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 Polimeni, Debra 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
Amorita – A. 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 Rainbow – A. Keir-Stanley
Koeksisters – A. Lenthall
Roll Over, Rover – S. 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 Beakdancer – D. Williams
Archie the Rakali – A. Farrell
Bacon Tries Dancing – P. Grafton
Food or Friend; An Alien’s Guide to Being Human #1 – S. Dalgleish
Frankie and Tiny – Quest for the Invisiberry – J. Nilson
Half a Giraffe – J. Mullen
Myra in the Middle – S. Dodd
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
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:
To see all the qualifying entries please click here.
To see all the LONGLISTS please click here.
