Anthology has proven a successful path to publication for many UK writers and illustrators The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) British Isles will once again help fresh, new voices in children’s literature – both writers and illustrators… Read more
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Tips and Advice for Illustrators: Find Your illustration ‘Super Power’
We’re proud to share an edited video of the best bits from our illustrator panel during the Undiscovered Voices 2016 competition launch on May 14th 2015. The illustration judges talk about the Story Prompts and what they are expecting from… Read more
Guest Blog: Matt Ralphs – Everything to Gain, Almost Nothing to Lose
It was August 2013. I had a nearly finished manuscript, and a plan. I was aiming to submit my children’s novel, Fire Girl, to literary agents after Christmas and then cross my fingers. I was braced for the wait. The… Read more
Captured by a First Line: Sara Grant on Reading Submissions
Sara Grant got her agent and ultimately her first book deal through Undiscovered Voices. Now she’s on the other side of the submissions process and part of the team of editors who do the initial read through of all the… Read more
Guest Blog: Jane McLoughlin – UV’s “Awesomeness”
Last month I was delighted (and proud) to be attending SCBWI’s Undiscovered Voices launch at Foyles Books in London. This competition (open to SCBWI members only—so join, why don’t you?) for unagented and unpublished children’s writers, seems to have more… Read more
UV2016 – Blog Round Up.
A superb summary of the launch event by our friends at the SCBWI British Isles webzine Words and Pictures has appeared, with lots of advice from judging panels. Feast on these selected tips at Words and Pictures and you can look for… Read more
UV 2016 Launch Event – Now Sold Out
The Undiscovered Voices 2016 launch at Foyles on Charing Cross Road, on 14th May 2015 at 6:30 p.m, is now SOLD OUT. The team is hoping to pull together some short video of highlights of the evening which we will… Read more
UV 2016 Launch Event – 14th May 2015
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) British Isles will once again help fresh, new voices in children’s literature find agents and publishers through its Undiscovered Voices project. The Undiscovered Voices team will launch the project with an… Read more
UV12’s Jane Hardstaff’s Debut – The Executioner’s Daughter!
We’re excited to join in the celebration of the publication of Undiscovered Voices finalist 2012, Jane Hardstaff’s debut novel, The Executioner’s Daughter (which originally featured as an extract in the anthology!). Her fantasy adventure, set during the reign of Henry… Read more
Undiscovered Voices 2014: The Finalists!
SCBWI British Isles is proud to announce the promising, unpublished writers and illustrators who have been selected from hundreds of submissions to be included in Undiscovered Voices 2014. SCBWI congratulates the following twelve authors whose novel extracts will be featured… Read more