I always know when it's really Spring because we launch our annual Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition for budding (geddit?) writers and we publish the previous year's winner (this time it's the swashbucklingly brilliant THE POISON BOY by Fletcher Moss). Enter your manuscript and YOU could be next year's winner!
Spring this year also brings brilliant new books from bestsellers Sophia Bennett, Melvin Burgess and Rachel Ward - and don't forget the final part of the soon-to be-movie series TUNNELS by Roderick Gordon & Brian Williams. Finally, get hold of a copy of Veronica Coassanteli's THE EXTINCTS for some zany fun in the sun for younger readers! What a scorching season!
The casting of Thomas in The Maze Runner has been announced, with MTV'sTeen Wolf actor Dylan O'Brien to take on the role.
Let us know what you think. Is this how you picture Thomas? Who would your dream Thomas be?
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And for the rest of the MAZE RUNNER film cast ...
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Is there a completed manuscript for a children's novel lurking in your desk drawer? Have you always dreamed of putting pen to paper to try your hand at children's fiction but just need that extra push? Then why not enter the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2014?
The competition...
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THE 2014 COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES. WANT TO FIND OUT HOW TO ENTER YOUR MANUSCRIPT?
Take a look at our submissions page for our submissions policy, top tips on writing for children, and more details of our annual children's fiction competition.
