Thursday, September 29, 2016

UK YA Book prize - open for submissions


We have come to the time of year when we are opening submissions for the YA Book Prize again. It’s amazing to think that we are already planning the third award, as it seems like it’s only been five minutes since we excitedly launched the prize because we wanted to support UKYA and the fantastic books being published in the UK and Ireland.

In such a short amount of time the prize has come so far. We’ve given the award to two fantastic books so far – Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill (Quercus), which was given the inaugural prize in 2015, and One by Sarah Crossan (Bloomsbury Children’s), which won this year.

Both authors are hugely successful within the YA field – O’Neill has since winning the YA Book Prize signed a big US film deal and a new publishing deal with Hachettte, and Crossan, already a huge name in children’s publishing, won the Carnegie Medal.

We really can’t wait to see which books publishers enter for the YA Book Prize 2017.

To be eligible, entries must be:

- Published either in hardback or paperback for the first time between 1st January and 31st December 2016

- A novel aimed at YA readers (16 and over)

- Written by an author resident in the UK or Ireland who was resident for at least six months prior to publication

To enter, all you have to do is fill in the form here with all the relevant details.

You will also need to send 10 copies of every book entered to The Bookseller, Crowne House, 56-58 Southwark Street,London, SE1 1UN.

The deadline for entries is 1st December 2016.

Full terms and conditions are on the YA Book Prize website, including marketing and publicity financial commitments for shortlisted books. If you have any queries please get in touch by emailing charlotte.eyre@thebookseller.com.

The shortlist will be announced in the spring, and the winner will be revealed at the Hay Festival 2017.

 

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