Blog and News
And the 2024 Guppy Open Submission Winner is…!
HUGE congratulations to Ellen Haggan, whose novel BLACKMOOR has won the 2024 Open Submission Competition! The judges and I loved the spirit of this original and exciting fantasy novel, with…
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Guppy’s 5th Birthday Party!
We had a wonderful evening last week, celebrating the fifth birthday of Guppy Books. The party took place in St Luke’s Chapel in Oxford, and was filled with authors, illustrators,…
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Some recent Guppy award news!
We attended the fantastic Week Junior Award ceremony earlier in October, and were absolutely thrilled that the two shortlisted Guppy titles each won their category – the fabulous MEXIKID: A…
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Guppy Open Submission Shortlist announcement!
Well, it has been extremely difficult but finally we have whittled down the longlist to a shortlist of nine fabulous young adult stories. Thank you so much to all who…
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Revealing the 23 writers on the Guppy Open Submission YA longlist 2024!
Thank you so much for sending in your entry for Guppy’s open submission window. We were so impressed with the standard of writing, the original ideas and the incredible energy…
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Guppy Open Submission Competition 2024 update
We are really enjoying reading all the fantastic YA submissions we received last month – what a lot of talent there is out there! Thank you all for your patience.…
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