Long-list 2025

CNP Kids Long-list 2025

Our readers and Junior Judges have been beavering away reading our Kid’s Prize entries over the last few months and we are delighted to now have a longlist of 19 stand out titles across all children’s genres. We had over 900 entries this year from 12 countries and gave away 341 sponsored places.

So drumroll please, here is our 2025 longlist:

Picture Books

 Ellery and the sad cloud

Bang

Mimi,Spider and the Moon Rescue

Middle Grade

 The Amazing Flying Hoosengoosen Couch

 Gethyn and the Wind Dragon

 Astrid Skellington’s Spellbook

 Rosa Wilde Book One 

 Harry Haunts

 Marty Hearst’s Multi-Hearse

 Ripples from Otherland

The Phantom

 First Chapter Book

 The Satsuma Street Spies

 UNCLE ULRIC’S HOME FOR UNUSUAL ANIMALS

Young Adult

 Living the Lotus

Dark Blessings

An Solas

A game of Hearts and Heists

The river divides us

The Song of the Silent City

Congratulations to all 19 long-listed writers. Please do stick around to follow the rest of their journey to shortlist and ultimately to winner!

 All the relevant dates are here:

 Shortlist announcement: 15th April 2025 at 2pm UK time

Winner Announcement: 1st June 2024 at 2pm UK time

End date for feedback: 30th June 2025.

Kind regards

The Cheshire Novel prize Kids Team

 

 

 

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