I’m saying it again this year – WOW! The quality of pitches continues to improve each year, not only being well-crafted and professionally written, but also hitting the brief perfectly in engagement, tone and originality. The range of topics, themes and concepts were so varied and interesting, and suitably geared towards their given target market. Publishers would certainly be impressed by these commercial standards! CONGRATULATIONS to everyone for your knock-out pitches in our 2024 Pitch It! Competition!
Our judges took on the enormous task of careful contemplation within their categories. HUGE appreciation goes to our highly experienced industry professionals. For our picture book and non-fiction picture book categories, Aleesah Darlison, Cassy Polimeni and Debra Tidball. For both the junior fiction and middle grade categories, Kate Gordon and David Lawrence. Thank you all xx
So, without further ado, here are the all-important LONGLISTS!
Congratulations to…
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Picture Book Category
Amorita – A. Toniolo
Ants Love to Dance – K. Andrews
Bring Your Pet to School – R. Grant
Carry It Harriet – J. Galatola
Dancing on the Grass – M. Hunter
Down Halloween Street – A. Kelly
Fall In! – A. Schmidt
Flea, A Tiny Tall Tale – S. Dalgleish
Go Confetti – A. Keir-Stanley
Help! I’m a Giant! – A. Jamae
How to Recharge a Rainbow – A. Keir-Stanley
In a Pickle – J. Lou
Koeksisters – A. Lenthall
My Dog was a Pirate – E. Thompson
Oliver and Dragon – S. Fraser
Roll Over, Rover – S. Dodd
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Velociraptor – S. Barton
The Baddies are Coming – J. Mullen
The King’s New Sound – B. Loveridge
The Odd Ones – M. Wilson
The Worry That Ate the Universe – J. Horn
What’s Mine is Yours – M. Postlethwaite
Non-Fiction Picture Book Category
A House for the Pebble-mound Mouse – A. Toniolo
All a Tree Can Be – E. Pulsford
Aussie Firefighter Calendar – C. Pirrone
Baby Mealtime Adventures – E. Wybron
Colin’s Dream – B. Cullen
Compare the Pair – M. Gim
I Already Know the Alphabet – Aussie Plants – C. Pirrone
I Love My Awesome Body – T. L. Southey
Just the Right Size – B. Nanayakkara
Kiera, Vegemite and the Weeds – C. Pirrone
Many Ways to Say – J. Horn
Moon Song – S. Spray
Octopus Hunt – R. Curnow
Sarah and Sam’s Super Skating Summer – V. Marmaras
Slug Fest – Green Sea Sheep and other Cute Sluggy Ocean Creatures – C. Bauer
Stuart Squirrel – J. Catalano
Termitropolis, a City of Tiny Ecologists – L. Sutton
The A-Z of Aussie Schools – M. Gim
Turn Off the Lights – A. Toniolo
Why Did the Sleepy Lizard Cross the Road? – K. Murdock
Junior Fiction Category
Arabella the Beakdancer – D. Williams
Archie the Rakali – A. Farrell
Bacon Tries Dancing – P. Grafton
Bee Girl – K. Tyrrell
Evan’s Animals – Chaos – M. Hunter
Food or Friend; An Alien’s Guide to Being Human #1 – S. Dalgleish
Framed – K. Wellham
Frankie and Tiny – Quest for the Invisiberry – J. Nilson
Half a Giraffe – J. Mullen
Iggy Erkelstine – Fictional Friend – M. Postlethwaite
Jed Ivan Knight Spy – K. Andrews
Mason McCluskey – D. Williams
Myra in the Middle – S. Dodd
Nellie Nipper- Dive Right In! – M. Postlethwaite
The Boy and the Bubble – J. Hurrell
The Invisibles – K. Tyrrell
The World According to Clementine Peach (The Super Special Party) – G. Bassett
They Who Paint Rainbows – E. Cary
Middle Grade Category
Cooper and Noah A – V. Croker
Grow Up, Charlie Wiggins! – J. Horn
Lola Lucksford – K. Temple
Looking For Grandpa – E. Macintosh
Mackenzie Millar and the Pull Chain Dunny – C. McDonald
Main Character Syndrome – E. Greville
Monsters Don’t Say Sorry – M. Paulsen
Oliver Oates is not Stealing Goats – L. Pike
Olive’s Table – H. Friend
Skyborn – Finding Misty – M. Gibbs
The Fell Millipede – B. Kitchin
The Lost and Found Department – P. Mylonas
The Moa Riders – O. Hibbitt
The Pedlar’s Daughter – S. Odgers
The Pickey Boys of Dead Dog Mine – K. Murdock
The Prime Minister Problem – B. Cullen
The Seventh Nautilus – K. Murdock
Tuli’s Inferno – H. Karten
Velvet Krave – A. Jamae
SODO – The Missing Agent – C. Rosario
Congratulations again! Look out soon for the Pitch It! Competition Shortlists!
To see information about the competition, including the guidelines and list of prizes, please head to the following link:
To see all the qualifying entries please click here.
