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We’re opening the 2020 Times/Chicken House Competition shortly – watch this space for dates and more! After the success of this year’s two winners, Efua Traoré (Children of the Quicksands) and Richard Pickard (Something Fishy), we can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for us. While you wait, we thought we’d offer some words of advice from this year’s reading team about their observations and thoughts for the coming year …  (more…)

Friday 6 September was a very exciting day for Chicken House: our esteemed panel of judges gathered in London to discuss this year’s incredible Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition shortlist and decide on the winner. (more…)

We are super excited to be publishing Unpregnant by debut duo Jenni Hendriks & Ted Caplan!  (more…)

Guess what? Next week, we’ll be announcing the WINNERS of the tenth Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition! (more…)