Our Winners’ Gallery for Best Chapter Book for 5-8-year-olds is now live! See who won, read short extracts of the stories… Congratulations to all! www.searchlightawards.co.uk/winners-gall...

How to Write a Killer Pitch Paragraph by our former (and lovely) literary agent judge Katie Blagden. Brilliant if you’re entering one of our 2024 Writing for Children/YA competitions. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/how-to-write...

Calling all emerging YA and children’s authors. 1st prize: £1000 - novel opening, £500 - picture book. 2nd prize: editorial feedback. Shortlisted entries: featured in our coveted agent/publisher pitch book. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/

We are delighted that celebrated author and highly regarded creative writing tutor Steve Voake will deliver our 2nd place editorial prize for Best Novel Opening 2024. Wow! You can read more about the prizes here: www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions...

Literary agent Lorna Hemingway is hugely supportive of Searchlight Awards and will be a fantastic judge. She offered to judge before we had the chance to ask her, so she is actively seeking undiscovered writers. Don’t miss out! www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/

NEW JUDGE. Top literary agent Rachel Petty of the prestigious Blair Partnership is judging Searchlight’s Best Novel Opening competition this year. Before joining the agency she was editorial director at Macmillan Children’s Books. Only the best for you! www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/

BOOK NEWS! Our brilliant picture book and chapter book shortlistee Louisa MacDougall has not one but three books coming out this summer with Little Door Books and Foggie Toddle Books. She has achieved this without an agent. You are amazing, Louisa! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

We are delighted to announce the results of Searchlight’s Best Chapter Book competition. Huge congratulations to our shortlistees and crowned winner Sophie Clarke. Congratulations also to our talented longlistees and thank you to everyone who entered. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-chapter...

Great to be in the summer issue of Mslexia. We’re super-excited about our new competitions and can’t wait to unearth some hidden gems. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/

BEST CHAPTER BOOK 2024. Longlistees, we will email you tomorrow with the competition results ahead of the official announcement on Friday. Best of luck! If you’ve been shortlisted - huge congratulations. If not - please know that your story is amazing. A book deal is within your reach. Go for it!