The Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for
New Children’s Writing

In association with The London Book Fair, LBA Books and The Independent

After receiving nearly 1,000 entries to the competition, which launched at this year’s London Book Fair, the prize committee are delighted to share their shortlist of five titles for children aged 7-12. This shortlist ranges from tales of circus troupes, young space pilots and lost monsters to stories of dethroned princesses and trainee evil geniuses.

The shortlisted authors are:

• The Monster Orphanage, Rohan Agalawatta.
• The Flora Chronicles, Nicola Sangster
• Elena Starfire, Nicola Teasdale
• Milly Delane Plots To Destroy The Moon, Katherine Wiseman
• Poppy Pym And The Pharaoh’s Curse, Laura Wood

Further details about The Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children’s Writing in association with The London Book Fair, LBA Books and The Independent

The winner will be decided by the Montegrappa Scholastic judging panel and announced in October 2014, with their winning novel to be published by Scholastic for The London Book Fair 2015. The winner will also receive literary agent representation with LBA and a weekend for two in Italy to visit the home of Montegrappa where they will be presented with one of the company’s world-famous handmade pens.

The Montegrappa Scholastic judging panel includes: Cerrie Burnell, children’s author, Cbeebies presenter and patron of Booktrust; Samantha Smith, Fiction Publisher at Scholastic; Louise Lamont, Children’s Agent at LBA; and Arifa Akbar, Books Editor at The Independent.