BBA
2017 Competition

SHORTLIST Announced
read our interviews with the
shortlisted authors and editors

The Branford Boase Award

The writing competition for authors and editors

The BBA was set up to reward the most promising new writers and their editors, as well as to reward excellence in writing and in publishing. The Award is made annually to the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist.

HBWC
2017 Competition

Now open for entries

The Henrietta Branford
Writing Competition

The writing competition for young writers

The HBWC is open to any young writer under the age of 19. Six winners are invited to the celebration party in London in July where the Branford Boase Award is announced too. There they can meet authors, editors, publishers, agents, and other professionals in children's publishing.