Children's Book Prize Archive

Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

Annual

Administered by Waterstone's:
Capital Court
Capital Interchange Way
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 0EX

For more information about the prize, please visit the website

The Waterstone's Children's Book Prize was first awarded in 2005, when it was known as the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize. In 2007 after the acquisition of Ottakar's by The HMV Group, Ottakar's stores were rebranded as Waterstone's, and the name of the prize changed.

The award is open to works of children's literature published in the previous year. As the aim of the award is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" it is only open to authors who have published no more than three books.

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