The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award 2013

The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award 2013

The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013

The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award was founded jointly by Frances Lincoln Limited and Seven Stories, in memory of Frances Lincoln (1945-2001) to encourage and promote diversity in children’s fiction. The Award is now open for entries.

The Award is for a manuscript that celebrates cultural diversity in the widest possible sense, either in terms of its story or the ethnic and cultural origins of its author. The prize of £1,500, plus the option for Frances Lincoln Children’s Books to publish the novel, is awarded to the best work of unpublished fiction for 8-12 year-olds by a writer aged 18 years or over, who has not previously published a novel for children. The writer may have contributed to an anthology of prose or poetry. The work must be written in English and it must be a minimum of 15,000 words and a maximum of 35,000 words. Previously submitted manuscripts which were not short-listed will be considered for entry.

The purpose of the Award is to:
• Take positive steps to increase the representation of people writing from or about different cultural perspectives whose work is published in Britain today
• Promote new writing for children, especially by or about people whose culture and voice is currently under-represented
• Recognise that as children’s books shape our earliest perceptions of the world and its cultures, promoting
writing that represents diversity will contribute to social and cultural tolerance
• Support the process of writing rather than, as with the majority of prizes, promoting the publication

The closing date for the 2013 Award is Monday 31 December 2012.
For entry forms contact: E: diversevoices@sevenstories.org.uk T: 0845 271 0777
More details available at www.sevenstories.org.uk/learning/projects