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First edition childrens book contest open for aspiring authors. Each month prime number magazine invites writers to submit a 53word story based on a prompt. A list of international and local creative writing competitions, contests, and awards. The purple dragonfly book awards is a worldwide book competition that was created in 2009 to celebrate the best in childrens books. Submissions may be fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for children ages 5 to 12. Just updated all content and added three new contests. For childrens book authors, here is a compiled list of upcoming and annual book contests either devoted to or containing categories for childrens. English hindi childrens book trust cbt invites manuscripts for competition for writers of childrens books 2019 in english and in hindi. Christian book awards, writing contests and literary. We do not take picture books, childrens or otherwise, and we do not publish in color. Only stories with human protagonists will be considered. Prize for childrens picture book illustration the competition is run by.
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