The 2015 Text Prize for Young Adult & Children’s Writing

If you have a young adult or children's book story in the works and want a deadline to work towards – today is your lucky day! Perhaps unlucky day if you wanted that deadline to not be in the first half of 2015…

But the good news is that submissions for the Text Prize for Young Adult & Children's Writing will open on 1 March 2015!

The winner will receive $10,000 and a publishing contract with Text Publishing.

From the Text Publishing website:

Awarded annually to the best manuscript written for young adults and children, the Text Prize has unearthed extraordinary, multi-award-winning novels and launched international publishing careers. The winner receives $10,000 and a publishing contract with Text Publishing.

Dates for the 2015 Text Prize
Submissions open: 2 March 2015
Submissions close: 2 April 2015

For more information and the entry form, check out their website!

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