The Chicken House
Parent company | Scholastic |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founders | Barry Cunningham and Rachel Hickman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Frome, Somerset |
| Distribution | Bounce Sales & Marketing (UK)[1] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Children's literature |
| Official website | www |
The Chicken House is a publishing company owned by
children's fiction
.
Founded in 2000 by
Maze Runner
series.
The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition
The Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition was launched in 2008 by Chicken House and The Times newspaper.
The annual competition is for full manuscripts suitable for readers aged between 7 and 18 by unpublished, unagented writers. The grand prize is a publishing contract worth £10,000. In 2019 a second prize was introduced to mark the competition's tenth anniversary, with a publishing contract worth £7,500 awarded to the Chairman's Choice. Terms and Conditions can be found on the Chicken House website.
Winners of the Competition in Chronological Order
- 2008: Emily Diamand, Flood Child
- 2009: Sophia Bennett, Threads
- 2010: Janet Foxley, Muncle Trogg
- 2011: Kieran Larwood, Freaks
- 2012: Fletcher Moss, Poison Boy
- 2013: Wendy Constance, Brave
- 2014: Kerr Thomson, The Sound of Whales
- 2015: Laurel Remington, The Secret Cooking Club
- 2016: Nicki Thornton, The Last Chance Hotel
- 2017: Jasbinder Bilan, Asha & the Spirit Bird
- 2018: Trudi Tweedie, The Pure Heart
- 2019: Efua Traoré, Children of the Quicksands
- 2019: Richard Pickard, The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy (Chairman's Choice)
- 2020: Varsha Shah, Adjay and the Mumbai Rail Times
- 2020: Fran Hart, The Other Ones (Chairman's Choice)
- 2021: Emily Randall, The Flood Child
- 2021: Alison Stegert, The Remarkables (IET 150 Award)
See also
References
- ^ "Publishers". Bounce Sales & Marketing Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Chicken House : About Us". Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013. The Story So Far, retrieved 18 June 2012
External links
- Official website
- Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition information page
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