentors now (until 14th Feb) and agents can now register to take part in our showcase.
Please share/RT.
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Thanks to all those who applied for our Summer Mentoring programme.
We had 478 applications in the end, quite nicely spread across the age categories.
Mentors are excited to begin reading. Please now switch off - we don't be tweeting, so onto the next thing.
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The 2021 WriteMentor Children's Novel and Picture Book Shortlists
Congratulations to all of who are listed - remember to celebrate but not mention your title.
To those who are not, I'm sending all my love to you today. It's not easy, but you will rise.❤️
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It’s our Birthday! 🎉
May the dark side stay well away from all of you today and we’ll channel the full might of the Force into your writing sphere!
Sabers drawn...and write!
Or as Han Solo would say: Yahoooooo!
#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
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WriteMentor Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards
The Longlists
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Thank you so much to everyone who entered our 2021 awards over the last two months!
We received a record 1361 entries this year (up from 444 in 2020).
More stats and behind the scenes info! 👇
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We’re delighted to announce our 2023 mentees.
Congratulations to all selected. And for those not selected this time, there is next year and a plethora of other opportunities out there. We wish you all the best!
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Here it is, the 2023 Novel and Picture Awards LONGLISTS!
Congratulations to everyone who made it, and thank you to everyone who entered.
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📢 We’re so excited to announce a new partnership with
@bonnierbooks_uk
, sponsors of our 2024 Novel & Picture Book Awards.
4 categories this year means 4 winners who will be selected by a brilliant team of agents & Bonnier Books UK editors - meet our judges + enter now ⤵️
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Hello lovely applicants for our summer programme!
Tomorrow we'll be emailing all of you at 9am BST (if not in the UK, pls use google to convert times).
We will send 2 emails:
- Congratulations
- Thank you for applying
If you receive the first it's good news.
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One of the most common questions we get asked is which agent(s) should I send my ms to.
Usually, the answer requires some research on the writer's part, but we want to help.
We are building a list of children's agents for our website.
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WriteMentor Novel-in-Development Award 2021
THE LONGLIST
Congratulations to everyone who made it!
But equal congratulations to all of you - we really enjoyed reading your works-in-progress - keep going! ✍️
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Good morning
#WriteMentor
!!
Today we have our first ever
#WMPitch
!
Top agents will
@scour
the hashtag(s) all day go find your pitch and if they like, you can check their pinned tweet for instructions. ❤️
Rules and instructions are here:
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Just when you thought you had time to write...
...WriteMentor has THREE announcements coming soon!
👀 Keep an eye out on our social media feeds for updates
💛 We think you're going to love them!
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⭐EXCITING REVEAL TIME ⭐
Meet our brand new
#WriteMentor
logo! We hope you love it as much as we do 💛 Lots more to come...so keep an eye out 👀
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📢 SAVE THE DATE 📢
✨ WOWCON, our annual online writing conference, is back! ✨
Get ready for a weekend full of talks, panels, workshops & agent 1-2-1s - all for writers of children's fiction.
A celebration of our industry, our community & you 🎉
See you in September!
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Have you written a book for children or teens? Are you ready to pitch it to literary agents?
#WMPitch
is back next week! WriteMentor's very own Twitter pitch event 🎉
Find out more ➡️
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The 2020 WriteMentor Children's Novel Award is now open for entries!
Entry fee: £10
Eligible: PB, CB, MG, YA fiction
Judge: Alice Williams (
@alicelovesbooks
)
Deadline: 31st January 2020
#WriteMentor
#WMCNA
Full details below:
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In case you missed, didn’t open, deleted or just don’t subscribe (why, oh why???) to our newsletter, here’s our full mentor list for 2020.
Some mentor websites are not up yet but they will be well in advance if the mid April application window.
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Applications to become a mentee in our 2022 Summer Programme are now OPEN!
You can apply between now and 11.59pm BST on Friday 8th April, 2022.
Application form:
Mentor bios:
More information here:
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The Future of
#WriteMentor
- an open letter
We've always believed that all of you are the most important part of what makes WM what it is!
And so it's important to share what we plan to do, with all of you, as you have a stake in it, too.
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#WMPitch
is open all day until 8pm BST.
Post your tweets and cheers others on - it's a great opportunity to connect, too - and look out for any likes from agents or the WM Team (read the post to find out what this means).
More info below:
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Just over 24 hours until we announce the pairings for the
#WriteMentor
summer programme!
Please bear in mind that some mentors didn’t request anything and that some (quite a few actually) haven’t put choice on the spreadsheet yet!
Hope the wait isn’t too anxious! ♥️
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A message from
@StuartWhiteWM
for everyone applying.
Please apply and move on. Get busy with something else and try not to worry/think about it too much.
Take care of yourselves. ❤️
Good luck with the application and May the Force be with you!
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2022 Novel Award – the Shortlist
Congratulations to the 6 authors.🎉
So sorry those of you who received disappointing news this morning - hopefully you've moved on now, and are already moving towards what's next!❤️
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Today is the first day of our weeklong showcase for our 2020 class of WriteMentor mentees!
Please do read, support, and encourage the entries that are on the link below.
We've included a downloadable PDF Anthology of our 2020 class and their entries.
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A wee update on the Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards.
All reading has now been allocated - a whopping 5444 reads from over 298 child readers and 36 adult readers!
All feedback, scores and YES votes are due in by 22nd February and so we hope to announce our LL on...
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🎉 WE HAVE A WINNER 🎉
Huge congratulations to Saira Shah for winning the WriteMentor Picture Book Award with your brilliant book, Fatima & Nani - Best Friends Forever, chosen by our agent judges 🏆️
And a round of applause to our runners-up, Tom Woods & Tracy Curran ✨
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We're delighted to announced that
@Eloisejwilliams
will take on the novel WIR role at the start of 2023.
Eloise was the children’s laureate for Wales and we’re so happy to have her involved!
You can sign up to learn from Eloise here: …
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Just a reminder that tomorrow is
#WMPitch
- a good chance to bounce back from the disappointment of today and get your work pitched in front of agents, and an additional surprise element we've introduced this year, too!
Good luck everyone!
All info here:
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Guess what's back?!
Yes, we're in full planning mode for the 2022 WriteMentor Summer Mentoring Programme for unagented writers of PB, CB, MG, YA (all children's fiction!).
Full details here:
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#WMPitch
To help us all manage the rejection hangover from the
#WriteMentor
programme and to hopefully give you something else to think about for the next 10 days, check this out.
Date: Friday 1st May 2020
When: 8am-8pm (BST)
More details below:
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I've been pondering how to make the inevitable fall into disappointment, after the mentee announcements, a little more bearable for all you lovely writers and *I think* this is quite an exciting event to follow the
#WriteMentor
announcements...
More details to follow soon...
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Hello, just wanted to pop up a message to say I'm afraid we're not much closer than we were yesterday, and so it's going to be another day or two BUT because I don't want to keep you hanging forever:
WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE LLs on Monday at noon (GMT).
Morning very patient, lovely entrants for our awards!
We're getting very close now - just chasing up the very last few now and hopeful that we'll be able to release our LL this week!
I don't want you to wait longer than you have to.
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HUGE announcement coming tomorrow at midday!
This is the one we’ve been hinting about since the summer...can’t wait to share it with you! ❤️
#WriteMentor
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22 followers away from 10k!🤯
Thanks to everyone who follows and supports us in all we do to try and support writers. It's been 5 years since we got started on this mission.
Here's to another 10k and another 5 years of opportunities, events, and mentoring!🎉
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Children’s Novel and Picture Book Awards
Congratulations to winners
@Maureen_SY_Tai
(Picture Book) and
@1adoyle
(Novel), who were chosen by judges
@LitAgentClare
and
@LydiaRSilver
as the 2022 Children’s Novel and Picture Book Awards Winners!
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With apologies for the delays in announcements today, here’s the longlists for the 2024 WriteMentor Novel and Picture Book Awards, sponsored by
@bonnierbooks_uk
.
Congratulations to all listed and thank you to all who entered.
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🎉 WE HAVE A WINNER 🎉
Huge congratulations to Cate Haynes for winning the WriteMentor Novel Award with your brilliant book, Nan Crabapple is Spellbound, chosen by our agent judges 🏆️
And a round of applause to our runners-up, Michelle Heimburger
& Ellen Stonaker✨
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2022 Picture Book Award - the Shortlist
Congratulations to the 6 entries on here.🎉
Big, Jedi hugs to those who didn't this time. I've emailed you all saying all that needs to be said. Process this in your own time and way. Come back stronger.❤️
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JOB OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for a passionate, hard-working and committed creative ADMINISTRATOR to join the small team at WriteMentor.
- Remote working
- 0.4 FTE
- Salary: £18,000 pro-rata
Full details here:
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#WriteMentor
2020 applications are OPEN!
Good luck everyone and May the Force be with you!
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The
#WriteMentor
2021 Awards are OPEN!
Yes, you know I love an early announcement! 😂
All new entry form here:
Details here:
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Novel-in-Development 2022 Longlist!
Congratulations to everyone on there.👏
And thanks to all those on the LL who stayed quiet today on social media to allow those with bad news the time to process and move on. Do shout about it now!🎉
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That's us finished now folks!
No more tweets. It's been great reading them!
Have a wonderful weekend and let us know if anything comes from today - we love to hear good news! ❤️
#WMPitch
Good morning
#WriteMentor
!!
Today we have our first ever
#WMPitch
!
Top agents will
@scour
the hashtag(s) all day go find your pitch and if they like, you can check their pinned tweet for instructions. ❤️
Rules and instructions are here:
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Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards
We are in the finishing straight for the reading for the awards, but still have a LOT to read.
Many of our kid readers have, understandably, struggled with home schooling/pandemic and have had to withdraw.
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Applying for the 2021 Summer Mentoring Programme?
Have questions or want some hints or tips to help when you apply?
Then
@StuartWhiteWM
has recorded a WM Summer Programme special on our podcast - 20 mins of the things you need to know before applying!
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📣Summer Programme mentor chats next week:
PB/CB: Monday 4th 7-8pm (BST)
MG: Tuesday 5th 7-8pm (BST)
YA: Wednesday 6th 7-8pm (BST)
Don't worry if you can't come live - schedule a tweet with the Q or ask in advance.
Be sure to use
#WriteMentor
when you tweet!
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#WriteMentor
community!
It's time to have a think about your writing year and tell us one thing you're proud of (or tag a writing friend who you're proud of)! ✍️
Great or small, we want to hear about it!
We'll randomly pick someone who replies to win an AMAZING PRIZE! 🎉
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On Thursday 24th September, we will hold our 2nd
#WMPitch
event on Twitter.
Writers: pitch for completed ms.
Agents: feel free to join in, simply like your faves and pin a tweet with sub deets.
Pls share/RT.
#WriteMentor
#WritingCommunity
#PB
#CB
#MG
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INTRODUCING...
Our. First. Ever.
(Virtual) Writer-in-Residence for Picture Books:
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WriteMentor Novel-in-Development Award 2021:
THE WINNER
Well done to our inaugural winner and runner-up!
To all those who were shortlisted, a HUGE well done - making a shortlist from 400 entries is an incredible feat and you should be very proud!
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Hello
#WriteMentor
community!
We are nearly at 4000 followers (just 20 short!) and we'd love to do a GIVEAWAY to celebrate your support! 🎉
A SUBMISSION PACKAGE REVIEW from a Spark Mentor!
Simply follow, RT and tag 3 friends!
May the Force be with you!
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#WriteMentor
ANNOUNCEMENT
This Autumn, we are launching a new, intensive, 15-week programme for writers of MG, tutored by
@MaryAliceEvans
, author of Who Let the Gods Out.
Applications will open in the summer.
Full details here:
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#WriteMentor
2019 Agent Showcase is HERE!
Feel free to share entries of family/friends and celebrate the outstanding achievement of these 62 individuals who are brave enough to apply, then put their work out there!
May the Force be with all of you!
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And just for fun, here's a lovely word cloud from all the titles that were entered this year.
You can see it's going to be a MAGIC year!
*(larger words used more often!)
#WriteMentor
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We are delighted to announce that
@LitAgentClare
and
@LydiaRSilver
of
@DA_Childrens
will judge our Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards 2022.
We open for entries in December, with more info and guidance to follow soon.
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Novel-in-Development Award 2022
Judged by
@ChloeSeager
Congratulations to WINNER
@lucasjmaxwell
! 🎉
Runners-up:
@LAustinAuthor
and
@BeckaJCarlson
And hon mentions to
@j_g_lang
and
@JoelyDutton
Here is the full shortlist and winners announcement:
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Delighted to announce that
#WriteMentor
will be supported by
@ace_national
funding for our Writing Weekend Workshops over the next year.
We want to thank them for their generous support that will help us give more opportunities for those who can't normally access these.
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Thinking of applying to our summer mentoring programme?
Check out our key dates below, plus find out more about the programme and our wonderful mentors ➡️
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WriteMentor Children's Novel Award 2020 - Winner's Announcement 🎉
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A reminder that, as per the newsletter, we're announcing the WriteMentor pairings at 5pm (BST) on Thursday 30th.
We will publish a blog post, and post the link here.
We will then tweet each pairing individually.
May the Force be with you.
#WriteMentor
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✨ WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards are OPEN for entries ✨
🏆️ Enter before January 31st for the chance to have your
#writing
read by a judging panel of
#publishing
professionals, including
#editors
&
#agents
.
Submit your stories ↪️
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#Writers
, do you have an award-winning book idea? 📚️ 🏆️
Introducing WriteMentor’s brand new
#competition
for
#kidlit
right from the early concept stage, judged by David Higham Associates (
@DHAbooks
) assistant agent Deirdre Power (
@deedotpower
).
Open internationally to all
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Here it is...
The
#WriteMentor
2019 mentor/mentee pairings!
Good luck everyone!
May the Force be with all of you!
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I said I'd keep you updated: it is definitely not going to be this week (or probably early next week) before we can announce the LL for these awards!
My sincerest and hugest apologies for this. Factors completely outwith our control, but I will post the moment we can confirm.❤️
Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards
We are in the finishing straight for the reading for the awards, but still have a LOT to read.
Many of our kid readers have, understandably, struggled with home schooling/pandemic and have had to withdraw.
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We will be announcing our long list for the Novel-In-Development award tomorrow (Tuesday) at Midday.
We’ll also list our readers favourites and send back your feedback (if requested over the next week).
We’re sorry it’s taken so long and we hope you don’t feel like this…
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And our third and final announcement for today...
Introducing, for 2021:
The WriteMentor Community Learning Hub!
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Here they are, the shortlisted titles for the 2022 novel in development award!
Well done everyone. 🎉
And a congratulations to our longlistees as well, who have been wonderful in theie response to the news, too! ❤️
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That's our awards deadline passed!
We received a total 1054 entries and will be spending the next couple of weeks reading and working towards producing a long list.
Keep an eye on this account and our newsletter for updates! 👀
Good luck!
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Announcing our shortlists for our 2024 Novel and Picture Book Awards. Sponsored by
@bonnierbooks_uk
.
Congratulations everyone, and good luck for the next stage.
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BIG MASSIVE GIVEAWAY TIME!
The class of 2019 from the
#WriteMentor
Summer programme are giving away 39 critiques (5 pages and synopsis for MG/YA OR PB ms)
To enter, RT, tag 3 friends in the reply, follow us and subscribe to our newsletter (as if you don't already!)
Closes 25th.
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Congratulation to our shortlisted writers for the 2023 Novel and Picture Book Awards.
Wishing you the best of luck in the next stage!
Here's the titles:
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I thanked our readers in the post, but now tagging on twitter to thoroughly embarrass them!
Thanks for all the hours you put in over the last month!
@AliceHemming1
,
@ThatExpatGirl
,
@beckywilson777
,
@Viking_Ma
,
@ClareHelenWelsh
,
@clareharlow
,
@DonnaMDavid
,
@ellielockx
...
WriteMentor Children's Novel and Picture Book Awards
The Longlists
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That's all the applications received for
#WriteMentor
2020!
I wish all of you, all the best! Heed my advice below!
We received a record 435 applications (I'll do a quick breakdown below) and I want to thank each and every one of you!
Also huge thanks to our mentors! ❤️
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WRITEMENTOR MAGAZINE COMPETITION WINNERS
Short story: All the Time in the World by Iqbal Hussain
Flash fiction: Two Scoops and a Cone by Binti Kasilingam
Congratulations to the winners & thank you everyone who shared their stories with us, it's always a privilege to read them!
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We released the details of this year's
#WOWCON
this morning! 🎉
Plenty on offer for writers/illustrators across the children's writing world.
We are just putting together final touches on a few things, but tickets should go LIVE at Midday on Thursday!
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