The Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize for YA | MG category longlist, 2024
We thank everyone who entrusted us with their submission to the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize contest for the 2024 YA | MG category.
Submissions for this category were up this year and deliberating was no easy task with so many imaginative manuscripts to consider this year.
We are happy to announce the following longlist, with no author names attached (as blind judging is ongoing):
Runaway Home
Towerland
Little Mice
Wolfpack
Tobin and Blake
Zoolooshuns
The Fellowship of the Belt Buckle
Bones, Thieves, and Harmony
As The Wolf Runs
Timothy the Monster
A Guide to Love, Time, and Archery
Beyond the Shallows
The Last Picture Book
Covering All the Bases
The Stoners
Blue Ice-cream
Our goal is to announce the shortlist in early October and the winner shortly after.
The First Prize package includes a publication contract offer from Leapfrog Press (U.S.) and Can of Worms Press (U.K.) with an advance payment against royalties, a critique from our guest judge (to be announced), listing on the website of each press, and $150; finalists will receive the critique, website listing, and $150; semi-finalists will get their choice of a Leapfrog or Can of Worms book and website listings; honorable mentions will receive website listings.
