It’s the early bird that gets the worm, although in this case it’s the Skylark that gets the promising undiscovered voice. We’re thrilled to hear that Simon James Green, author of Nuts, has signed with Jo Moult at Skylark Literary…. Read more
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2016 Success Stories: Thrilling Surprises for Anna Bowles
Поздравления (pozdravleniya) to Anna Bowles, author of Steel Tanya, who has just signed with Jenny Savill at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. She’s the second of our Undiscovered Voices 2016 finalists to sign with an agent in the last few weeks. Used… Read more
2016 Success Stories: The Evolution of Rose and her new Agent!
Hotly following on from the launch of the Undiscovered Voices 2016 anthology, we’re delighted to share the news that Rose Margaret Deniz, author of The Evolution of You Me, has signed up with agent Jo Williamson at Antony Harwood Ltd…. Read more
Children’s illustrators of the future
We’re very excited that the lovely editors at the Guardian Children’s Books pages have published a gallery of our amazing Undiscovered Voices 2016 illustrator finalists. The Guardian sums it up best on the gallery: “Congrats to all the undiscovered illustrators… Read more
Undiscovered Voices 2016 Featured Writers and Illustrators Announced
SCBWI Announces Writers and Illustrators to Be Featured in Undiscovered Voices 2016. Anthology has proven a successful path to publication for many writers and illustrators Twelve promising writers and nine aspiring illustrators – all unagented and unpublished – were selected… Read more
Undiscovered Voices 2016 Long List Announcement
We are pleased to announce the longlist of writers and illustrators who will be considered for the Undiscovered Voices 2016 anthology. These talented writers and illustrators were selected from more than 250 submissions from SCBWI members in Europe. Relly Annett-Baker… Read more
Writing and Falling in Love with Nigel Kennedy: How UV changed one writer’s life.
UV 2014 finalist Shirley Anne McMillan blogs about how Undiscovered Voices led her to a community of writers through SCBWI! The other great thing about writing is that everyone sees it as a solitary occupation, and in some ways it… Read more
Tips and Advice for Writers: Escape into Your Story
We’re proud to share an edited video of the best bits from our writing judging panel during the Undiscovered Voices 2016 competition launch on May 14th 2015. The writing judges talk about the getting straight into a story and leaving… Read more
Tweet Advice for UV Submitters – #AskSwanwick Chat Write Up
[pullquote]One Undiscovered Voices area that’s usually under-represented by good quality submissions is for the youngest (5-8) age group. “We’d loved to see more of those,” Catherine told us. “Funny is often the key – and something obvious, like a timeless… Read more
Press Release: Submissions open 1st July for Fifth SCBWI Undiscovered Voices
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