HUGE congratulations to the longlistees below – we had a tough job whittling down the 250 entries to just 22, but these extracts really piqued our interest and we’re excited to read more from all of these writers! Congratulations to them all, and thank you to everyone who entered this year.

LONGLIST

Mitu Malhotra         MASALA CHIPS

Andrew Baird              CHASE JONES AND THE SWINGING WITCH

Rachel Burrows           GETHYN AND THE WIND DRAGON

Ayesha Khan               ANAS AND THE DREAD

Kirsti Sinclair               OPERATION ANNA

Emmy Clarke               VAMPIRE HUNTER JESS

Susanna Callaghan     KALE BRADBURY AND THE SKOOBUBBLE

LJ Moss                       THE OTHER SIDE OF ALISSE

Diwa Aloro                  IF ONLY WE FLEW

Ella Leith                     THE BOY AT THE WYNYATES

Deborah Prince           RECIPE FOR A WITCH

Katie Fraser                 TREE HEART

Carrie Stewart            WINGS IN THE DARK

Jenny Jones                CLASS ZERO

Cathrin Hagey             BUG WITCH

Eimear Conboye         THE GHOST IN THE OAK TREE

JJ Moore                      THE CURSED COVEN

Lorna Gill                    SILENT SONG

Zoe Fitzgibbon            MARTY HEARST’S MULTI-HEARSE

Victoria Richards         MAGGIE MAYHEM AND THE HAIRY HAMSTER PANTS

Natalie Rutherford      SHEEP SWAP

Gary Haq         MOJO SHAH AND THE SPIRIT LEAGUE