Gavin Writes

Middle Grade writer | @SCBWI_BI | @TheGEAcademy @cbcreative | WriteMentor 2023 LL Novel Award #MG

[Times/Chicken House Writing Competition @TimesCHPrize]

ONE WEEK LEFT! Get your entries to the Times/CH writing competition in! 👀

Enter the largest children's fiction competition in the UK for the chance to win a worldwide publishing contract!📚

Submit your story here👉 https://t.co/SrHuUnvA1C

[Times/Chicken House Writing Competition @TimesCHPrize]

Barry Cunningham, Director @chickenhsebooks, is looking for NEW VOICES AND STORIES!

If you have an original children's fiction idea, why not submit to the Times/CH writing competition for the chance to win a publishing contract! 📚

Submit here👉 https://t.co/SrHuUnvA1C

[BookBrunch @BookBrunch]

.@JoffeBooks has launched its 2024 book prize, looking for crime writers of colour. The judging panel includes @AAChaudhuri and @gyamfia_o

https://t.co/NJlVWqdYCG (£)

[Gavin Writes @writes_gavin]

@66blackman @CallenJMartin Congratulations 🙌

[Guppy Books @guppybooks]

CALLING ALL ASPIRING AUTHORS! Check out the Guppy website for information about this year’s Open Submission Competition - please share and retweet! @LizScottPR https://t.co/eRQV6en7hS

[Times/Chicken House Writing Competition @TimesCHPrize]

📣1 MONTH TO GO📣

The deadline is fast approaching for our Times/ Chicken House writing competition 2024!

Get your manuscripts in!🖊️

More details: https://t.co/TiaJGxupPA

See below for our FAB professional judging panel👇

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

I just cleared my editing decks and I have space for full and partial manuscript editing! Please do check out my website for my price list and testimonials if you write kidlit MG-YA and adult SFF:
https://t.co/Zewb5HcOST

[Steve Blackman @66blackman]

If you don't subscribe to @keslupo's newsletter, you really should. Why not do it now; I'll wait. Her latest is a doozy – so many honest truths (as is normal), a couple of links to excellent articles and some wonderful thoughts around reframing our perception of success:

[Amber Caraveo 🌻😻🌻 @AmberCaraveo]

🎉Such a lovely time celebrating the amazing MISSION MICRORAPTOR with @PhilipKavvadias & friends today. Here’s the man of the hour with me & publisher extraordinaire @BarryChicken! I’m so proud! 😊♥️ If you haven’t read this & you love adventure & dinosaurs then don’t miss it! 😍

[Lydia Silver @LydiaRSilver]

Buzzing for judging this competition - MG will always have my heart and I want to find more!

[Megan Carroll @MeganACarroll]

The @IAmInPrint competitions are open, and ICYMI - I'm judging the romance one! It's open for teen, YA and adult #submissions and I'm so looking forward to reading all of your very best love stories 💕 #writingcompetition #writingcommunity

[Lydia Silver @LydiaRSilver]

Because I'm still a post-Bologna husk with no inspiration, instead of a well-thought-out #DATips today I'm taking your questions instead. Ask me anything! Agenting, book fairs, writing tips... you name it!

[Bath Novel Awards @BathNovelAward]

Our 2024 competition window is open, come on in!
🔖The £5,000 Bath Novel Award is for manuscripts in every genre of adult & YA
🔖The £5,000 Bath Children's Novel Award is for every genre of YA, MG, CB & PBT
For unagented emerging writers everywhere, visit https://t.co/X1bKLkGHjm

[M. G. Leonard @MGLnrd]

My mate @mazevansauthor is poorly, so I’m here to toot a trumpet and tell you to get this screamer of a book for your kids’ bedside tables so they can giggle themselves to sleep. 😃

[I Am In Print @IAmInPrint]

Just the weekend to get through and then our SEVEN I #amwriting competitions open at 9am BST, Monday 15 April!
Crime / Thriller
Historical
Middle Grade
Picture Books
Romance
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Young Adult

Can’t wait to see all your entries judged by agents & a publisher!
#writing

[I Am In Print @IAmInPrint]

Did you know that @gyamfia_o loves contemporary children’s stories that are full of heart and joy! Book an #Agent121 with her for advice on your #picturebooks, funny middle-grade and teen #writing projects - 19 April.

Book: https://t.co/tYVWcHIkM0

#picturebook #mglit #kidslit

[I Am In Print @IAmInPrint]

Are you ready to show your manuscript to a #literaryagent? Take a look at https://t.co/tYVWcHIkM0 to see who is available for an online chat. It is a great chance to get feedback on your opening chapters.

#howtogetpublished #writingtips #writingadvice #booktwitter #writer

[Joanna Moult @JoannaMoult]

This book by the incredibly talented @livvywivvy is an absolute DREAM. So, so beautiful; full of emotion of the best kind. And to top it off, @dc_litchfield has complemented it perfectly with his stunning illustration. Well done, @Megan_Reid12! Honestly, a book of my heart💕

[Marisa Linton @mlinton8]

Anyone who wants to learn about the French Revolution and isn't sure where to start can catch my contributions to these two podcasts with the Noiser Podcasts production team

[Gavin Writes @writes_gavin]

@66blackman @writementor @bonnierbooks_uk Yay!!! Congrats, Steve. It was only a matter of time. Good luck 🤞