What a thrill and what a great response from our community as we celebrated the excitement of the 2024 Pitch It! Competition LONGLISTS last week! Again, congratulations to all!

Today, we are revealing our fabulous SHORTLISTS for our Picture Book, Non-Fiction Picture Book, Junior Fiction and Middle Grade winners! These talented writers will be awarded with personalised certificates and feedback on their pitches from our hard-working judges.

The following pitches stood out to the judges for their high level of intrigue, originality, emotion and well-crafted flow, and particularly, an enticing hook upfront and a clear point of difference.

Huge thanks once again to Aleesah Darlison, Cassy PolimeniDebra Tidball, Kate Gordon and David Lawrence xx

Here they are – the SHORTLISTS for each category. Hooray!

Congratulations to…

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Picture Book Category

AmoritaA. Toniolo

Bring Your Pet to School – R. Grant

Dancing on the Grass – M. Hunter

Down Halloween Street – A. Kelly

Flea, A Tiny Tall Tale – S. Dalgleish

How to Recharge a RainbowA. Keir-Stanley

Koeksisters – A. Lenthall

Roll Over, RoverS. Dodd

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

Compare the Pair – M. Gim

Just the Right Size – B. Nanayakkara

Many Ways to Say – J. Horn

Sarah and Sam’s Super Skating Summer – V. Marmaras

Slug Fest – Green Sea Sheep and other Cute Sluggy Ocean Creatures – C. Bauer

Termitropolis, a City of Tiny Ecologists – L. Sutton

The A-Z of Aussie Schools – M. Gim


Junior Fiction Category

Arabella the BeakdancerD. Williams

Archie the RakaliA. Farrell

Bacon Tries DancingP. Grafton

Food or Friend; An Alien’s Guide to Being Human #1S. Dalgleish

Frankie and Tiny – Quest for the InvisiberryJ. Nilson

Half a GiraffeJ. Mullen

Myra in the Middle S. Dodd

The InvisiblesK. Tyrrell

The World According to Clementine Peach (The Super Special Party)G. Bassett

They Who Paint RainbowsE. Cary


Middle Grade Category

Cooper and Noah A – V. Croker

Looking For Grandpa – E. Macintosh

Main Character Syndrome – E. Greville

Monsters Don’t Say Sorry – M. Paulsen

Olive’s Table – H. Friend

Skyborn – Finding Misty – M. Gibbs

The Lost and Found Department – P. Mylonas

The Pickey Boys of Dead Dog Mine – K. Murdock

The Prime Minister Problem – B. Cullen

Tuli’s Inferno – H. Karten


Congratulations again! All the best with the final round!
Winners and runners up will be announced on Wednesday November 20.

To see information about the competition, including the guidelines and list of prizes, please head to the following link:

Pitch It! Competition

To see all the qualifying entries please click here.

To see all the LONGLISTS please click here.

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