{"id":359,"date":"2013-07-18T11:05:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T11:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=359"},"modified":"2013-07-18T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T11:07:00","slug":"floris-announce-shortlist-for-kelpies-prize-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/18\/floris-announce-shortlist-for-kelpies-prize-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Floris announce shortlist for Kelpies Prize 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/KP-logo-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-370\" alt=\"KP-logo-2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/KP-logo-2013.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/KP-logo-2013.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/KP-logo-2013-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>Every year as part of the <a title=\"Kelpies Prize information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/kelpiesprize\/\">Kelpies Prize<\/a>, we look for the best unpublished children\u2019s fiction with a Scottish twist. Since February, our editors have been working their way through a record number of entries to find our three finalists for this year&#8217;s prize &#8211; and they certainly weren\u2019t disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re delighted to announce that the books shortlisted for the Kelpies Prize 2013 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Never Back <\/em>by Barbara Henderson<\/li>\n<li><em>Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens <\/em>by Alex McCall<\/li>\n<li><em>The Great Moon Mission<\/em> by Shona McQuilken<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Never Back<\/em> is an exciting Scottish thriller about a dangerous journey to remember who you really are. TJ and Levi have no memory of their life before New Dawn, brainwashed to forget by the Authorities. Can they discover their past before their present catches up with them?<\/p>\n<p><em>Barbara Henderson has taught English and Drama, and started her own small puppetry business. She won the Nairn Festival Short Story Competition in 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an age-old question, but why did the chicken cross the road? To start the giant robot chicken apocalypse, of course. In <em>Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens,<\/em> there\u2019s something fowl going on in Aberdeen as the city is terrorised by giant robotic chickens. But Jesse and his friends aren\u2019t going to let the chickens rule the roost any longer &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Alex McCall grew up in Aberdeen, which may be why it is the first city he has destroyed in print. He has published several poetry and short story anthologies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an out-of-this world experience in <em>The Great Moon Mission<\/em>. Jimmy and his friends were expecting canoeing or sailing for this year\u2019s class trip, not the chance to blast off into space! But as they begin to wonder what this mission is <em>really <\/em>about, Jimmy and his friends find themselves in a race against time, and slime, to save Earth from some little green men.<\/p>\n<p><em>When her school careers advisor told her that being an author wasn\u2019t a proper job, Shona McQuilken decided to become a scientist instead. <\/em>The<em> <\/em>Great Moon Mission<em> combines her two passions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be long until you can find out which will be the latest addition to <a title=\"Our Kelpies Books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/subjects\/kelpies\">our Kelpies list<\/a>. The winner of the Kelpies Prize 2013 will be announced at a ceremony at the <a title=\"Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edbookfest.co.uk\/\">Edinburgh International Book Festival<\/a> on Thursday 22nd August 2013.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Want to enter next year\u2019s Prize?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Manuscripts are now invited for submission to the Kelpies Prize 2014. The deadline is 28 February 2014 and for full rules and guidelines, you can <a title=\"Enter the 2014 Kelpies Prize\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/kelpiesprize\/enter.html\">read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year as part of the Kelpies Prize, we look for the best unpublished children\u2019s fiction with a Scottish twist. Since February, our editors have been working their way through a record number of entries to find our three finalists for this year&#8217;s prize &#8211; and they certainly weren\u2019t disappointed. 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