Dudley Children’s Book Award

A yearly contest to find the best new children's book. Organised by West Mids School Librarians, voted for by pupils. #DCBA2023

[Dudley Children’s Book Award @theDCBA]

Wow wow wow! What a lovely event today! A huge congrats to @CynthiaMurphyYA @BWareAuthor and @SteveColeBooks for winning each of our categories! (We’ll be posting the awards out!) 📚📚📚

[Dan Smith @DanSmithAuthor]

Very proud that The Deadsoul Project has been shortlisted for the Dudley Children's Book Award and the Brilliant Book Award. Great to know there are scary story fans out there!

@BarringtonStoke
@lukebrookes_art

[Letterbox Library @LetterboxLib]

What a fab list! Giddy-happy to see @catwrote ‘s Dance of Resistance and Patrice Lawrence’s People Like Stars here 🤩🤩🤩
@BarringtonStoke
@scholasticuk

[DA Children's Agency @DA_Childrens]

Wonderful to see TRAUMALAND by Josh Silver included in the Dudley Children’s Book Award 2025 shortlist 🎉 ✨📚

[Jennifer Killick @JenniferKillick]

I’m very, very happy that Serial Chillers has been shortlisted for the Dudley Children’s Book Award with some brilliant books! 🥰

[Jennifer Killick @JenniferKillick]

@theDCBA @jasinbath @theLucyStrange @DanSmithAuthor @catwrote @DougRDNaylor @J_C_Pearson @susywrites Thank you so much - I’m over the moon!

[CatherineJohnson @catwrote]

Thanks so much! My day is made!!!

[Doug Naylor @DougRDNaylor]

@theDCBA @jasinbath @theLucyStrange @DanSmithAuthor @catwrote @JenniferKillick @J_C_Pearson @susywrites Thrilled to learn #SinBinIsland has been nominated for the Dudley Children’s Book Award 2025. Huge thanks to the teachers, librarians + most importantly the young readers who vote. Can’t wait to meet some of the schools involved. Huge thanks to all @theDCBA

[Ellie at Speaking of Books @SpeakingofBks]

@theLucyStrange @theDCBA @BarringtonStoke Congratulations 🥂 Lucy and all those shortlisted x

[Sue H Cunningham #Neverlast⌛out now @susywrites]

Delighted to see Cloud Nine shortlisted alongside these fabulous authors! 😊

[Sue H Cunningham #Neverlast⌛out now @susywrites]

@theDCBA @jasinbath @theLucyStrange @DanSmithAuthor @catwrote @JenniferKillick @DougRDNaylor @J_C_Pearson Delighted to see Cloud Nine ☁️ 💘on your shortlist and in such brilliant company too! Thank you! 😊

[Dan Smith @DanSmithAuthor]

@theDCBA @jasinbath @theLucyStrange @catwrote @JenniferKillick @DougRDNaylor @J_C_Pearson @susywrites Oh! That’s awesome 😄 Very exciting to be shortlisted with all those other fab books!

[Lucy Strange @theLucyStrange]

@theDCBA @jasinbath @DanSmithAuthor @catwrote @JenniferKillick @DougRDNaylor @J_C_Pearson @susywrites Yippeee!! I'm thrilled The Boy at the Window has been shortlisted. Thank you so much! Xxx

[Dudley Children’s Book Award @theDCBA]

@theLucyStrange @BarringtonStoke Perhaps we should change it just this once!?

[Dudley Children’s Book Award @theDCBA]

@RavenaGuron what a fabulous lineup!

[Dudley Children’s Book Award @theDCBA]

We are super happy to announce our 2025 shortlist! 📚📚📚
@jasinbath @theLucyStrange @DanSmithAuthor @catwrote @JenniferKillick @DougRDNaylor #patricelawrence @J_C_Pearson #emilybarr #joshsilver @susywrites well done all! #thedcba2025

[Waterstones Wolverhampton @WaterstonesWton]

What a wonderful day this was!Thanks to everyone involved with @theDCBA, the authors (great to meet @melliver & @BWareAuthor), the brilliant staff at @SummerhillSch, @wordsleyschool's ace librarian for all the help, and most of all, all the lovely enthusiastic young readers!📚

[Dudley Children’s Book Award @theDCBA]

And a huge congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors. Without you, we couldn’t have had an award. We have medals for you all (also going out in the post)

[Melissa Welliver - TO THE DEATH March 2026! @Melliver]

Soooo excited for this tomorrow - see you there @SummerhillSch @theDCBA !

[Dudley Children’s Book Award @theDCBA]

We're back with our @dcba 2024 shortlists!

Twelve fantastic books, three categories, hundreds of excited pupils already reading. We can't wait to see which books win this year.

@SummerhillSch @Windsor_Tweets @kfordacademy @StJamesDudley @SteveColeBooks