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🎉@ClaireLomas3 (official title: WINNER of the @writementor children’s novel competition), your pocket-sized, powerful mg story about standing up for the right thing is timely, gorgeous and needed in libraries, schools & homes. I can believe it won ❤️#writingcommunity #winner

Thank you to DHA agent Christabel McKinley for judging the children's fiction category in this year's WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards selecting I STILL STAND by Claire Lomas as her winner. Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on future awards writementor.substack.com

My fellow writers inspire and support me - have felt overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity this week 💖

Pretty rubbish at tooting my own horn, but my #querying novel was longlisted for the @writementor Novel Award 2025, Top 5% for @BridportPrize 2025 and Top 100 for @BathNovelAward 2024. I would love it to find a home soon. ❤️

In this week's newsletter, WriteMentor Founder & author Stuart White asks fellow writers to do one thing: Just finish the book. Subscribe to read the full article to give you some much-needed writing motivation this weekend ↪️ writementor.substack.com

Thank you to DHA agent Deirdre Power for judging the picture book category in this year's WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards 🏆️ Deirdre selected PELICAN’S BEACH by Jennie Saywell as her winner, and SHOW-STOPPA-STOUNDING! by Helen Hooper as the runner-up.

Meet the winner of the Children's Fiction Category for this year's WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards 🎉 Claire Lomas's middle grade I STILL STAND was praised by judge Christabel McKinley for its authentic voice & unflinching central subject matter. Congratulations Claire!

Thank you so much @writementor and @deedotpower for this great honour. I've already been inspired to start two new PBs this week 🤩

Thank you again, so much, to Christabel McKinley @DHAchildrens who had such warm words, and to everyone @writementor who works to build the community, and run this brilliant competition 🤩❤️‍🔥

Meet the winner of the Children's Fiction Category for this year's WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards 🎉 Claire Lomas's middle grade I STILL STAND was praised by judge Christabel McKinley for its authentic voice & unflinching central subject matter. Congratulations Claire!

In this week's newsletter, WriteMentor Founder & author Stuart White asks fellow writers to do one thing: Just finish the book. Subscribe to read the full article to give you some much-needed writing motivation this weekend ↪️ writementor.substack.com

Huge thanks again to the brilliant @WriteMentor team and to Maddalena Cavaciuti. I’m still a little stunned!—but very grateful. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

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Secured a spot on the longlist! Very, very grateful!

Huge congrats to the winners! 🥳 🍾 And a massive well done to all my fellow shortlistees, to the longlistees, everyone else who entered and indeed anyone currently plucking up the courage to put their work out there. You’re all winners in my book.👏🏻💪 Thanks @writementor

Very exciting news in my inbox on Monday. Runner-up and another on the shortlist. Thank you so much to Deirdre Power of @DHAbooks for this lovely feedback and to @writementor for organising. So grateful for these opportunities to get our stories seen. #picturebooks #iamwriting

Meet the winner of the Adult Fiction Category for this year's WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards 🎉 S R Simmons whose dystopian entry UNMEANT captivated judge Maddalena Cavaciuti from the very first line. Congratulations S R Simmons, from all of us at WriteMentor!

Meet the winner of the Picture Book Category for this year's WriteMentor Novel & Picture Book Awards Jennie Saywell, whose rhyming picture book PELICAN’S BEACH was chosen by @DHAbooks agent judge @deedotpower. Congratulations Jennie, from all of us at WriteMentor! 🎉

I genuinely can’t quite believe this! 😮🏆 Thank you to all @writementor for this opportunity, and to @DHAMedia for judging the competition. I am in the best company on both the Long and Shortlist and I salute my fellow writers! 🤩🙌😍 #WritingCommunity #kidlit #believe

FLABBERGASTED!😲 Unmeant, my story of a young woman who was never meant to live, has won the @WriteMentor Novel Award Zozie just wanted to be seen I’m so grateful she was🖤 Congrats to the other winners & shortlistees—& thanks to everyone @WriteMentor #amwriting #WritingCommunity