The Alligator's Mouth Award for illustrated early fiction
in partnership with Bright Illustration Agency and Gardners Books
2021 Submission Guidelines
2021 Entry Form
Update 1st Oct '20
Submissions open for the Alligator's Mouth Award 2021
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Opening date: Thurs 1st Oct 2020
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Closing date: Fri 20th Nov 2020
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Download Submission Guidelines and Entry Form above
The Alligator’s Mouth Children’s Bookshop, in partnership with illustration and literary agency The Bright Agency and book wholesalers Gardners, is now opening submissions for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2021: the third year of an award for illustrated early fiction. The award is intended to celebrate the best books published in the UK from the last year for readers aged 6-8, and champion authors and illustrators of highly illustrated early children’s fiction.
Keep up to date with the awards at and on Twitter by following #AlligatorsAward
The Judging Panel
Full 2021 judging panel of seven judges to be announced soon...
Arabella Stein
director of The Bright Agency
Margaret Wallace-Jones
co-director of The Alligator's Mouth
Tony West
co-director of The Alligator's Mouth
Previous Shortlists
WINNER 2020:
King Coo The Curse of the Mummy's Gold by Adam Stower
WINNER 2019:
Nice Work for
The Cat and the King
by Nick Sharratt
Alison Green Books
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