Kid’s Market News | Cathy C. Hall Writes

You only have till October 31st to get your submission in for this annual award established by children’s publisher Lee & Low to recognize new talent. But before you mail that manuscript, there’s a few minor details:

1. The New Voices Award is for picture book authors of color. The competition is looking for writers who address the multicultural needs of their readers. I don’t think they’re including the color white.

2. Entries must be appropriate for children ages 5 to 12, and less than 1500 words. And your manuscript can be either fiction or nonfiction. But submissions of folklore or animal stories will not be accepted.

3. No entry fee. Wheeee! Also, no previously published book author need apply. Booooo! I can’t say whether they’re including self-pubbed here. Guess you could always try.

4. Why try? Because you could win a publishing contract and big bucks. Even honorable mention wins big bucks.

So quit reading. No, wait! Check out all the details at Lee & Low’s website. Then quit reading and get to work on that manuscript. (Now color yourself tickled pink.)

First of all, do you know who Christine Kringle is? Secondly, have you bought the latest Christine Kringle book? And thirdly, can you write a super fantabulous plot?

Because that’s all you have to do to win $5,000 and your name on the next Christine Kringle children’s book. And even if that all seems a little daunting, you can still not win but maybe get a little attention from the book’s publishers. So, that’s awesome, too.

Maybe not as awesome as $5,000. But it’s a little elf bootie in the door, isn’t it? So, hurry on over to Lynn’s Christine Kringle website to get all the info. You may have till January to enter this contest, but you really can’t rush brilliance. Plus, you’ve got to go get that book (and read it).