Congratulations to all the amazing entries received in this year’s Pitch It! Competition for Australian writers of children’s books! Please find below the full list of qualified manuscript pitches for 2023.
Picture Books (in alphabetical order)
| A Christmas Song |
| A Drop of Water |
| A Robot Rebellion |
| A Surprise for Mum |
| Accidental Friends |
| Alexander and the Case of the Hows and Whys |
| Alga Rhythm |
| All at Sea |
| All Stars Shine a Little Differently |
| Archie’s Summer |
| Baby Babble |
| Bad Day to be a Backyard Cricket Ball |
| Bad Day to be a Berry |
| Bad Day to be a Golf Ball |
| Barb’s Balloon Bending |
| Bees Can Dance |
| Beige |
| Bernie! |
| Berty Stop Being Shirty |
| Beware… We Scare! |
| Beyond the Rooftops |
| Big Blue |
| Bobbie and Spots from Julian Rocks |
| Bones |
| Boo! Rah! |
| Bookworm |
| Bowie |
| Breathe-Maggie-Breathe |
| Bring Your Bestie |
| Brother Wisdom |
| Bud and the Moonbeam Dream |
| Buk Buk What the Cluck? Busy Garden |
| By Hook or by Chook |
| Cactus Cactus Magnanimous |
| Courtney’s Tree |
| Crackerjack |
| Cuddling Cloud |
| Dad’s Undies to the Rescue |
| Daisy Drags Dad to the Dentist |
| Daisy’s Pockets |
| Diggers are the BEST! |
| Dino-Star |
| Do Not Smile |
| Dogs Don’t Dance |
| Donny the Zombie |
| Don’t Call Me Fussy |
| Don’t Feed the Dragonflies |
| Double Plus Good |
| Dougie in the Window |
| Dragon Park |
| Dragonfly and the Swamp in the Sky! |
| Drawings for Dad |
| Drip, Drip, Drippity Drop |
| Dumpster Diner |
| Experience! That’s the Thing! |
| Feather Hunting |
| Feelings Onboard |
| Felicity Fiddle-legs CANNOT Sit Still |
| Fill the Car at a Poo Gas Station |
| First Day Drop-Off |
| Fishing for Clouds |
| Flick |
| Flowers of the Sea |
| Frank’s Ideas |
| Friendship and Flowers |
| From the Ashes |
| Fudge |
| Galah |
| Gita’s Hairventures |
| Grandad’s Mo |
| Grandpa and the Clouds |
| Halley’s Hot Air Balloon |
| Harmony Week |
| Help Me Escape Absurd Aunt Maud! |
| Here Comes the Rain! |
| Hollow Hug |
| Honey Grows Smaller |
| How to be a Duck |
| Hugo’s Friendship Project |
| I Think My Teacher is a Fairy |
| If Koalas Were Our Teachers |
| I’m NOT a Dolphin |
| Imagination Sea |
| In a Hug |
| It’s My Mess |
| It’s Our Nanny’s Birthday |
| Jim McNair Wears Braids in His Hair |
| Kip’s Chips |
| Kissed by Cheska Chicken |
| Kitchen Dancing |
| Let’s Play the Car Game! |
| Light Up the Dawn |
| Little Joe Small and the Mountain Tall |
| Little Red Hiking Boots |
| Mae’s Marvellous Marbles |
| Maggie and Max |
| Milly’s Secret Tail |
| Mira Lee’s Feast of Memories |
| Monkeys Between My Ears |
| Mooncake Mission |
| Moonlight Wallaby |
| Mud Mud Horrible Mud |
| Mum’s Brilliant Birthday Bonanza |
| My Name is Levi |
| Nate’s Noisy Nose |
| Ned and Clancy |
| Nigel the Nit’s Wordly Adventures! |
| No Chooks Allowed |
| Nora Finkle’s Remarkable Beard |
| Not Just a Side Dish |
| Now You Know Your ABCs |
| Off We Go |
| One Bucket of Chips |
| Paper Chain |
| Parental Misguidance |
| Patch and Pickles Party Pandemonium |
| Penelope Particular |
| Penny the Pea Hen |
| Period Party |
| Petunia’s Marvellous Musical Nose |
| Pigs (Might) CAN Fly |
| Pirate Red-beard Boots |
| Poppy’s Hat |
| Posy the Pink |
| Ptallulah Pterodactyl Hates Her Name |
| Rattle on Bones |
| Ready for Adventure |
| Ready to Roar |
| Roamer and Me |
| Rocky, the Mouse Who Never Grew |
| Roosters on Scooters |
| Rose Tickle, the Tinker |
| Rudi, the Reef Thief |
| Salami Day at Nonno’s House |
| Santa’s Silly Socks |
| Saving Fluffy – The True Story of a Great White Shark |
| Savvy’s Snails |
| Scentsational Surprises: Animals that Smell Like Food |
| Second Chance Books |
| Shell Shopping |
| Show Me How You Pop Up! |
| Singapore 1942: The Story of Sergeant B.W. Stein |
| Sit and Eat |
| Sizzles |
| Sloff the Sloth |
| Smile, Smile, Crocodile |
| Sneeze Adventure |
| Starry Bridges |
| Stretch the Sausage Dog Aims High |
| Summer Is |
| Swifty and the Rainforest Guardians |
| Thank You |
| The (Babies) Baddies Are Coming! |
| The Book Thief |
| The Boy Who Broke the Sky |
| The Dance Concert |
| The Dummy Battles |
| The EnSNACKlopedia: Snack Facts for Hungry Minds |
| The Faraway Reef |
| The Farmer’s Pyjamas |
| The Fox of Endless Kindness |
| The Giggle |
| The Lampkin Lullaby |
| The Last Book |
| The Library Cat |
| The Marvellous Sea Creatures You Haven’t Met Yet |
| The Molenaar |
| The Monster Finder |
| The Other Side |
| The Paper Boat (1) |
| The Paper Boat (2) |
| The Paper Leaf Tree |
| The Paw-some Mayoress! |
| The Perfect Birthday |
| The Pink Witch |
| The Propertree Agent of Brently Wood |
| The Scariest Spider |
| The Swing |
| The Titanic and Me |
| The Twiddledit Dad |
| The Very Grumpy Elf |
| The Whale’s Tales |
| The Wingless Fairy |
| The Woods |
| This Bambino Needs a Babyccino |
| Tilly Topsy |
| Tracker |
| Try and Try and Try |
| Tucker Wants to Tango |
| Two Trains |
| Uh Oh, Oh Noooo! |
| Under the Persimmon Tree |
| Up. Around. In |
| We’re Going Trick-or-Treating |
| What If |
| What Sort of Dog Am I? |
| What’s in My Toolbox? |
| When Harri Met Scary |
| When Sisters Stick Together |
| Where Will You Go? |
| Who’s Listening: How Garden Creatures Hear |
| Why Can’t I? |
| Why Did the Sleepy Lizard Cross the Road? |
| Why I Want a Dragon |
| Why You MUST Make Your Bed |
| Woolly the Magnificent |
| Yolk Tale |
| You Can Do It Ada |
| Zero |
| Zoe and Kat’s Nap |
Junior Fiction (in alphabetical order)
| A School of Knocks |
| Billy and Lou VS the Unicorns |
| Chef Frankencheddar – The Tombstone Diaries |
| Crafty Cleo |
| Dragon Tears |
| Fraser’s Magic Eraser |
| Fred and Dog |
| Gerty McWerty and the Sticky Spell |
| Herman Shelby and the Vanishing Vegetable |
| Iggy Erkelstine, Fictional Companion |
| Maisie and the Fairies |
| Mason and the Magic Drum |
| Portal |
| Princess Honey |
| Rose and Wild – Lost in Marshmallow Mansion |
| Rubbing it Smooth |
| The Beanstalk Chronicles |
| The Case of the Crooked Chocolate Chef |
| The Code Thieves from Tootlezun |
| The Creek Crew |
| The Famous Fryers of England |
| The Gift |
| The Nahla Mystery |
| The World’s Most Professional Farter |
| Weedy Dandelion |
| Witching Hours |
| Zoo Capers with Dr Chase |
Middle Grade (in alphabetical order)
| Abigail Rachman and the Bush Adventure |
| Amy v the Menacing Millionaire |
| Artificial evolution – Network |
| Beyond the Forbidden Boundary: The Unknown World |
| Busted Curse |
| Class of Nine |
| Device Zombies |
| Ethelwulf Greyangel’s Circus of Light |
| Gracie the Diamond |
| Invisible Girl |
| Life is Looking Up For Charlie Reeves |
| Maelstrom Island |
| Merlin Houdini Mindweaver |
| Moon Man |
| Quit Calling Me Stumblemore |
| Realms of Invention |
| Secrets Uncovered |
| Silent Extinction |
| Sorry Doesn’t Fix Things |
| Ten Pound Pommy Kid |
| The Cruise |
| The Girl in the Corner |
| The Glow in Her Hands |
| The Mer of Treachery Island |
| The Raven’s Meadow Academy Secrets and Superstition |
| The Santa Wars |
| The Secrets of Wilson’s Wood |
| The Space Crews |
| The Steam Team – Art Attack |
| The Watch Watchers |
| The Last Thylacine |
| Where Strangers Hide |
| Worth Fighting For |