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I entered their flash fiction award. Will hear soon if I make the shortlist. Yes, free to Scottish residents.
I agree. It often depends on the judge, but it does seem much harder for YA writers to get short-listed. Cream rises to the top though. Keep going.
My first 5k pages is cream after that it gets more like buttermilk. So I am happy to have the time to rework. I am excited to have the chance at little readers. Bath says they are gong to take a lot of longlistees to be read over the holidays. I love that idea. Here's to our chances!
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Yeah, I've seen it quoted that 50% of YA readers are adult. I think if you go for adult themes with a young voice, you're nailing it. also worth noting that US teens tend to be more mature in their coming-of-age state than UK teens.I think this is an interesting take on children's books. especially the opinion that YA is mostly read by adults...
Children's Books: Age Categories and Word Counts
This is a general list of age categories and word counts for children’s books. I have often looked this up and got different results, which makes it very confusing. I have therefore made some averages, based on what I’ve heard from publishers and agents at children’s book events, and from...
Interesting. Maybe because they never know when they might have to run from an active shooter...
