Long-list 2024/25
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