The Adrien Prize

A brand new prize for commercial children's fiction that explores the disability experience. Deadline for current entries is Nov 1st, 2023 .

[The Adrien Prize @AdrienPrize]

Reader, she started a prize.

[Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 @BooksandChokers]

The Blue Peter Book Award has ended. As a winner, I'm sad. It gave children a vote and a voice and it was accessible to children who are not often included in literary spaces.

The closure has led to me deciding to do something very stupid.

I'm thinking of starting a prize.

[Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 @BooksandChokers]

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

the winner of the 2024 @AdrienPrize is........🥁🥁🥁🥁

WHEN I SEE BLUE BY @LilyBaileyUK !!

our young judges were brilliant this year and it was a close race. thank you, @stgelibrary and @stgeorgesedin for deciding our winner!!

judges comments below:

[Dr Fairweather Library 📚 @FairweatherDr]

Running out of premium display space…but congratulations to the authors who made the @CarnegieMedals shortlist who now get to hang out with the @AdrienPrize and @EmpathyLabUK collection! 🤩

[Miranda McKearney OBE @MirandaMcK]

Yeh, important @AdrienPrize shortlist out 🌟Thanks @BooksandChokers for this stirring work and to all on the shortlist for your great books!

[Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize]

Congratulations to all of the new Adrien Prize shortlistees. One of the bestest newbie children’s lit award prizes😃

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Lily Bailey’s When I See Blue and Lizzie Huxley-Jones’ Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend are among the books shortlisted for the 2024 Adrien Prize.

Read more 👇 https://t.co/6FhGX2qtxQ

[The Adrien Prize @AdrienPrize]

@lauranoakes @BooksandChokers Thank you so much, Laura x

[Erin McCarthy 💙 @erinshinestitch]

Yes I did go out straight after work to buy the @AdrienPrize short list for the school library (but also for me to read first!) @BooksandChokers

[RachaelPoole @MrsRachaelPoole]

What a bargain for all those supporting the @AdrienPrize

Thank you @ANewChapterBks !

Can’t wait to share these with my class @BooksandChokers

@WYMHSeanna might be nice to do something library/Junior Journalist related to this? Xx

[The Adrien Prize @AdrienPrize]

@MrEagletonIan Thank you, Ian!!!

[Ian Eagleton @MrEagletonIan]

Amazing set of books! Check them out!

[Joanna Sholem @BookJo]

Thrilled to bits about this announcement! @BooksandChokers - you’re a wonder! Would be amazing to see displays featuring the shortlist up and down the country in bookshops and libraries. Because, what do I want most? People reading & talking about these wonderful books!

[Kirsten Grant @KirstenGrant2]

The brilliant new @AdrienPrize shortlist from @BooksandChokers is here! An exciting & important list of books celebrating diversity and disability - with the winners chosen by young readers. Go Elle - and congrats to everyone on the shortlist #RepresentationMatters

[The Adrien Prize @AdrienPrize]

2024 shortlist is here!!!

[Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 @BooksandChokers]

New year, new @AdrienPrize shortlist!! I hope people see this, despite my refusal to pay his nibs for a verified account. trust it's really me, telling you which incredible books with disabled main characters have made the 2024 shortlist.

wow, this year was hard. so many greats!

[Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 @BooksandChokers]

New year, new @AdrienPrize shortlist!! I hope people see this, despite my refusal to pay his nibs for a verified account. trust it's really me, telling you which incredible books with disabled main characters have made the 2024 shortlist.

wow, this year was hard. so many greats!

[Letterbox Library @LetterboxLib]

Super stuff. @littlerebsprize sitting alongside @AdrienPrize & @The_DBAwards this Sunday 4pm.
You should have finished your sticky toffee pudding by then.
(@HousmansBooks @ARBooksellers)

[Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 @BooksandChokers]

I'm doing a panel on Sunday about prizes/awards, and I'll be announcing the shortlist for the @AdrienPrize just afterwards!

We're only doing a shortlist this year, after feedback from our first go. Also, as the purpose of the prize is to reward publishers who are ballsy enough

[YLG Committee @youthlibraries]

Our next #YLGShort is on 17th December from 2-5pm, with a #YLGAwards announcement celebration at 7pm!

Joining us: @PhyllisRamage @Nadinekaadan @NaimaBRobert @JackieMorrisArt @CathyFisherArt @littlerebsprize @ABelloWrites @literallypr @The_DBAwards @BooksandChokers @AdrienPrize

[Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 @BooksandChokers]

Publishers emailing me about @AdrienPrize submissions:

-disabled MC
-Traditionally published in the UK or Ireland between July 2022/July 2023.
-MC does not die.
-Deadline 1st of November, but I'm flexible.

That's it. No books need to be sent, I pay for everything.

Easy.

[Letterbox Library @LetterboxLib]

📣Publishers!
Deadline for the shiny new(ish😀) Adrien Prize is November 1st!