Shortlist Announced! We get ever-closer to finding a winnner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2012.

This Saturday (4th February) The Times newspaper will announce the shortlist for the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2012.

The fight for a place on the shortlist was fierce, with five fantastic entries selected from an incredibly strong longlist. The range of the longlist itself was impressive, with the grittiest of top teen titles battling against the zaniest young fiction -  it was little like comparing apples and oranges!

Barry Cunningham and his team of 9 judges will now have a month to read the shortlisted entries before meeting in March to decide upon a winner. They have a tough choice ahead, so expect the feathers to fly!

The winner will be announced in March, just before the 2013 competition opens for entries.

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME THE 2013 WINNER, CHECK OUT THE RULES & TERMS FOR ENTRY ON THE SUBMISSIONS PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE AND WATCH BARRY'S TOP TIPS FOR WRITING CHILDREN'S FICTION.