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The Times/ Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition was launched in 2008 by Chicken House, the children’s publishing company run by Barry Cunningham, and The Times newspaper.

The annual competition offers unpublished, unagented children’s writers the opportunity to submit their full manuscript, suitable for children aged between 7 and 18, for the chance to win a publishing contract worth £10,000.

Rules
Entries must be the original work of the entrant and not previously commercially published and distributed (self-published works are allowed). The entrant must not by represented by a literary agent, and must not previously have had commercially published any whole children’s novel in any country, but may have had published a children’s picture book/graphic novel, an essay, story or poem in an anthology. The entrant must personally submit the entry: any submissions from or found to be from agents will be void and rejected. Entries submitted in previous years are eligible to be resubmitted for this year (excluding any winning manuscripts). The entry must be a full-length manuscript of no more than 80,000 words, with a suggested minimum of 30,000 words. The entry should be suitable for a worldwide children’s audience aged between 7 and 18. Each entry must be accompanied by a brief synopsis, plot plan and a letter of submission explaining the book’s appeal to children.

Winners of the Competition in Chronological Order
2008 Emily Diamand, Flood Child; 2009 Sophia Bennett, Threads; 2010 Janet Foxley, Muncle Trogg; 2011 Kieran Larwood, Freaks; 2012 Fletcher Moss, Poison Boy; 2013 Wendy Constance, Brave; 2014 Kerr Thomson, The Sound of Whales; 2015 Laurel Remington, The Secret Cooking Club for Girls