Norwich Writers announce Olga Sinclair Short Story competition 2026: The theme is Walls.

The Brief: The judges (Judges Helen Murray and Dave Cryer) are looking for wise choices of vocabulary, well-structured plotting and description, sparkling dialogue, pace and precision. Although the theme is always selected to represent Norwich you are free to interpret this however you see fit. Your story does not have to be connected to Norwich, but it does need to have the concept of Walls as its central theme.

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27 Days to Go

The countdown is on. There are 27 days remaining to submit your entry to the CYA Writing and Illustrating Competition.

Explore the categories and submit your work at:
www.cyaconference.com/competition

Categories
Published Authors
P01) Picture book (text only)
P02) YA / Middle Grade
P10) Writing for adult genres

Aspiring Authors
A01) Picture book – preschool-aged children (text only)
A02) Picture book – primary-aged children (text only)
A03) Picture book – non-fiction – primary-aged children (text only)
A04) Chapter book – younger primary-aged children (text only)
A05) Chapter book – older-aged children (text only)
A06) Fiction writing for young adults
A10) Writing for adult genres

Under 18s Authors
H01) Picture book – preschool or primary-aged children (text only)
H02) Chapter book – younger primary, middle grade, or young adult (text only)

Illustrators
Submit a colour illustration suitable for a book based on the theme WATER
i01) Under 18s
i02) Aspiring
i03) Published

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An update...

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Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the Writing Magazine Children's Book Prize Picture Book category! So many great stories on the longlist, it was a tough decision to make. Winners announced on Monday!

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Always a pleasure to be involved with the Writing Magazine Children's Book Prize. Delighted to announce the longlist today. Congratulations to all writers who completed a story and entered, and to those who have been longlisted.

Good luck going into the next round. The shortlist will be announced on Friday.

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Being involved with the Writing Magazine Children's Book Prize is one of the highlights of my year.

Today, I'm delighted to announce the longlist for the Chapter Book category.

Many congratulations to everyone on the list and thank you to everyone who entered. Even finishing and submitting a story is a big achievement.

We'll be announcing the shortlist early next week.

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For those who are interested, I've created a community for #NaNoWriMo2 - a new version of the writing competition that has no one from the original organization involved.

The Website for the new competition is: https://nanowrimo2.com/
The new community is: [email protected] (https://feddit.online/c/nanowrimo2)
Tracker App - TrackBear: https://trackbear.app/
TrackBear Leader Board: https://trackbear.app/leaderboards/join?joinCode=48e75747-5a26-42da-865c-9626c490db2f

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