Reviews

The shortlist for the 2010 Royal Mail Awards will be announced on 9th September 2010. The review writing competition will then be open, deadline 17th December 2010. Winners will be informed in February and asked to the ceremony where they will recieve their prize.

In the meantime you can still find out information on the review competition, and read entries from last year below.

If you are involved in one of the reading groups judging the shortlist for the 2010 Royal Mail Awards, then why not submit a review of one of the shortlisted books? We are running a competition to find the best reviews of shortlisted books. The best review in each category will win a visit, for their class, of one of the winning authors or illustrators and YOU will win a £25 worth of Waterstone's book vouchers which will be presented at the Royal Mail Awards ceremony on 22nd February 2010 in Glasgow.

Click here to send a review 

What should your review include?

How would you describe your favourite book on the shortlist to get a friend interested in reading it? There are no strict guidelines but here are some suggestions: you might like to include in your review what you liked about it, what you didn't like about it, what your favourite part was, and, if you are going to vote for it, why you think it should win.

English, Scots and Gaelic reviews welcome!

Reviews may be written in English, Scots or Gaelic, although if you are a Gaelic or Scots speaker, or a teacher of a Gaelic medium class, you may be interested in our Gaelic and Scots Creative Writing Prize ...

Deadline

Please submit your reviews by 28th January 2010. Winners will be notified by in early February. If you are a winner you will be invited to attend the book awards ceremony, where you will be awarded your prize.   

Pupil Reviews

To follow once the 2010 review competition is open.

Terms and conditions

Reviewers must be aged 16 or under and must be registered as judges for the Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books. Reviews must be submitted online using the form above.

Your review may be written in English, Gaelic or Scots but it must not exceed 200 words. We regret that we cannot return entries. Scottish Book Trust's decision is final and we will not enter into any correspondence.

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