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Longlist for 2024 Writing for Children Competition


August 28, 2024: CANSCAIP is pleased to announce the 2024 Writing for Children Competition longlist. More than 600 entries were received, and every entry receives written feedback. Entries are evaluated anonymously.


The shortlist for the Writing for Children Competition will be announced in September, and the winners and finalists in October. The written feedback for the entries will be sent in November.


Thank you so much to the CANSCAIP Members who volunteer as readers and jurors: Jen Bailey, Dorothy Bentley, Kate Blair, Laura Bontje, Shannon Bramer, Sophie Casson, Teresa Chan, Paul Coccia, Tziporah Cohen, Peggy Collins, Marcus Cutler, Jillian Dobson, MaryLou Driedger, Sandra Dumais, Allison Finley, Heather Gale, Joyce Grant, Jennifer Harris, Theo Heras, Susan Hughes, Sharon Jennings, Etta Kaner, Tanya Kyi, Amanda Lewis, Carol MacKay, Cynthia Mackey, Sheryl McFarlane, Gina McMurchy-Barber, Priti Maheshwari, Jean Mills, Darcie Naslund, Monica Nawrocki, Deborah Patz, Jeff Pinkney, Karen Rankin, Gillian Richardson, Jessica Rose, Judy-Ann Sadler, Richard Scrimger, Lana Shupe, Erin Silver, Arthur Slade, Karen Spafford-Fitz, Kerry Sparrow, Michael Stewart, Kathy Stinson, Kevin Sylvester, Nadia Devi Umadat, Rebecca Upjohn, Larry Verstraete, Tamla Young, Danielle Younge-Ullman. In addition, Joanne Levy and Jean E. Pendziwol manage the logistics of tracking and allocating entries to readers.


PICTURE BOOK LONGLIST
Nana and Anna – Katherine Adlam

Olena and the Lost Potato – Sam Alpay

Snuggle Puggle – Kristin Andersons

Violet's Rainy Day – Samuel Barnes

Good Morning/Good Night – Andrea Bishop

Jennifer's Got Pizzazz – Laurie Crookell

The Coolest Lunch Bag Ever – Laurie Crookell

Adopting a Dinosaur – Maureen Curry

The Night Orchestra – Marta Cutler

The Ballerina – Natasha David

I Am a Cheetah – Yvonne Denomy

The Man in the Tent on the Hill Behind the Church – Loretta DiGioseffo

The Buttonless Belly – Heather Douglas

The Best Beach Day. Ever. – Beth Elliott

Next Tuesday – Kelli Etheridge

A Piggy Bank Tale – Fiona Forster

Upstairs Neighbours – Jaclyn Frith

Hello, Grandpa – Vanessa Bedford Gill

Tofino Tide Pools – Vanessa Bedford Gill

We Make Bears – Dorothy Griffiths

Baba's Buttons – Carla Gullett

The Very Stinky Princess – Jillian Hamilton Oley

Billy Goats Build – Louise Hinton

Mr. Predictor Reads Your Mind – Russell Hirsch

Where Is My Home – Julia Hume

The Frozen Pond – Linda Hutton

Homes Sweet Homes – Prabhjot Kaur

Summer Days – Sydney King

Just Because – Elaine Kolinas

All My Red Pockets – Mandy Lam

Lulu and the Lighthouse – Gigi Le Flufy

The Smallest Giant – Gigi Le Flufy

Dreams Take Flight – Chelsey Leal-Hampson

Angel Bird – Rachelle Lemay

Waiting for BaBa – Jennifer Li

The Bouncing Purple Ball – Christopher Lindsay

When River Meets Ocean – Danica Longair

Have You Ever Seen the Stars? – Jessica Lovell

Let's Blow This Popsicle Stand – Janna MacLean

Ruby-Jean, Dancing Queen – Carol Macpherson

Snails Are Amazing (and Sometimes Gross) – Carol Macpherson

Count to 20 and Down to 1 – Dani Mazzocato

Eager Beaver: Nature's Superhero! – Heather McLennan

Harriet and the Heat Wave – Heather McLennan

Willa and the Wildfire – Heather McLennan

Granny Does Ballet – Francesca Morrison

Question Collection – Logaine Navascues

You Be You – Lisa Nowlan

Gingerbread and Gumdrops – Laura Polasek

Among the Giants – Angela Robertson

Dragonfly's Secret – Ian Rodrigues

The Rabbi's Wife Was a Bird – Soozi Schlanger

Sticky Ricky – Dale Sibbald

You Are My Star!  You Are My Heart! – Annely So

The Lost Afikomen – Kimberley Ann Sparks

Mery and the Box – Janet Tufts

Santa Is a Cat –  David Wimsett

A Monster's Guide to Children – Susan Wollison


MIDDLE GRADE LONGLIST
Hickory Dickory TikTok – Marina Boehm

Firebird's Child – Alexandra Bolintineanu

Saving Willow – Tracey Brown

Max Five: Mars Academy – Ian Bullock

Dreamworld – Collette Burjack

Waiting in the Wings – Tawnia Courage

Invisible Zone – Laurie Crookell

Neverlife – Lysanne De Broux

Nightmare Fields – Laurie Lascos

Not Quite a Hero – Kyla McDonald

Wicked Like a Witch – Christine Michaud

Van Life – Ann Sutherland

Riches – Penny Thompson

Rebel Dragon – Sally Wylie


YOUNG ADULT LONGLIST
Tainted Daylight – Tiffany Cassidy

The Memory Collector – Yvonne Denomy

Expiration Dates – Michelle Hair

Scattered Pages – Melanie Scott-Dela Cruz

Familial – Emily Stewart

Something Burning in the Night – Corina Zechel

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