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’Knowledge, advice, encouragement, and inspiration; this book helped turn my dream into reality.’ Alice Oseman, writer-illustrator of the bestselling Heartstopper series

Celebrating its 22nd edition, this indispensable Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook provides everything you need to know to get your work noticed. With thousands of up-to-date contacts and inspiring articles from dozens of successful writers, illustrators and industry insiders, it is the ultimate resource on writing and publishing for children of all ages.

Packed with insights and practical tips, it provides expert advice on:
- submitting to agents and publishers
- writing non-fiction and fiction across genres and formats
- poetry, plays, broadcast media and illustration
- self-publishing
- copyright, finances and contracts
- marketing, prizes and festivals
- and much, much more ...

New articles for 2026 include:
Foreword by Ross Montgomery (winner of the Children’s Book Award 2025)
Publishing options for debut writers by Andy Darcy Theo
Ghostwriting by Sam Binnie
Choosing your audience by Finn Longman
Being a successful self-published author by Griselda Heppel
Writing poems for children by Laura Mucha
Author-agent contracts by Lydia Silver
The many hats of a literary agent by Christabel McKinley
Picture book: illustration by Siân Roberts
Picture book: writing by Sital Gorasia Chapman
Creating comic books by Jamie Smart

’Between the covers of this book is everything you need to know to get published.’ Julia Donaldson

For over 20 years, the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, sister to the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook, has been providing writers of children and young adult fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and scripts with invaluable and up-to-date advice on all aspects of the writing and publishing process. Used, recommended, and with articles across its 21 editions by writers such as Julia Donaldson, Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake, Malorie Blackman, Meg Rosoff, Michael Rosen, Eoin Colfer and many more.